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 ...

You can set different notification sounds for calls, emails, messages, and each app on your Android phone. Changing notification sounds helps you easily identify if ...

Over the years, Google has worked hard to add accessibility features to Android, both to make Android itself more accessible and to use Android’s smarts to make the world more accessible. The latest ...

Google’s Android 12 and 13 have a special feature that allows users to set sound detection notifications so that deaf or hard of hearing users can detect alarms and important sounds otherwise ...

Google has been adding a few new accessibility features to its products lately and today’s update is something for those who might want help hearing things around them. Sound Notifications is rolling ...

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Google has announced a Sound Notifications feature for Android. The accessibility feature provides those who are distracted or hard of hearing with visual notifications of “critical” sounds. Sounds ...

WhatsApp alerts you to all incoming messages from your contacts and groups using the same notification sound. Even though this sound is distinctive enough to tell you when a notification is from ...

Master the art of tailor-made alerts and never miss an important notification again You can set different notification sounds for calls, emails, messages, and each app on your Android phone. Changing ...