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With the Android 14 update, Google has done away with the ability to access notifications using the app icon long press method. This method became popular over the years and was a fun and quick ...
Android is filled with all kinds of useful features, but some of them are not so well known. Many of you probably don’t know that you can enable custom notification icons on Android, and we’re ...
With Android 14, Google removed the ability to long press an icon on the homescreen to quickly see notifications from that app. Previously, you’d be able to see any available notifications from ...
Google is considering changing which icons Android will use to show notifications in the status bar, notifications shelf, and always-on display. The company is experimenting with using apps ...
Google is experimenting with replacing notification icons with app icons in Android 15. Android expert Mishaal Rahman, writing for Android Authority, uncovered the changes while exploring the Android ...
One of the standout potential features is a change in the appearance of notification icons. Android 15 might bring more color and vibrancy to notification icons, moving away from the typically ...
The latest version of Gmail for Android replaces the red notifications icon with a static blue version. Gmail first replaced the red icon with a dynamic theming-enabled icon back in June but ...
With Android O, Google is giving the experience a bit of a revamp. "Notification Dots" are small, circular blobs that sit on top of your app icons. They'll only appear when you have an unread ...