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Adaptive Battery

Your phone’s adaptive battery feature can delay notifications. It limits background activity for apps you use infrequently in order to save battery.

This feature, found especially on Google Pixel phones, is often cited as the main cause of delayed notifications.

To fix this problem:

  1. Go to Settings, then to the Battery section

    Section titled “Go to Settings, then to the Battery section”
    Samsung Settings with Battery highlighted
  2. Battery settings with Battery protection highlighted
  3. Select the Basic option or turn the option off completely

    Section titled “Select the Basic option or turn the option off completely”
    Battery protection options with Basic selected