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.

Android 15 will hide unused notification channels by default, making it easier to manage notifications from apps with lots of channels.

We will go over the steps for changing notification sounds for Samsung Messages. Our tutorial uses a Samsung Galaxy phone with Android 14 and One UI 6.1.