If you have a smartphone, you almost certainly have to deal with apps sending you ad notifications. Whether it’s for a new product, an ongoing sale, or whatever else, few things are as annoying as having your notifications filled with advertising like this.
But what if I told you that you could now filter out those advertising notifications so you don’t receive them? If you have a Samsung phone running the One UI 8.5 beta, that’s now possible thanks to Samsung’s new “Block apps with excessive ads” setting. It’s buried deep in One UI 8.5, but it could very well be the update’s best-kept secret. Here’s how to find and use it.