According to the calendar updated by Google, the release of Android 16 is already scheduled for the second quarter of 2025, which means that the update should arrive by the end of June. The first public beta version introduces live notifications, which are similar to those of iPhones and are permanently updated in order to display the latest football results or the estimated arrival time of an Uber, for example.
On Android 16, applications must operate in portrait and landscape mode and automatically adapt to the orientation of larger screens found in smartphones and foldable tablets. Applications with unsightly black bars on the left and right are no longer allowed. Android The 16 version also supports the Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec, which can restore 10 -bit videos almost without loss to data speeds of up to 2 GBPS.
