Android 17 beta update brings cross-device continuity feature: How it works

Android 17 beta 1 update introduces Handoff, a cross-device continuity feature that lets users move app activities between nearby devices with system-level support ...
Android

Android 16's Take on iOS' Live Activities Is Missing at Launch

Android 16’s Live Updates feature, a highly anticipated feature, isn’t fully active on Pixel phones at launch; the complete experience arrives in a future update (likely QPR1/QPR2). These ...
Android

Android 15 ‘Lock Screen Widgets’ could be similar to Live Activities in iOS

Google could be reintroducing “Lock Screen Widgets” in Android 15. However, these “widgets” may resemble the Live Actions feature in Apple’s iOS for iPhone. Android widgets are one of the most useful ...
The Verge

Android 16 could get iPhone-like ‘ongoing’ notifications

Google is working on a “Rich Ongoing Notifications” API that could give Android phones a version of iOS’ Live Activities. Google is working on a “Rich Ongoing Notifications” API that could give ...
Android Police

Android 16 could let you play detective with your activity logs

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...