Mishaal's Android News Feed

🪞Need a touch up? Android will soon let you apply effects to any video call Google is working on a "Video Chat" panel that lets you apply effects like background blur, portrait lighting, and more to video calls. More info + screenshots👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-video-chat-effects-3545747/

🚨Google has announcedAndroid 16 Beta 4, the last scheduled update in the Android 16 beta program! Android 16 Beta 4 is the second platform stability release, which means all developer APIs and app-facing behaviors are final. The Android 16 Beta is also available on select devices from Honor, iQOO, Lenovo, OnePlus, OPPO, Realme, vivo, and Xiaomi.

🎉GOOGLE LISTENED! Google is bringing back the dedicated Do Not Disturb shortcut in Quick Settings for people who hate Modes. More details + screenshots👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-do-not-disturb-shortcut-3545687/

🚨Google has just confirmed that Android 16 Beta 4 drops tomorrow! As some of you may have already noticed, the GSI for Android 16 Beta 4 is already out, with build number BP22.250325.007.

🚨Important clarification on that auto-reboot feature you may have recently read about 🚨 Google says the feature is NOT rolling out yet and that it's going to be OPTIONAL. I thought this was the case, but it's good to have confirmation. More details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-auto-reboot-optional-3545366/

✨Galaxy AI is perhaps the most comprehensive suite of mobile AI features, but some features aren't available globally. Social Composer, for example, is limited to China, but thank goodness for that: AI-generated social media posts sound horrible. Some of the other China-exclusive Galaxy AI features seem genuinely useful, though, especially that Samsung Assistant and its Clipboard Assistant feature. 🔗https://androidauthority.com/galaxy-ai-social-composer-3544596/

As I revealed before, Android 16 adds an Advanced Protection Mode API that apps can query and enable their own security features if the user is enrolled in Advanced Protection. @AssembleDebug just discovered Messages & Phone by Google will support it. 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-advanced-protection-mode-security-features-apk-teardown-3545203/

🎨Google may introduce Material Design 3 Expressive at I/O this May In a since edited post, a Google engineer mentioned there's going to be a talk at I/O about a new 'expressive' Material Design theme. More details 👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/material-design-expressive-google-io-3545058/

📽I tried Gemini's new AI video maker, and I'm amazed how far AI has come I've been using Veo 2 for a few weeks now, and I'm really impressed by how good it is! Check out the videos I made👇 🔗https://androidauthority.com/veo-2-in-gemini-hands-on-3544942/ (Thanks to Google for providing early access!)

Google is preparing to roll out a new feature that auto reboots your Android phone after it's been locked for 3 days! This feature is activated when Advanced Protection Mode is enabled in Android 16. There is currently no user-facing way to enable APM. 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-inactivity-reboot-rollout-3544779/

🚘Samsung's version of Android Auto has a clever notification trick Location-based navigation saves you from having to manually enter a new navigation destination you receive from a message More details 👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-location-based-navigation-3544545/

🔐Android 16 will bring this crucial anti-theft feature to more phones Identity Check is coming to more Android phones with the Android 16 update More details on this feature can be found 👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-identity-check-3544525/