by dbadmin | Mar 14, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News
Google is testing new icons for various status bar elements like WiFi, mobile data, airplane mode, and battery level. We previously spotted the new designs for the WiFi, mobile data, and airplane mode icons last year, but the battery level icon has been significantly...
by dbadmin | Mar 14, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News
Google is experimenting with transparent notifications in Android 16. Notifications will appear transparent only when shown on the lock screen and on top of other apps. It’s unlikely that Google will move forward with this change given the reduction in readability,...
by dbadmin | Mar 14, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News
Google is experimenting with putting the lock screen clock in more surfaces, including the top of the notifications panel. This feature isn’t live yet in the latest Android 16 beta, but it could arrive in one of the quarterly releases. The clock only appears in the...
by dbadmin | Mar 14, 2025 | Authority Insights, ChatGPT, News, Virtual assistant
Credit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority The latest ChatGPT beta now lets you set ChatGPT as the default assistant on Android. This will let you invoke ChatGPT with buttons and gestures. Invoking ChatGPT through this launches the assistant’s voice mode. Thanks to...
by dbadmin | Mar 13, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News
Google is continuing its work to split up Android’s notifications and Quick Settings panels. The media player now appears at the top of the Quick Settings panel, and you can now switch between pages by swiping. The new split notifications and Quick Settings panels...
by dbadmin | Mar 13, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News
The Android Settings app could get a major design overhaul in an upcoming Android release. The new design could bring Material Design 3 switches, have each item in separate cards, and use carets to indicate when subpages exist. The new version of the Settings app...
