Forward-looking: The next version of Android will introduce unprecedented restrictions for app developers. All apps targeting Android 16 must be adaptive, meaning custom UI choices that don't scale ...

One UI 8 finally lets you use Android 15’s predictive back gesture on stock Samsung apps. One UI 7 restricted the usage of the predictive back gesture to Google apps. The feature is now enabled by ...

Android operating systems in 2025 are what individual phone brands make of them. Android 16 is publicly available as part of the Android Open Source Project, but it’s barebones, and brands like Google ...

One UI 7’s Secure Folder had a security flaw: the photo picker can access “secured” files from outside in certain conditions. For example, it could expose unencrypted media from the Secure Folder when ...

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Android 16 brings refined UI tweaks, live notification updates, adaptive refresh rates, improved multitasking for tablets, and tighter security. The update is currently available for Pixel 6 and newer ...