by dbadmin | Apr 15, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News
With the upcoming Android 16 update, more Android phones will be getting access to Android’s Identity Check feature. Currently, only Pixel and Samsung phones have this feature. When Identity Check is enabled, biometric authentication will be required to change many...
by dbadmin | Apr 14, 2025 | Android 16, News, Samsung, Samsung One UI
Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority Samsung is still trying to roll out Android 15-based One UI 7 to its devices, but screenshots of Android 16-based One UI 8 have already leaked. The UI in these leaked screenshots looks very similar to the previous OS release,...
by dbadmin | Apr 11, 2025 | Android 16, Battery, Color OS, News, OnePlus, OnePlus 13, OnePlus OxygenOS
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority OnePlus 13 recently received the Android 16 beta 2 update, intended for developers and advanced users. This update improves the battery charging limit feature by removing the fixed 80% limit. Instead, users can customize the...
by dbadmin | Apr 9, 2025 | Android 16, News, OnePlus, OnePlus 13
Credit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority OnePlus has released Android 16 Beta 2 for the OnePlus 13, making it the first non-Pixel device to receive the new platform update. However, the build is only intended for developers and advanced users, with major bugs...
by dbadmin | Apr 5, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News
Android 16 now supports cloud compilation, a new feature that could speed up new app installs. The goal of cloud compilation is to avoid running the dex2oat tool during app installations by offloading compilation to the cloud. Dex2oat takes an APK file and generates...
by dbadmin | Apr 4, 2025 | Android 16, News
The latest version of the Vulkan graphics API, Vulkan 1.4, introduces a feature called Host Image Copy. A Google engineer says games using Host Image Copy can remove stutter during texture data streaming while also halving memory use. Devices launching with chipset...
