A few days ago, Google released a new beta version of Android 15, and Samsung seems to have acted upon it and started beta development of Android 15-based One UI 7.0 software internally for the Galaxy S24 series. This is the first sign that Samsung is preparing for the One UI 7.0 Beta Program for …
Last updated: May 8th, 2024 at 10:52 UTC+02:00 Google introduced the Digital Wellbeing feature in Android to improve people’s screen usage habits. It can help them limit their screen time by changing settings things like screen brightness and colors, notifications, and ring modes. However, only the Digital Wellbeing app can change screen settings, but that …
TL;DR Third-party apps can now access the same functionality as Digital Wellbeing’s bedtime mode in Android 15. Bedtime mode is a feature that silences your phone and changes various screen options to help you sleep better at night. Before Android 15, certain screen options could only be controlled by Google’s Digital Wellbeing app. It’s awfully …
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android 15 is adding a two-finger double-tap screen gesture that magnifies the screen. The operating system’s built-in magnification feature can already be launched through an on-screen button, volume key press, or triple tap of the screen. The other options take longer to invoke, take up screen space, or, in …
Using your Android phone in landscape might suck a little less once Android 15 arrives. Android expert Mishaal Rahman, writing for Android Authority, detailed various optimizations to landscape mode on phones that could arrive with the Android 15 update. These include changes to the notification drawer, Quick Settings tiles and the lock screen. The notification …
Damien Wilde / Android Authority TL;DR Android 15 could revamp the lock screen and notifications panel to look better in landscape mode on phones. The lock screen can’t even be rotated into landscape mode on phones right now. Meanwhile, the notifications panel can be rotated into landscape mode, but the layout sacrifices a lot of …
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR An app called Precise Volume has replicated the redesigned volume panel UI in Android 15. Android 15’s new volume panel interface hasn’t been released yet, so this app is like a sneak peek at the new UI. Enabling the Android 15 volume panel UI requires purchasing the Pro version …
TL;DR Google is testing a change in Android 15 that moves the At a Glance widget to the bottom of the lock screen. The At a Glance widget is currently positioned near the top, right below the date. Live Activities in iOS — a similar feature — are also placed at the bottom of the …
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android 15’s new notification cooldown feature will also stop repetitive vibrations. Previously, we confirmed notification cooldown gradually lowers the volume when you get a lot of successive notifications from the same app. Now we know it’ll also be able to stop these notifications from vibrating your phone — unless …
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android 15 could introduce a new toggle to “show long app names” in the search results and apps list of Pixel Launcher. The launcher currently truncates too-long app names to ensure that they don’t overlap in the list. Some users don’t like seeing truncated app names, so this new …