Google used to be known for its generous free storage, but today, it’s pushing low-storage warnings way harder than necessary, and it’s clear why — it wants us to pay up. When Gmail launched on April 1, 2004, many people thought it was an April Fools joke. The included 1GB of free storage was hundreds of times more than what …
Read More »How Android 16’s Live Updates Will Transform Your Notifications
Waiting for an Uber? You probably keep checking the app or pulling down notifications to see where your driver is. iPhone users don’t have to do this. They have Live Activities, which show real-time updates on the lock screen and Dynamic Island. Now, Android is catching up with a similar feature called Live Updates in Android 16. What Are Live …
Read More »WonderPush Push Notifications for Abandoned Cart
Abandoned shopping carts are not fun to deal with as an e-commerce business owner. There are certain steps you can take to encourage your shoppers to finish their orders. Wonderpush lets you send alerts to users’ desktop PCs or mobile devices. It can send an abandoned cart reminder to customers to engage them. It also supports AMP websites. 🛠️ Divi …
Read More »Android 16’s first beta is here with better support for adaptive apps, Live Updates notifications, and more
The Android development team today announced the first beta for the upcoming Android 16, which is expected to be released in Q2 of 2025. Currently, it’s expected that Android 16 will reach platform stability in March, at which point the Android team will deliver the final SDK and NDK APIs as well as final internal APIs and app-facing system behaviors. …
Read More »Apple’s Latest iOS Beta Quietly Kills AI News Notifications
As someone who is inundated with emails and messages throughout the day, one of the Apple Intelligence features I was most cautiously optimistic about was Notification Summaries. The feature aims to make sorting through the pings on your Lock Screen a neater, faster experience, by grouping multiple notifications from the same app together and quickly summarizing the lot. Unfortunately, it …
Read More »Windows 11 is showing more Xbox Game Pass PC ads notifications. Turn them off
You’re not alone, but there’s indeed a surge in PC Game Pass ads on Windows 11. Whether you call these ads “recommendations” or even notifications, Microsoft is not planning to give up on the ageing. The company recently told Windows Latest that these notifications are a way for users to discover something valuable. Windows Latest previously reported that Microsoft is …
Read More »Samsung’s One UI 7 Adds Tool to Filter Annoying App Notifications
Samsung’s One UI already offers robust notification controls, allowing users to prioritize alerts with ease. With the upcoming One UI 7 update, based on Android 15, Samsung appears poised to take this functionality even further by introducing expanded options for managing alerts and notifications. Currently, One UI enables users to sort notifications by priority or time and fine-tune them individually. …
Read More »Boost Engagement by Sending Targeted Push Notifications with Notification Master
To grow and maintain a strong and well-connected audience, you need robust communication and engagement tools. Reaching them through one of several channels, such as targeted push notifications, email, and social media can be a stellar way to connect. Any of these tactics can help inform your users of new content and updates, or offer real-time engagement for your community. …
Read More »Samsung’s giving One UI 7 tools to filter notifications
Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR The latest One UI 7 beta release has added a new “filter notifications” feature. This feature filters notifications that are less important to you and shows them as a group at the bottom of the notifications panel. You can choose to filter old notifications, notifications for background activities, and minimized notifications. While notifications are …
Read More »Aqara Video Doorbell G4 review: fast notifications, needs more height
I’ve used a few doorbell cameras and thoroughly enjoyed my time with Aqara’s Smart Video Doorbell G4. Like many Aqara products, the G4 is chock full of features at a reasonable price and is compatible with HKSV, Google, and Alexa. There’s a lot on offer, so let’s get right to it! Aqara Video Doorbell G4: Price and availability (Image credit: …
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