Oh my god it is real!
Android 16 is here
Submitted 2 days ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
https://blog.google/products/android/android-16/
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wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
MimicJar@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Goretantath@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Been real for a while, been using the barfing moon a lot.
Burnedspaghetti@lemmy.world 2 days ago
they took out the eggplant and the peach emoji
wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 days ago
Nothing really useful. What I would like to see is better battery life and truly Open Source Android which can be easily degoogled and customized and works on many different devices. An entire ecosystem of Android mods, like me have for Linux. Yeah, that would be nice.
eleitl@lemm.ee 2 days ago
GrapheneOS. No need to even degoogle.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Just a shame to have to buy google hardware (as well built as it is)
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 day ago
I’m talking about an ecosystem and you listed one mod. I use graphene OS, it’s great overall but I would like to have a choice. Maybe I don’t want to use a Pixel phone? Maybe I want different set of features?
tias@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Small updates are fine but I find it a bit deceptive to increase the version number from 15 to 16 just for this
Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I heard they are adding a desktop mode to android 16, curious if it would be possible to use phone and have a similar experience to an actual PC by connecting monitor and mouse/keyboard, well just using a browser, at the very least.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 day ago
I connected android phone to external monitor using USB-C like a year ago. I’m not sure what’s new here.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Yeah, good luck with that, ain’t gonna happen. Best we can hope for is open source teams being able to modify android into that.
kipo@lemm.ee 1 day ago
New OS versions feel like threats.
Zak@lemmy.world 2 days ago
These are all app features, not OS features.
boonhet@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Everything in Android is an app tbh, even the launcher is a completely normal app.
Zak@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The launcher is, but not everything new in Android 16 could be just an app. The new desktop mode, for example likely requires much deeper integration with the OS.
greybeard@feddit.online 1 day ago
The emoji thing is built into the keyboard, but it doesn't do like on-device generation or anything. They just have a list of pre-made(maybe AI generated) combos. I'm guessing they are AI generating them, then having humans approve it, before including it in the keyboard emoji list. It's kinda neat, in that it expands the options, but really not much. Overall the OS really feels the same. I haven't looked forward to an Android update in many years.
Also, as someone who doesn't use Google's launcher or keyboard, yeah, I get almost none of these features.
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Poor Seang Chau. They wrote this blog post in a total of three paragraphs, but Google was still like “WOULD YOU LIKE AN AI SUMMARY?” at the top.
Literally took me about 45 seconds to read all of the features, but Google is over here burning down another rainforest to process an AI summary of a three paragraph blog post with three pictures.
FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Mhh, the System Update page for 16 on my Pixel is dedicated to AI bullshit… Nice
Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Its all soo boring now. The two major changes I got literally yesterday was to lock out pages in te app drawer and only have a scroll and to separate quick actions and notifications…both of which were new features years ago
FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah, so far i noticed two “new” features in Android 16; the Contacts app now lists local weather info and birthdays which is nice I guess and Themed Icons are finally not listed as being in beta anymore…
The rest is AI stuff and features that are of no use to me (which doesn’t mean everything’s bad but it doesn’t feel like an upgrade; more like Android 15.1).
altphoto@lemmy.today 1 day ago
New Android 6 features tailored to steal more of your data behind your back. And now $500 more expensive!
redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Rakonat@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Would you like to kill Son Goku?
redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 hours ago
That is the duty of bacon. I do like birds though.
Damarus@feddit.org 2 days ago
At least it doesn’t have super distracting glass effects everywhere.
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Now to wait 10 months for samsung to update.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 16 hours ago
OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Desktop mode finally? Anything meaningful?
devolution@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I so don’t regret saying fuck Google this year and getting an iPhone.
K1nsey6@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The one thing you’ll get to look forward to is any features Android is getting right now you’ll get in 5 years.
devolution@lemmy.world 2 days ago
For the low low price of supporting a sell out company that is willingly collaborating with the Trump regime, I’ll get Android 16.
Loves me some Samsung, but am too disgusted with Google.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I have considered it, I used to be an.amdroid fanboy but I detest the privacy invasion concerns and AI.
That said iphones look shit not and are too locked down. Considering linux
devolution@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve been an Android fanboy since 2009. Flashed roms and all that shit. I’ve always stated that Android is a better OS than iOS. Still do to an extent.
But I can’t personally look past Sundar Pichai being directly at Trump’s inauguration in the front row or how fast Google immediately caved with erasure of DEI practices.
I’ve had issues with Google since Pichai took over, but this year was just too much for me here. Yeah Tim Cook is an ass. And Apple like everyone else threw Trump bribe money to not be targeted.
Yeah Apple runs Chinese sweat shops and their products are overpriced as fuck. But with the way things are at this time, Apple is the lesser of the two evils and I can’t go against my morals and support Google anymore.
Times like these make me wish Samsung went all in on Tizen and made it actually good.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Same thing in green.
HeyJoe@lemmy.world 2 days ago
And here i am with my phone still stuck on 14… I know it was a short time between 15 and 16 but still, catch up a little bit! Honestly my only complaint about Android. I am not a fan of the pixel series either.
Mihies@programming.dev 2 days ago
IMO the only problem with using older version are security updates, or better, lack of them.
Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Security updates have been separate for a while now, no? So within reason an older version of android shouldn’t be detrimental.
Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Features:
Toes@ani.social 2 days ago
Woah that’s more than 6.
Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Rotate your phone 180 degrees.
FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 days ago
New wallpapers? Sign me up!
Pirata@lemm.ee 1 day ago
If there was ever a reason to get grapheneOS…