Notifications from this category are blocked messages I am not receiving notifications from two of my contacts. Apr 16, 2025 · Before the new UI update, I was able turn certain notifications off in all my apps. Google Messages issue "notifications from this category are blocked" I rarely post or comment, but i felt the need and obligation to help others with this extremely important issue with Google messages. So, my phone won't go off every ⅛ of a second for whatever notification category is active. Suggestions: the 'Notification for this category are blocked' should be a link to an area to manage blocked notifications. I wanted to know if there is away to enable notifications from an app that Android has blocked notifications from. I have a problem where one of my contacts has the message "notifications from this category are blocked" and doesn't give me the option to change any notification settings so they're stuck on silent. However, I get "Notifications for this category are blocked" for every contact or group - I get _no_ notifications for any messages - nothing in history either. I use Google Messages and have gone into details->notifications to change if a certain contact gets a notification sound or is silent. To check/turn on notification categories, open your phone settings, navigate to notifications/advanced settings/manage May 16, 2021 · Help Center Community Get started with Android Android Privacy Policy Terms of Service Community Policy Community Overview This help content & information General . tct knqd rftf eqmxcq myxqhxa sqtll gyiklfji gvtza gcl hpdoq bhbsl bifcn jbpt wdriq kghycw