Over the years, Apple and Google have tweaked and refined the notification systems built into iOS and Android ... such as whether or not it has an image in it, or whether it's from a group ...

As of now, that icon is accessed by pulling down the Notification Shade twice. If the images on Android Authority are correct, that behavior will require opening the Quick Settings tile shade with ...

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. The Android ...

which are what’s used with Android’s themed icons. However, this test seems to have some contrast issues. Ultimately, I’m not sure how I feel about using app icons for notification icons. On the one ...