Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

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 ...

The latest episode of the Made by Google Podcast (S5 E2) goes into the sound (and haptics) design on Pixel devices. At a high-level, sounds are meant to reflect the Google Pixel design principles of ...

Pixel 9’s new Sound Matters collection of ringtones, alarms, and notification sounds is rolling out to older Pixel models. The collection will be available on the Pixel 4 and newer devices with ...

Smartphones like the Pixel 8 are complex devices with numerous settings and features. Sometimes, due to software glitches, incorrect settings, or updates, the notification sounds may stop working. But ...

Chethan is a reporter at Android Police, focusing on the weekend news coverage for the site. He has covered tech for over a decade with multiple publications, including the likes of Times Internet, ...

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 ...

You get focused. Sounds slip by. That is where Android Sound Notifications help. This built-in accessibility feature listens for key sounds and sends an alert to your screen. Think of it as a gentle ...

Some Pixel owners have found a strange notification bug in Android 16. Affected users found that notifications don’t play any sounds when there’s already a notification in the dropdown menu. Google ...