As another Android 13 developer preview rolls out, Google has announced that it's finally introducing a way to handle new notifications, complete with a prompt.
According to a weblog post, whenever you open a new app for the first time, a message box will appear asking you to approve or reject any future notifications from the app.
This is a feature that has been appearing on Apple devices since XNUMX with iOS XNUMX, so it's good to see Android catching up with a feature that has been requested for over a decade, albeit it's puzzling that Google has taken this long.
Analysis: Lucky 13 for notifications
Google likes to take its time when it comes to Android, and a push notification is the latest in a long list of features that users want.
For years, users wanted the company to provide official themes and a way to change their color palette on Android while molding them into the apps they would use each and every day.
While Android XNUMX launched with Material You, there's a lot of room for improvement, as buttons and menus feel larger than necessary.
So when it comes to how notifications look with these new themes, they look huge and not easy on the eyes, especially if you choose the lime green theme.
But thanks to Android 13, it seems that more improvements to the theme are on the way. Combine that with the new option to hide new app notifications at startup, and this could be a release that could satisfy both new and old users who have been holding off on updating their phones.