With the November Pixel Drop, Google introduced ‘Notification Summaries‘ for select Pixel devices. At the time, Google had also mentioned an AI-powered organizer for your notifications, scheduled for rollout in December. Staying true to its word, Google has now begun rolling out ‘Notification Organizer‘ to eligible devices, following its announcement last week.
The feature should appear imminently on your Pixel 9 or newer models (except for the Pixel 9a) running Android 16 QPR2. As noted by 9to5Google, Notification Organizer will be turned on by default, so you’ll likely know when it’s live on your Pixel phone.
This feature silences and groups notifications from certain categories, with the Promotions and News categories automatically selected. Other categories, such as Social and Promotions, offer more flexibility over the type of notifications you can silence and group.
Block out the noise with this useful feature
Users will also find a toggle labeled “Always expand bundles,” which is off by default and provides an expanded view of the grouped notifications. When available, Notification Organizer can be found under Settings > Notifications as the fourth option under the Manage section.
When you’ve figured out the categories of notifications you want to silence, they will appear in your notifications panel under ‘Silent.’ Meanwhile, your regular notifications, such as text messages, should appear above this section, as shown in the graphic above. Each notification category will also include a dedicated icon.
Despite the obvious usefulness of a feature like Notification Organizer, it’s not without its limitations. For instance, it requires the device’s primary system language to be set to English. Furthermore, it’s only available in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, and Japan, according to a support page.
Work on this Notification Organizer has been ongoing for quite a while. We saw early hints of it emerging back in July, and users can now take it for a spin, assuming they own a compatible Pixel device and live in a supported region. 9to5Google recommends restarting your compatible Pixel phone if it isn’t live yet.
Like Notification Summaries, this new organizer feature also taps into AI, though its capabilities are not as extensive. As you would imagine, Notification Organizer processes the notifications on-device, with Google noting that none of the data is sent to its servers. Google also warns that it can make mistakes.
Activating or disabling this feature requires navigating to the Notifications settings, so maybe there’s scope for a dedicated toggle within the Quick Settings panel in a future Android release.
