Android 15 is still making it to phones at the moment, but Android 16 is well on its way through beta testing. We’ve already seen some interesting features so far, and the beta testing phase isn’t over yet. Google just ...

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google released Android 16 Beta 2 two weeks ago, with some new functionality on board. Today Google follows that up with Android 16 Beta 2.1, consisting mostly of bug fixes Beta 3 has ...

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Quick Settings offer a convenient spot to quickly toggle some of your most-used device options. Right now you can only rearrange those tiles, but Android 16 is working on a way to change their ...

Google rolled out the Android 16 Beta 1 update earlier in January. At the time, the search engine giant announced that Android 16 would bring a new feature called “Live Updates” or “Live Notifications”. The company recently released the Android ...

Google released the second Android 16 Beta earlier this month, just over three weeks after dropping the first one. If you are part of the beta program, you might be aware of a few new features by now. We already ...

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 is implementing support for true HDR screenshots, enabling you to take screenshots of HDR content. This capability is live in Android 16 Beta 2 and builds upon the previous work that Google ...

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR We successfully activated Android 16’s Live Updates feature, allowing us to showcase what live notifications will look like. Live Updates is a new class of notifications for ongoing activities like rideshare pickups, food delivery ...

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a new method of activating screen savers on Android. A new option will let you trigger the screen saver when your device is charging and “postured,” i.e. it’s upright. This ...

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 adds the ability to customize keyboard shortcuts. We previously spotted evidence for this feature in Android 16 Beta 1, but it’s now live in Android 16 Beta 2. While you can’t assign ...

Security is one of the most important subjects in tech nowadays. A major gateway into our private data happens to be our phones. We keep a ton of sensitive information on these devices, and there are always people who want ...