First look at Android’s slick new animations for its big expressive redesign

by dbadmin | May 1, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News

Google is adding expressive new animations to Android for interactions like dismissing notifications and toggling settings. Physics-based notification dismissals, shape-shifting Quick Setting tiles, and a power button ‘squeeze’ effect are incoming. A waveform appears...

Android 16’s huge UI redesign is the most exciting change I’ve seen in years

by dbadmin | May 1, 2025 | Android, Android 16, Features, Google

The lead-up to Android 16 has been … interesting. We’re four betas into the update’s rollout, and with each new beta version released, the public-facing changes are both minor and few and far between. However, more significant changes have been found under the hood,...

Poll: What do you think of Android’s upcoming UI overhaul?

by dbadmin | Apr 30, 2025 | Android, Android 16, Google, News, Polls

Android has taken on a lot of different looks in the 16+ years since its debut — some loved, some reviled. Lately, though, it’s felt like we haven’t been seeing a ton on focus on freshening up the system UI very much. But that could soon be about to change, with new...

Google is working on a big UI overhaul for Android: Here’s an early look

by dbadmin | Apr 30, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News

Google is working on a big redesign of Android, and we have an early look at what the new UI looks like. Android will apply background blur to Quick Settings and other areas, will use thinner sliders for volume, will use new icons and font in the status bar, and more....

Google is giving Android its own special show ahead of I/O 2025

by dbadmin | Apr 28, 2025 | Android, Android 16, Google, Google I/O, News

Google will host a first-of-its-kind Android Show ahead of Google I/O. The Android Show: I/O Edition will be streamed live on YouTube on May 13. It will be hosted by Sameer Samat, President of the Android Ecosystem at Google, and will include major announcements about...

Here’s an early look at Android’s colorful and ‘expressive’ Google account settings (APK teardown)

by dbadmin | Apr 28, 2025 | Android, Android 16, Authority Insights, Google, google account, News

Credit: Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority Android could soon get a more colorful look thanks to a new expressive Material Design theme. We recently got an early look at the redesigned Settings menu featuring this theme in Android 16 beta 4. We now have a better idea...