by dbadmin | Jul 4, 2025 | Android 16, Google, Material 3 Expressive, News
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority The latest Android System Intelligence app update brings Material 3 Expressive design changes to more Android settings. The build introduced revamped settings pages for Now Playing, At a Glance, Live Translate, Apps in Search,...
by dbadmin | Jul 3, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News
Android 16 introduces Live Updates, a new feature that elevates ongoing notifications to the status bar, but it excludes media playback notifications. This is because media apps use a dedicated “Media style” template, which is not one of the specific styles that can...
by dbadmin | Jul 2, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News
Google is preparing to launch “Live Updates,” a feature similar to iOS’s Live Activities that prominently displays progress-style notifications. Once live, these special notifications will appear fully expanded on the lock screen and as a persistent chip in the status...
by dbadmin | Jul 2, 2025 | Android 16, Google, News
Credit: Tushar Mehta / Android Authority Google has redesigned the permissions dialogs that appear in Android. This change appears following the June Google Play system update when applied to the latest Android 16 QPR Beta 2.1. Google has dropped the older design in...
by dbadmin | Jun 27, 2025 | Android 16, News
Android 16 is adding a new security feature that can warn you when your phone might be connected to a fake or insecure mobile network created by a “stingray” device. This feature alerts you to unencrypted connections or when the network requests your phone’s...
by dbadmin | Jun 27, 2025 | Android 16, News
Android 16 is adding a new security feature to warn you when your phone connects to a fake or insecure mobile network known as a “stingray.” This feature alerts you to unencrypted connections or when the network requests your phone’s identifiers, which helps protect...
