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 ...

You can have your phone or tablet make a brief noise, chime, or vibration whenever an app, call, or message notification comes through. Like customizing your ringtone with your favorite song, you can ...

Pixel 9’s new Sound Matters collection of ringtones, alarms, and notification sounds is rolling out to older Pixel models. The collection will be available on the Pixel 4 and newer devices with ...

Some of the best reasons to use a Pixel phone are turned off by default. Follow these steps to get the most out of your ...

Some Pixel owners have found a strange notification bug in Android 16. Affected users found that notifications don’t play any sounds when there’s already a notification in the dropdown menu. Google ...

Imad is a senior reporter covering Google and internet culture. Hailing from Texas, Imad started his journalism career in 2013 and has amassed bylines with The New York Times, The Washington Post, ...

The latest episode of the Made by Google Podcast (S5 E2) goes into the sound (and haptics) design on Pixel devices. At a high-level, sounds are meant to reflect the Google Pixel design principles of ...

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