Items tagged with android 16

Owners of contemporary Pixel phones should be pretty happy today. Hot on the heels of Apple's announcements at WWDC, Google is letting loose Android 16 on its Pixel devices. This release brings the new Material 3 Expressive quasi-redesign, along with a veritable host of minor useful features that in combination add up... Read more...
Samsung has officially launched its One UI 8 Beta Program, the company's latest take on Android 16, and with it comes multimodal AI capabilities and customization. This "first-generation upgrade" promises to redefine the user experience, mirroring Android 16's goal to have optimized UI/UX for Android phones... Read more...
It looks as if the latest Android 16 Beta 3 will solve an age-old Pixel limitation, which is keeping the fingerprint scanner active when the screen is off. No more needing to wake the screen first and then unlock your device with your fingers. Why this wasn't activated in the first place is anyone's guess, but hey... Read more...
Google is swiftly moving through development of the Android 16 OS. We got the first two Developer Preview builds in November and December of last year, then the first beta release in late January of this year, followed now by the second beta. This new build has a few notable changes, although the biggest ones are... Read more...
Android 15 is the latest version of Android you'll find on retail devices, but Google is already running a public test of Android 16. The second developer preview has just been released with a raft of tweaks and improvements for the phone's of tomorrow, including a new mode for the latest Pixel fingerprint sensors... Read more...
The paint on the fresh new Android 15 hasn't even dried yet, yet that hasn't stopped Google from dropping an early holiday gift in the form of an Android 16 Developer Preview build. If you're an app developer or a brave enough to try this very early (and presumably bug laden) build, then have at it. Also, we have a... Read more...