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Could we see rules for keywords in notifications?
Third-party apps already offer impressive notification management features, such as triggering rules when a notification contains a pre-defined keyword. While the triggers and rules discovered in the APK teardown are indicative of a powerful feature, there's certainly more this upcoming feature could do to help categorize notifications. However, I think that the most important element of notification rules is convenience. As I mentioned earlier, setting up notification channels is time-consuming. When I'm setting up a new phone or installing new apps, I often forget to set up channels, which m
Google and Samsung are improving Android's most useful featureWhen will this notification appear?
This notification will be triggered when a couple of conditions are met. The user will need to pause the audio within 10 seconds of AutoPlay activation, and do so at least three times to trigger its appearance, per the publication. As you would expect, any pauses beyond the 10-second interval won't count against the limit. Overall, this serves as a much better workaround than asking users to do it manually via the "Start music automatically" toggle (Connected devices > Connection preferences > Android Auto). Furthermore, a notification like this also makes it easier for people who may be unawa
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