WhatsApp, the cross-platform instant messenger owned by Facebook, will finally allow Android users to choose how different types of notification appear.

Google has made some changes to the way notifications are handheld in Android O including snoozing and notification channels. Here's what they're about.

That older change is imperfect — plenty of apps group their notifications into channels unhelpfully, with vague names like "General" or "Updates" — but for the most part, it's a solid system ...

Most Android apps create several notification channels when they're installed. However, there's no guarantee that you will use every single one of them.

Google is working on a "notification organizer" for Pixels that uses AI to sort your notifications, and it could arrive in Android 16 QPR1.