Having notification icons in the status bar is one of Android’s advantages. That is not something iOS offers, and it’s a really neat feature to have.

As spotted by Android Authority, a latent experiment in Android 15 swaps out the existing notification icons in the status bar for ones that match what you’d find on the homescreen.

The icons at the top of our Android smartphones have changed a lot over time. As more features are added, more icons appear, and it can get a bit confusing at times. Here's what they all mean.

The latest version of Gmail for Android replaces the red notifications icon with a static blue version. Gmail first replaced the red icon with a dynamic theming-enabled icon back in June but ...

You can now hide your status bar icon thanks to this app On Android, there are usually quite a few icons present in the status bar, depending on what your settings are, how many notifications you ...

With the upcoming Android 15 update, some of the status bar icons may once again feature a segmented design, harkening back to the pre-Android 5.0 era. Furthermore, the status bar icon for battery ...

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From the opening screen, tap Ticker Text, then flip the toggle switches for both Status Bar Ticker Text and Disable heads up notifications. You can customize the style of the ticker further down.

In the Android 14 system, long-pressing an icon will only display app shortcuts, as well as app information, paused apps, and widgets. In fact, this change came during the Android 14 beta.

In a sense, Android’s DND mode comes close to enabling that in one other way. I could set up DND to only hide notifications from the top bar, but allow them to be visible everywhere else ...