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Samsung may finally fix a top notification annoyance on Galaxy phones

Samsung appears to be preparing a long overdue fix for one of the most frustrating parts of living with a Galaxy phone: the constant drip of spammy notification ads from otherwise legitimate apps.
Engadget

Google brings in-call scam notifications to Pixel watches

Anyone else feel like half the time their phone rings these days it's spam? Sometimes there's an alert before you even pick up, but other times it takes being in the call to know. Well, Google is now ...
Android Authority

Samsung could soon have a fix for excessive notification ad spam on Galaxy phones

Samsung’s One UI 8.5 could alleviate notification spam by blocking specific apps. As per a recent leak, One UI 8.5 may put apps with “excessive ad” spam into a state of “deep sleep.” It may also begin ...
Android Police

Google's AI now stops more scammers across Chrome, Search, and Android

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
Android Authority

First calls and texts, now Pixels could detect scams from chat apps (APK teardown)

An Android Authority teardown has revealed that Google’s Scam Detection feature is coming to chat apps. The feature will display scam detection alerts in chat app notifications. It’s possible that ...