Have you ever ever been enjoyable when, out of nowhere, your telephone blows up with notifications?
I have been there too many occasions, which led me to maintain my telephone on silent mode 24/7. Then Google teased a brand new function in Android 15 known as Notification Cooldown that promised to vary all the pieces. Notification Cooldown did not precisely hit the mark in Android 15, nevertheless it has made a comeback within the newest iteration (Android 16) to make sure that it really works precisely as anticipated.
Notification Cooldown manages how usually notifications could be posted by an utility over time. This function is designed particularly to forestall apps from overwhelming customers with too many notifications directly.
What I like about Notification Cooldown is that it helps guarantee I do not miss necessary notifications as a result of my telephone was on silent (which has occurred fairly a bit).
The brand new function initially arrived with the March 2025 replace to assist decrease the interruptions that usually accompany notifications. As soon as this function is enabled, it robotically lowers the amount and minimizes alerts (for as much as two minutes) when a number of notifications arrive in a brief period of time.
For instance, a pal of yours discovers a brand new diner you need to try to begins texting you repeatedly to rave about how good it’s. With Notification Cooldown enabled, that barrage of texts occurs silently, so you do not have to endure by way of the “dings” or put your telephone on silent mode.
Even when Notification Cooldown is activated, you possibly can nonetheless pull down the Notification Shade and consider that deluge of texts.
The caveat to utilizing Notification Cooldown is that it can’t be custom-made to this point. You may allow or disable the function, and that is it. The function first appeared on Pixel units however ought to trickle all the way down to others over time.
Notification Cooldown additionally doesn’t apply to alarms, emergency alerts, and precedence conversations.
Easy methods to allow Notification Cooldown
What you want: To make use of Notification Cooldown, you will want an Android Pixel telephone working not less than the March 2025 replace. Hopefully the function will arrive on different units quickly.
The very first thing to do is open the Settings app by both knocking down the Notification Shade twice and tapping the gear icon or opening the App Drawer and tapping the Settings launcher.
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From inside Settings, find the Notifications entry and faucet it.
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Below the Common class, you will see an inventory for Notification Cooldown. Faucet that entry.
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Faucet the On/Off slider till it is within the On place to allow Notification Cooldown. You would possibly uncover that the function is enabled by default. In that case, you are already having fun with Notification Cooldown, so you possibly can unmute your gadget.
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Now that Notification Cooldown has had an opportunity to gestate, I’ve discovered the function works because it was supposed, which suggests these fixed interruptions have dramatically lessened.
And that, my Android-loving mates, is all there may be to Notification Cooldown. Take pleasure in that newfound peace.
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