by dbadmin | May 20, 2025 | Android 16, Material 3 Expressive, News
Google unveiled Android’s new Material 3 Expressive design yesterday, and it’s already available in the Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 released today. This beta showcases Android’s UI overhaul with features like revamped Quick Settings, background blur, and springier...
by dbadmin | May 20, 2025 | Android 16, News
Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 revamps the recents screen, making the app context menu for actions like split-screen more discoverable with a new pill-shaped button. This button now displays the app’s name and a downward arrow, a common indicator for additional menus, helping...
by dbadmin | May 20, 2025 | Android, Android 16, Google, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google has just revealed the first beta for Android 16 QPR 1. This is effectively a preview for the next Pixel Drop release, expected to launch in June. Google has just made plenty of announcements as part of I/O 2025. While...
by dbadmin | May 18, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News
Google appears to be developing an Android equivalent to iOS’s Standby Mode, hinted at by a Google Play Services update and code found in Android 16. This new feature will likely leverage an enhanced Hub Mode, which is being optimized for phones and will integrate...
by dbadmin | May 16, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News
Google may be developing “Magic Actions” for Android, an AI-powered enhancement to notification actions that could leverage the Gemini AI model. This new feature, which we spotted in Android 16 code, aims to replace the current Smart Actions, and could offer more...
by dbadmin | May 14, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News
Google is developing a new split-screen mode for Android 16 that aims to improve multitasking on phone displays by using a 90:10 ratio. This allows one app to dominate the screen while the other remains accessible in a smaller portion, and tapping the smaller app...
