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iOS 26.3 adds a new "Notification Forwarding" setting that allows incoming notifications on an iPhone to be forwarded to a third-party device. The setting is located in the Notification section of the ...

Notably, the Pixel 9a is not supported, nor are older Pixel lineups, such as the Pixel 8 series, or the first-generation Pixel Fold. Since this is a Pixel-specific feature, it cannot be used on ...

Following AI Summaries last month, Google is rolling out the Notification Organizer to Pixel with Android 16 QPR2. Once available on your Android 16 QPR2 device, go to the Settings app > Notifications ...

This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where your next favorite song was coming from. Some of the year’s best songs were ...

Following the Pixel Feature Drop on Tuesday, we’re now beginning to see Notification Summaries go live. If rolled out to your phone, go to the Settings app > Notifications for “Notification summaries” ...

When Messages says Contact has Notifications Silenced, the person is in Do Not Disturb or another Focus that disables notifications. Notifications silenced does not mean that you are blocked. Tap ...

You can change notification sounds for emails and calendar events directly within the new Outlook app for Windows. In classic Outlook, you can choose whether to play a sound when a new email arrives.

Seeing notifications from social media apps seems to throw us off course for several seconds – even if we don’t open them. Hippolyte Fournier at Lumière University Lyon 2 in France has long been ...

Android 16 officially rolled out a few weeks ago, and in addition to enhanced protection and productivity enhancements, the latest OS introduced several changes to how notifications are received. If ...

Apple Intelligence was first introduced at WWDC nine months ago, and has rolled out progressively over time. Now, one of the last of those initial AI features—Priority Notifications—is arriving in iOS ...