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 ...

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Google is adding Auracast support to Android. Users will be able to connect directly from hearing aids to audio broadcasts. Pixel 9 devices will be able to connect to broadcasts through QR codes. During ...

Android 16 is nearly here, about two months earlier than normal. Last year, Google started to change up the timeline of when products were released, including Pixel and Android. Releasing the Pixel 9 back in August instead of October, Pixel ...

Today, Android 16 reaches platform stability, as Google releases the third beta. Google has one more beta scheduled for next month, with the final release coming after that. We expect Android 16 to be pushed to AOSP on June 3, ...

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google announced a bevy of new features, tools, and programs ahead of the latest Game Developers Conference (GDC) to make bringing PC games to Android easier than ever. These include first-class support for the ...

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on new features to manage external displays. These include the ability to rearrange displays, seamlessly move the mouse between displays, and a toggle to switch between mirroring and extending the display. ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The recent Android 16 beta 2.1 release appears to be causing problems. Users are reporting that they are experiencing major battery drain issues after installing the update. Some say that they are being forced ...

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google announced today that the upcoming Android 16 QPR1 release will bring lock screen widget support to phones. Android 16 QPR1 isn’t expected to roll out until September, but we managed to activate the ...

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google Maps appears to be the first app to add support for Android 16’s new Live Updates feature. Live Updates are a special class of notifications that display progress-centric information and can appear in ...

In recent years, Google released the latest iteration of the Android OS in August or slightly later. However, the search engine giant could release the upcoming Android 16 version much earlier in June this year. Speaking at Mobile World Congress, ...