by dbadmin | Apr 16, 2024 | Android 15, News
We have a very early hands-on of lock screen widget support in the first Android 15 beta. Android used to let you add widgets to the lock screen until Android 5.0 Lollipop was released nearly a decade ago. Android 15 is finally bringing back lock screen widget...
by dbadmin | Apr 16, 2024 | Android 15, News
Android 15 could introduce a new way for the system to protect users from misbehaving apps: by quarantining them. Android is already a very secure operating system, but sometimes misbehaving apps slip through the cracks. For now, misbehaving apps are often uninstalled...
by dbadmin | Apr 15, 2024 | Android 15, News
Google is preparing to tweak the Pixel Launcher’s animations and feature set in Android 15. The Pixel Launcher app powers the home screen and recents screen on Pixel phones. There’s a new swipe-to-home animation that’s snappier, a new title bar in the recents screen,...
by dbadmin | Apr 15, 2024 | Android 15, News, NFC
Google is working to add support for NFC Wireless Charging into Android 15. Many smaller devices don’t support Qi wireless charging because they don’t have enough space to fit a charging receiver coil. NFC Wireless Charging requires much less integration space, so...
by dbadmin | Apr 12, 2024 | Android 15, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Android 15 beta 1 allows users to change their default wallet app to something other than Google Wallet. The app you set as your default wallet app will be used for making NFC payments. The only other app that seems to take...
by dbadmin | Apr 11, 2024 | Android 15, News
We can now report that lock screen widgets are coming back, but will only be available on tablets running Android 15. Earlier this year, we broke the news that Google is working on bringing back Android’s long-lost lock screen widget feature. At the time, it wasn’t...
