Android Authority

Android 16 QPR2 brings Live Updates to the Android Easter egg

Google is updating the Android Easter egg in Android 16 QPR2 to properly showcase the new Live Updates feature. Live Updates allow apps to provide persistent progress updates in the status bar, on the ...
Android Authority

Android 16 offers an early taste of Live Updates, but its best features will have to wait

Live Updates introduce a new way for Android to let apps communicate ongoing processes. With today’s release of Android 16, we start to see support for apps featuring progress-centric notifications.
Android Police

Android 16's iOS-like Live Updates to make their way to wearables next year

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
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Android 17 Will Put Full-Screen Apps on Your Always-On Display

For some years now, Always-On Display (AOD) has become a fundamental feature for millions of Android phones. It allows you to quickly check key data like the time, weather, and new notification icons ...
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Android 16's Take on iOS' Live Activities Is Missing at Launch

Android 16’s Live Updates feature, a highly anticipated feature, isn’t fully active on Pixel phones at launch; the complete experience arrives in a future update (likely QPR1/QPR2). These ...
Android Police

Now we know exactly how Android's upgraded notifications will work with Google Maps

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...