by dbadmin | Apr 17, 2025 | Android 16, Google, Google Pixel 9a, News
Android 16 Beta 4 arrives today for Pixel devices. New owners of the Pixel 9a can now enroll in the Beta program, their first opportunity to do so. Downloads for the Pixel 9a should also be available soon. Android development is proceeding a little differently this...
by dbadmin | Apr 17, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News
Google is working on a new Video Chat panel for Android that lets you apply a variety of visual and audio effects to video calls. These effects include background blur, portrait lighting, portrait touch-up, and studio-style mic processing. Although we spotted evidence...
by dbadmin | Apr 17, 2025 | Android 16, Google, News
Android 16 Beta 4 is now available for Pixel phones. Testers can manually download an OTA or factory image, but most will want to wait for an update notification. We’re now within spitting distance of Android 16 stable, due later this quarter. Google is putting the...
by dbadmin | Apr 17, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News
Google is working on re-adding a dedicated shortcut for toggling Do Not Disturb mode from the Quick Settings panel. For a long time, Android let users quickly toggle Do Not Disturb mode from a Quick Settings shortcut, but this shortcut was replaced with Modes in the...
by dbadmin | Apr 17, 2025 | Android 16, Google, News
Android 16 Beta 4 is scheduled to arrive tomorrow, April 17. This is just over a month since Beta 3 landed, and 3.1 and 3.2 have arrived in the interim. Google’s getting down to the wire for making changes ahead of Android 16’s stable release. It’s been just over a...
by dbadmin | Apr 16, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, Google, News
Credit: Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority Android 16’s Advanced Protection Mode will offer a one-click toggle that enables a plethora of security settings across the OS and even external apps. We’ve spotted the full list of security measures envisaged under Advanced...
