Android 11 is making some notable changes to notifications. In the third developer preview of Android 11, we’ve discovered that you can now dismiss notification, even ongoing ones that were previously always in place.
An ongoing notification in Android is typically used by apps to keep information in the notification shade at all times or, in some cases, to keep the app running in the…
We spotted a handful of features in the first Android 11 developer preview that are finally coming to light in the third developer preview. The latest of those is the ability to adjust the sensitivity of gestures on the left and right side of a device running Android…
Despite just being developer previews, the first two Android 11 releases have had their share of interface revamps and new features. Android 11 DP3 is available today and we’re finding every new feature.
Over the coming hours, we’ll dive into Android 11 DP3’s new…
We’re still in the process of uncovering all of the new things in Android 11 Developer Preview 3, a process that is currently taking a longer time than usual. Our normal routine of manually “sideloading” the update to Android 11 DP3 via ADB — which our Ben Schoon has explained in detail — is failing for owners of the Pixel 3 and Pixel 4.
Since the release of Android 11 DP3, every…
Google is constantly tweaking different aspects of Android in new releases and, now, for Android 11’s third developer preview, the Recents screen has been redesigned with some added functions.
Upon firing up Android 11 DP3 on our Pixel 3a, one of the first changes that…
Since the first Android 11 developer preview, we’ve been tracking a new screenshot interface that Google is testing with new options, too. In Android 11 DP3, that new screenshot UI is live but it’s missing one option.
We first spotted this new UI back in the first…
Google launches Android 11 Developer Preview 3 with app exit reasons, ADB Incremental, and wireless debugging
April 23, 2020
Google today launched the third Android 11 developer preview with app exit reasons updates, GWP-ASan heap analysis, Android Debug Bridge (ADB) Incremental, wireless debugging, and data access auditing. You can download Android 11 DP3 now from developer.android.com — if you have the previous preview, Google will also be pushing an over-the-air (OTA) update. The release includes a preview SDK with…
In a preprint paper coauthored by Google AI lead Jeff Dean, scientists at Google Research and the Google chip implementation and infrastructure team describe a learning-based approach to chip design that can learn from past experience and improve over time, becoming better…
Spotify redesigns its Android TV app w/ new UI
April 23, 2020
The best speakers in your home are often the ones attached to your TV and now, Spotify is giving its Android TV app a fresh coat of paint to make it easier to play your music on the big screen.
Rolling out to Android TV users this week, Spotify has completely redesigned…
Popular iOS photo editor Darkroom has released some great updates recently including major under the hood changes to improve overall performance and full mouse and trackpad support for iPad. Now the app has expanded beyond photos in the newest update and can handle video editing too.
Darkroom detailed the new video capabilities of version 4.6 in a blog post touting the same “ultrafast editing…
