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 can ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

Apple’s Messages app, a staple on every iPhone and iPad, is a testament to this evolution. It offers a multitude of features that go beyond sending texts, allowing users to send photos, videos, and ...

AI notification summaries won't automatically take over your phone, after the update—you need to enable them manually. From ...

You can change the default notification sound of text messages on your Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4. By customizing the message tone for a particular contact, you will immediately know that the message ...

If the notifications from a particularly active group chat or an over-eager friend are getting on your nerves, it's very easy on an iPhone to mute them and give yourself a break. Of course, you can ...

I bet we all have a love/hate relationship with notifications. They’ve become a necessary part of our digital lives, yet they can also be endlessly annoying and overwhelming if not controlled. While ...

The brand new Google Messages notification icon has finally started popping up for users. This comes three months after Google announced it. As some of you may recall, Google changed the Messages icon ...

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...