Google is experimenting with replacing notification icons with app icons in Android 15. Android expert Mishaal Rahman, writing for Android Authority, uncovered the changes while exploring the Android ...

Google is considering changing which icons Android will use to show notifications in the status bar, notifications shelf, and always-on display. The company is experimenting with using apps ...

However, the feature wasn’t perfect. It displayed notifications and quick actions in a small pop-up above or below the icon, which just wasn’t enough to read notifications. With Android 14, long ...

In the Android 14 system, long-pressing an icon will only display app shortcuts, as well as app information, paused apps, and widgets. In fact, this change came during the Android 14 beta.

Android 16 has arrived — or at least the first part of it has. Starting with this release, future upgrades to the smartphone ...

Google appears to be toying with a new take on notification icons in the status bar which, instead of the current look, would use the full-color app icons from your Android homescreen.

Android is filled with all kinds of useful features, but some of them are not so well known. Many of you probably don’t know that you can enable custom notification icons on Android, and we’re ...

The latest version of Gmail for Android replaces the red notifications icon with a static blue version. Gmail first replaced the red icon with a dynamic theming-enabled icon back in June but ...

What is a push notification in Android? A push notification for Android is the way in which mobile apps send notifications to users’ devices when an app is not being used. These simple notifications ...

You can have your phone or tablet make a brief noise, chime, or vibration whenever an app, call, or message notification comes through. Like customizing your ringtone with your favorite song, you ...