These 5 Pixel features changed how I use my phone, and I almost missed them
Mark Jansen May 17, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT I've been covering Android and other mobile technology for close to ten years now, with a specific interest in phone accessories, e…
Mark Jansen May 17, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT I've been covering Android and other mobile technology for close to ten years now, with a specific interest in phone accessories, e…
…Ignoring your Shorts timer is as easy as closing the notification. By closing the notification or tapping Ignore limit for today at the bottom of the notification, you can resume your scrolling…
…Android lets you limit this to 'hide sensitive content' or 'don't show notifications at all' for better privacy. Not quite. The real concern is privacy exposure — full notification content on the…
…The notification data was pretty handy, as I used it to identify which apps send the highest number of notifications. That’s how I disabled all the app notifications that I could…
…For example, you don't see as many notifications. Even if you don't unlock your phone and reply to those notifications, you will still see pop-ups on your screen. That…
Mark Jansen Mar 31, 2026, 9:27 AM EDT I've been covering Android and other mobile technology for close to ten years now, with a specific interest in phone accessories, e…
…To change this, open Settings > Notifications > Lock screen notifications . From there, you can choose to hide the content of notifications, which limits what appears on the lock screen. Lower the brightness on…
…And they mute notifications in slightly different ways. However, Google has never done a good job explaining where one ends and the other begins. I spent months toggling whichever one I found…
…An always-on smarter assistant While not everyone will be comfortable giving Gemini access to their personal information and notifications, it's this level of access that will make the AI assistant…
…Resolved an issue where webpage URLs were automatically included when sharing screenshots from the capture preview, causing unwanted links to be shared with image files. ( Issue #444631269 ) An accessibility issue caused the…