Finally, Android 13 will ask your permission to show notifications

As another developer preview of Android 13 is released, Google has announced that it’s finally introducing a way to manage new notifications, with a prompt. According to a blog post (opens in new tab), whenever you open a new app for the first time, a message box will appear, asking you to approve or deny any future notifications from the app. This is a feature that’s appeared in Apple’s devices since 2010 with iOS 4, so it’s good to see Android catch up on a feature that’s been requested for over a decade, though it’s baffling that Google took this long.

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