Google Working on Bundled Notifications Feature for Grouping Notifications in Gmail-Like Categories: Report

Google will reportedly organise notifications into Promotions, News, Social, and Recommendations.

Written by Nithya P Nair, Edited by Manas Mitul | Updated: 17 December 2024 15:48 IST

Google Working on Bundled Notifications Feature for Grouping Notifications in Gmail-Like Categories: Report

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New feature could arrive in the stable Android 15 QPR2 or Android 16 release

Highlights

Google reportedly developing Gmail-like categories for Notifications
The new feature is reportedly called bundled notifications
It was spotted under the Settings menu

Google appears to be working to bring a new feature for managing notifications on Android devices. The tech giant is reportedly adding Gmail-like categories for organised notification management in Android 16. This new feature, dubbed "bundled notifications", was reportedly found in the latest Android 15 beta version. Similar types of notifications will be reportedly arranged together under categories like promotions and news in the next Android release.

Next Android Update May Change Notification Management

Mishaal Rahman for Android Authority discovered a hidden Bundled notifications settings page under Settings > Notifications in the latest Android 15 beta release. The feature could silence and group similar notifications. As per the screenshots of the feature shared by the publication, the bundled notifications feature is currently disabled by default.

Users will be able to access the bundled notifications feature by toggling the Use notification bundling setting. Once this is enabled, similar notifications will be classified together. Currently Promotions, News, Social, and Recommendations are the available themes.

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Bundled notifications
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The bundled notifications functionality appears similar to how Gmail manages emails. Gmail currently allow users to organise emails into 5 different email categories automatically — Primary, Promotions, Social, Updates, and Forums. Google has yet to provide any information related to how the feature works, or whether it will include new themes. It is likely to arrive in the stable Android 15 QPR2 or Android 16 release. Android System Intelligence app is expected to manage this upcoming feature.

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