Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Google is experimenting with transparent notifications in Android 16. Notifications will appear transparent only when shown on the lock screen and on top of other apps. It’s unlikely that Google will move forward with ...
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is experimenting with putting the lock screen clock in more surfaces, including the top of the notifications panel. This feature isn’t live yet in the latest Android 16 beta, but it could arrive ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 Beta 3 introduces a new battery health screen. Here the operating system attempts to estimate how current battery capacity compares to when the phone was new. Users can access resources to educate ...
Google just released the Android 16 beta 3, and people are all cracking into the software to see what it’s all about. We’ve already seen a handful of new features that make us excited, but one of them is a ...
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is continuing its work to split up Android’s notifications and Quick Settings panels. The media player now appears at the top of the Quick Settings panel, and you can now switch between pages ...
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR The Android Settings app could get a major design overhaul in an upcoming Android release. The new design could bring Material Design 3 switches, have each item in separate cards, and use carets to ...
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a new developer option for Android 16 that will let you enable Android’s desktop experience features. This new option enables Android’s Desktop View on the device itself as well as ...
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a new Android feature that automatically summarizes notifications for you. Unlike Apple’s notification summaries feature, Google’s version will only summarize conversation notifications. This should hopefully reduce how often they fail, ...
Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR Google has updated the Android Easter egg once again in Android 16. The Easter egg in Android 16 is still the same spaceship minigame from the previous two releases, but it now has an ...
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 Beta 3 is out today for Pixel devices registered in Google’s testing program. New features include Auracast broadcast support for hearing aids and high-contrast text outlines. Android 16 is now formally ...
