This is one design trend I hate but some hardware manufacturers don't give you a choice on whether you want to use it.
Our smartphones can be major distractions. For me, this is confirmed by my screen time breakdown informing me that I pick up my phone about 144 times per day (based on a three-week average), which ...
Notifications are supposed to help. But most days, they just hijack your sanity. BuzzKill offers a smarter way to manage the noise, letting you fine-tune exactly which alerts get through so your phone ...
Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...
Notifications on the Mac show up in the top-right corner as a rule. This is fine most of the time, but on large displays you might not notice what's happening in the top-right corner if you're reading ...
Alerts, notifications (including approvals) and subscriptions can be a good "glue layer" for the loose integration of a heterogeneous digital workplace. In "The Essential Glue for Your Digital ...
I’ve decided not to receive any more notifications on my phones. No, I’m not a Luddite. Just someone who’s escaping the noise and anxiety caused by a mostly broken system. That’s right — I’ve ...
If you receive a Hypertension Notification on your Apple Watch, here are the steps you should take to address it.