After rolling out “Talk Live about this” last week, Gemini Live is now starting to use phone call-style notifications on Android. Previously, starting Gemini Live and exiting the fullscreen UI would ...

It's easy to forget that one of the most powerful features on your Android phone is notification management. From snoozing to ...

Android 16 QPR1 beta introduces upgraded functionality for the ongoing call chip. This long-overdue update makes phone calls easier to interact with. This update gives us a look at how Live Updates ...

Since last year, Google has been working to simplify how a user interacts with the Gemini Live assistant as it runs in the ...

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. Android 16 will introduce Notification cooldown, which gradually decreases alert volume from repeated app pings. It will also hide ...

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 ...

Google is testing a new “Unhold” shortcut in call notifications through its Phone app. The new button replaces the “Mute” button whenever a user puts a call on hold. Although not yet live, this change ...

Google's next big Android version has an extremely useful new nuisance-reducer — and with a teensy bit of crafty configuration, you can bring a similar superpower to any Android device this instant.