Google already launched Android 15 to AOSP and plans to ship it out as an replace to Pixel telephones within the coming weeks. As soon as that occurs, we’ll concentrate on the subsequent huge QPR replace that’s scheduled for December earlier than all eyes level to Android 16 and its previews. And truly, as a result of that is the world of Android, we’re going to skip on previous QPR for a minute and dive right into a probably huge change that Google may be eyeing for the subsequent model.
Yep, let’s discuss briefly about Android 16 and what its notification shade might become.
When Google launched the primary Android 15 QPR1 beta construct a few weeks in the past, they apparently left some work-in-progress stuff that Mishaal Rahman was in a position to activate that might arrive in Android 16. What he discovered is a reasonably main change to each the look of the notification shade in Android and likewise to the way it features when looking for fast settings shortcuts. In brief, let’s hope Google is barely toying with the thought earlier than scrapping not less than part of it.
Above, you possibly can see the Android 16 notification and fast settings panels as they presently stand in a background state of Android 15 QPR1. In line with Mishaal, a single-finger swipe down brings the notification shade to a few quarter of the display somewhat than the complete display, as we discover in Android 15 and under. The thought right here might be to get you into notifications with out totally interrupting no matter you have been doing on the display on the time. I’d think about the realm might develop to cowl extra display actual property when you have a couple of or two notifications.
The large change right here is that in an effort to see fast settings buttons, you not can merely swipe down once more on the notification shade after already swiping as soon as to view notifications. As a substitute, Google presently has it setup to the place you would want to carry out a two-finger swipe on the display. Once more, a single finger would convey down notifications whereas a two-finger swipe can be wanted to regulate fast settings.
That may be…actually annoying.
The video under exhibits how this presently works for those who’d wish to see it in motion. I can’t watch this video and never twist my head to the facet a little bit, elevate an eyebrow as I squint with confusion, after which shake my head to sort extra. There’s no means Google releases this concept, proper?
Think about you’re a regular human, who’s form of busy and makes use of their cellphone with a single hand. Presently, you possibly can swipe on the center of the house display to convey down the notification space, which additionally exhibits you 4 fast settings shortcuts. In the event you swipe once more, you possibly can convey down the entire fast settings. As it really works as we speak, this complete notification and fast settings space will be accessed with the cellphone in your hand and that very same hand’s thumb placing in work.
Ought to Google change to a two-finger swipe, you’d then be required to carry the cellphone in a single hand (or set it down) after which swipe with two fingers. That’s dangerous.
I’m simply going to imagine that is very a lot an early work-in-progress factor and that Google will repair it. They should.
