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- Updating to Android 15 introduces a new feature that blocks untrusted apps from accessing notifications deemed to have sensitive information.
- Windows is now warning Phone Link users that because of this change, it won’t show certain notifications.
- Phone Link should be able to bypass this restriction, but it appears to only do so for Samsung devices running One UI 6.1.1 or later.
If you’re a frequent user of the Phone Link app on Windows, then you’re probably used to seeing your phone notifications mirrored on your computer. However, if you update your Android device to Android 15, you may lose the ability to see certain notifications.
First spotted by Android Authority contributor Mishaal Rahman, Phone Link has started to warn users that certain notifications may not appear. In the warning, it explains that some notifications will be hidden due to a new feature introduced in Android 15: