We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Android users haven’t had a major change to the status bar in a number of years. With exception to ...

Android 15 is getting closer, and we are still discovering new information about this next iteration of Android. As discovered by noted Android engineer Mishaal Rahmen, a part of Android that has been ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

Google appears to be toying with a new take on notification icons in the status bar which, instead of the current look, would use the full-color app icons from your Android homescreen. The Android ...

I don’t want to embarrass you, but the top of your phone’s screen is, like, totally a waste of space. For years now, y’see, Android device-makers have been designing devices with a circular cutout ...

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 ...

Android 16 QPR3 makes the location indicator in the status bar expandable, allowing you to see which app is tracking your device's location.

Google is updating the Android Easter egg in Android 16 QPR2 to properly showcase the new Live Updates feature. Live Updates allow apps to provide persistent progress updates in the status bar, on the ...

Android has long given apps the option to display content underneath the navigation bar and status bar by making those transparent, but with Android 15, that might be mandatory. Showing content under ...

The time until your next turn and ETA are showing up in the status bar on Android 16 beta 2.1 The time until your next turn and ETA are showing up in the status bar on Android 16 beta 2.1 is a news ...