by dbadmin | Dec 4, 2025 | Android 16, News
TL;DR Google has updated the Android Package Installer with the new Material 3 Expressive design language to match the rest of the OS. The redesigned dialog centers the app name and icon while using distinct filled and elevated button styles to improve usability. You...
by dbadmin | Dec 4, 2025 | Android 16, Android apps, Features, Google, Google Pixel, Software Update
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority With Android QPR2, which started rolling out a few days ago in early December, Google is bringing a slew of cool new features to Android — specifically its Pixel phones. One of these is a feature I’m sure many of you have...
by dbadmin | Dec 4, 2025 | Android 16, Google, News, Polls, Survey Results
Credit: Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority Google is switching up its release cycle with Android 16. Instead of just one big update, we get another smaller update before the end of the year in the form of Android 16 QPR2. While Pixel users are used to QPR releases,...
by dbadmin | Dec 4, 2025 | Android 16, Google Pixel, Guides
Google’s Android 16 QPR2 update is here, and it’s a pretty impressive one. This latest quarterly platform release comes with several user-facing changes, and one of the biggest among them is lock screen widgets. The Pixel Tablet was the first Pixel device to get lock...
by dbadmin | Dec 3, 2025 | Android 16, Google, Google Pixel, Guides
Google Pixel users, it’s time to buckle up for another big software update. On December 2, Google officially began rolling out Android 16 QPR2, and it’s chock-full of new features for your Pixel phone. What kind of new features? We’re talking new app icon...
by dbadmin | Dec 2, 2025 | Android 16, AOSP, News
TL;DR Google has started uploading the source code for Android 16 QPR2 to AOSP following its release for Pixel devices today. This marks a return to form for Google after the company surprisingly withheld the source code for Android 16 QPR1 for two months. Developers...