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TL;DR Samsung’s One UI 8.5 could alleviate notification spam by blocking specific apps.
As per a recent leak, One UI 8.5 may put apps with “excessive ad” spam into a state of “deep sleep.”
It may also begin analyzing notifications on device to ensure they’re only blocked if they’re spam.
With One UI 8.5, Samsung could bring additional settings to prevent apps with excessive notifications from badgering you. Tipster Tarun Vats shared on X a couple of screenshots of an upcoming One UI 8.5 feature that would block apps that continuously display “excessive ads.”
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According to the leak, these apps would be put into “deep sleep,” a state that prevents them from waking themselves up, running in the background, or sending notifications. Currently, One UI puts unused apps into deep sleep, but the upcoming update appears to extend this to spammy apps as well.
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Based on the description, the feature might either block apps that send frequent notifications that appear to be ads. Alternatively, you can use the option to activate “intelligent blocking,” which analyzes the contents of notifications in the app to determine whether they’re ads. This, the description reads, will also be limited to on-device analysis.
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