Android 15 will arrive on phones in the next few weeks. The upcoming update is creating excitement with its new features and improvements. Hints from the source code, released earlier this month, ...

I don’t want to embarrass you, but the top of your phone’s screen is, like, totally a waste of space. For years now, y’see, Android device-makers have been designing devices with a circular cutout ...

Google rolled out the Android 16 Beta 1 update earlier in January. At the time, the search engine giant announced that Android 16 would bring a new feature called “Live Updates” or “Live Notifications ...

“Never” is a strong word, but so are my feelings about this potential Android 16 change. This week, my colleague Mishaal Rahman revealed that Google is working on an interesting (read: horrible) ...

Android 16 is gearing up to offer some exciting updates that promise to improve how users interact with their devices. Among the standout features are Rich Ongoing Notifications and resizable Quick ...

Google is working on a significant revamp of Android’s notification and Quick Settings panels for Android 16. The new design for both panels doesn’t take up the entire screen, which is nice. However, ...

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. When Samsung rolled out One UI 7 earlier this year, the Now Bar and its Live Notifications made their debut with a lot of promise, ...

Google is reportedly testing a new feature called "Rich Ongoing Notifications" that could be introduced in Android 16. This was seen in Android 15 QPR1 Beta 3. The new API would allow developers to ...

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Google is working on a “Rich Ongoing Notifications” API that could give Android phones a version of iOS’ Live Activities. Google is working on a “Rich Ongoing Notifications” API that could give ...

If I told any average person that my Android phone’s notifications could now be sticky, shareable, and extra-smart about snoozing, they’d probably look at me like I was a lunatic. And, let’s be honest ...