Turning off a safeguard is your choice, protecting your hearing is not.

Google’s Notification cooldown feature should have been the perfect solution. It was introduced with Android 15 in October ...

Staying aware of your surroundings matters. That includes hearing smoke alarms, appliance beeps or a knock at the door. Still, real life gets busy. You wear headphones. You get focused. Sounds slip by ...

A few years ago, we could only send plain text messages with 160 characters. There was no option to include any media or attachments, which kept the messages close to 140 bytes. But the Messages app ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

Google announced a sweeping round of Android upgrades on Tuesday, Dec. 2, timed with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The update bundle includes a second release of Android 16 for ...

Google is following through on its pledge to split Android versions into more frequent updates. We already had one Android 16 release this year, and now it’s time for the second. The new version is ...

An Android device bridging language gaps through seamless, instant text translation using built-in tools. Pixabay, Pexels Instant text translation is increasingly vital in a connected world where ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

On Snapchat, you can change the default notification sound for individual chats if you have Snapchat+ subscription. To change notification sound, long press on a chat > Chat and Notification settings ...