Make it easy to differentiate between calls, messages, and more It's easy to adjust your notification settings in Android to have different sounds for text messages, calls—even different sounds for ...

With these simple steps, you’ll know who’s trying to reach you just by the sound of the alert. It’s that easy and incredibly convenient. Give it a try, and never miss an important message again.

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 ...

An upcoming version of the Google Sounds app will let you change the vibration pattern for your selected ringtone or notification alert. Previously, the vibration pattern that was associated with a ...

With Notification Cooldown, those endless alerts finally get toned down, so you can breathe easier and stay focused.

Ever been on relaxation mode and suddenly your phone goes off with a million of notifications at once? Talk about annoying. You would probably place your phone on silence just to escape the endless ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Since its launch in 2012, the (Wireless Emergency Alerts) system has been used more than 84,000 times to warn the public about dangerous weather, missing children, and other critical ...

It may seem like a paradox, but notifications are both the best and the worst part of owning an Android device. On the one hand, notifications let us stay on top of important incoming info — be it a ...

A frustrating Android 16 bug is causing some users to miss notifications, as new alerts are silent when an existing notification is in the shade. The good news is that Google has acknowledged the ...

Google is working on an accessibility feature for Chrome OS that flashes the screen for each notification. This is similar to a feature called “flash notifications” added last year in Android. A flag ...

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