There's a lot of info packed in the top area of an Android phone's screen ...

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 ...

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, ...

“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) ...

Here's how to unlock Android's built-in Notification History and recover dismissed messages.

Google may introduce a new API that lets apps create Rich Ongoing Notifications in Android 16. Rich Ongoing Notifications will appear as chips in the status bar. The feature seems somewhat like ...

Google could introduce “Rich Ongoing Notifications” in Android 16. Apps with access to this feature could show notifications similar to Apple’s Dynamic Island. Be it Apple’s iOS for iPhones or ...

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, ...

Android Halo confines every AI agent to an isolated container in the status bar that it cannot exit. Google revealed the ...