Android 15 will allow users to receive “cooldown” notifications – here’s what you need to know

The Android 15 update has reportedly added a surprising new feature called Notification Cooldown. This feature gradually reduces the volume of successive notifications for a period of time.

The Notification Cooldown option is at the bottom of the Notification Settings section. There you can set whether a cooldown is applied to all notifications, a specific conversation, or not at all. It’s a fairly simple feature, but one that could be very popular with people who are inundated with notifications but can’t risk putting their phone on silent.

However, it is important to note that this does not completely mute the sound of new notifications, nor does it prevent them from appearing on the screen. Instead, the feature reduces the volume of successive notifications. The theory is that this volume change makes users aware of where certain notifications are coming from and allows them to consciously ignore longer conversations.

Additionally, there is an unknown cooldown timer that also resets after a while. Once this reset occurs, notifications will be sent at full volume, regardless of whether they come from the same app or conversation. There doesn’t appear to be an option for users to adjust this timer yet, but it could be a feature that will be added in the full update.

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