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 ...

Samsung introduced Live Notifications in the Now Bar with One UI 7, but they’re about to get better with One UI 8. These rival Apple’s Live Activities and offer ongoing activities more accessible via ...

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, ...

Android 16 introduces Live Updates, a new feature that elevates ongoing notifications to the status bar, but it excludes media playback notifications. This is because media apps use a dedicated “Media ...

As part of the November 2025 Feature Drop, Pixel VIPs picked up a pair of updates, led by prioritized notifications, that are now rolling out. The VIPs (Google Contacts) homescreen widget now shows a ...

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At the heart of this update is the integration of Android 16’s live updates into the Now Bar, allowing notifications to become more timely, relevant, and actionable. This feature adapts to your ...

Google is known for being an early update provider to its own first-party apps, which makes sense. Gmail has been no exception. The app embraced Material You in September and introduced dynamic color ...

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One UI 8 will improve Live Notifications in Now Bar by expanding support to third-party apps. The feature was originally introduced with One UI 7, but only a handful of Samsung native apps supported ...