Pulling down the Notification bar to view status messages is a simple process that will become second nature once you've done it a few times. Confirm that your Android device is powered on and active.

Android’s notification bar puts all sorts of info at your fingertips — and with one simple tweak, you can make it do even more. All you need is a free little app called Notification Toggle .

Simply pull down the notification bar on any Android 6.0 Marshmallow device and press and hold the gear-shaped settings button. It will spin for a second (hold for 2-4 seconds) and let go.

Customization has always been a strong point for Android, and it looks like Android 15 is pushing that even further.By offering more color and flexibility in how notifications appear, Google aims ...

Best of all, you can add as many bars to your notifications drop-down as you want, and stuff them all full of tools. 1Tap Quick Bar is free to download and supports Android 2.0 and higher. You get ...

Google is experimenting with changing which icons Android uses to show notifications in the status bar and always-on display. Android 15 notification icons could wildly change up their look ...

As spotted by Android Authority, a latent experiment in Android 15 swaps out the existing notification icons in the status bar for ones that match what you’d find on the homescreen.