Android 16 adds AI notification summaries, new customization options, and more

Google announced connected Tuesday that it is releasing a slew of Android 16 updates, on with caller wide Android and accessibility features. The rollout of the caller Android 16 features, which are archetypal coming to Pixel devices, marks a caller section successful however Android updates are delivered, arsenic the institution is moving from a azygous yearly update to much predominant releases.

Android 16 is adding AI-powered notification summaries that condense agelong messages and radical chats into quick, glanceable overviews. A caller “Notification organizer” volition automatically radical and soundlessness lower-priority notifications, specified arsenic promotions, news, and societal alerts.

The update besides brings much ways to customize devices, with users getting entree to customized icon shapes, themed icons, and the enactment to automatically darken airy apps, adjacent those that don’t person their ain autochthonal acheronian theme.

Additionally, there’s a caller Parental Controls enactment wrong Android Settings that allows parents to acceptable surface clip limits, make downtime schedules, power app usage, and much for their children.

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These updates are starting to rotation retired with Android 16 connected eligible Pixel devices starting Tuesday.

Google is besides releasing respective caller Android features that aren’t circumstantial to Android 16. A caller beta diagnostic called “Call Reason” allows users to emblem calls to saved contacts arsenic “urgent.” Recipients volition spot this connected their incoming telephone surface and cognize it’s time-sensitive. If they miss the call, the “urgent” enactment volition enactment successful their telephone history.

Google is besides launching “Expressive Captions” that show the afloat emotion of code with tags similar [sad] oregon [joyful], whether it’s a video connection oregon a station connected societal media. The institution says this volition let users to glean the afloat discourse of what’s being said erstwhile the dependable is off.

The tech elephantine is making it easier to spot and exit unwanted radical chats. If an chartless fig invites a idiosyncratic to a group, they’ll get an alert that shows cardinal accusation astir the group. The idiosyncratic tin past rapidly take to reply, permission the chat, oregon artifact and study the number.

In addition, Pinned tabs successful Chrome present enactment the aforesaid mode arsenic connected desktop, which means pinned pages enactment saved astatine the beforehand of the browser, letting users prime up wherever they near off.

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Google is besides updating Circle to Search, its diagnostic that allows users to search from anyplace connected their phone by utilizing gestures similar circling, highlighting, scribbling oregon tapping. Users tin present analyse suspicious messages with the diagnostic — aft initiating Circle to Search, an AI Overview volition look indicating whether the connection is apt a scam.

For accessibility updates, Google is making it easier to usage dependable dictation with TalkBack connected Android. Users volition soon beryllium capable to commencement dictating successful Gboard with a two-finger double-tap. From there, Smart Dictation with Gemini volition fto users benignant and besides edit substance utilizing earthy commands. For example, users tin accidental “replace Monday with Tuesday” to hole a date, oregon inquire Gemini to “make it shorter.”

Google is besides updating its “Guided Frame” diagnostic successful the Pixel camera app. Previously, the diagnostic has notified users astir things similar a look successful the frame. Now, it volition supply a much in-depth description, specified arsenic “one miss with a yellowish T-shirt sits connected the sofa and looks astatine the dog.”

Additionally, users nary longer request to physically pat their telephone to commencement utilizing Voice Access, which allows users to power their Android devices with dependable commands. Now, users conscionable request to accidental “Hey Google, commencement Voice Access” to statesman controlling their telephone hands-free.

The institution is besides launching Fast Pair for proceeding aids, starting with proceeding immunodeficiency from Demant, a Danish institution that owns respective large proceeding assistance brands, including Oticon, Sonic, and Bernafon.