Mobile

Autofill has been a key feature of Android since the 8.0 Oreo release, but the implementation has always felt a little sloppy and unreliable. In Android 11, it seems Google is finally ready to improve autofill in a pretty obvious way — by using the keyboard. A developer page that went live over the past few days details an addition to Android 11 that Google didn’t previously announce. With the…

Google on Thursday released the final preview of the next major version of its mobile operating system. Like with the first two releases, an Android 11 Beta 3 survey seeks one last round of feedback. Thank you for all your beta feedback throughout the program. It’s been instrumental in helping us get to the final phase of the release. With the public release of Android 11 only a few weeks away…

Most tech communities spend the summer working through the iOS and macOS betas ahead of the fall releases. For something that’s been happening for the last few years, it feels like fall software releases have been part of our lives for decades. As fun as these updates are for general consumers, they can be a significant source of stress for IT departments. As you work through these beta updates…

Google just dropped the latest Android 11 beta this afternoon, and within it is the brand new Easter Egg! Here’s what it delivers. The Easter Egg hidden in Android changes from release to release, but they don’t often come back completely. In the case of Android 11, the first part of the Easter Egg is the volume dial we’ve seen in previous teasers from Google. The joke “turn it up to 11”…