Android 16 Beta 3 now out, Platform Stability milestone reached

As anticipated, Google is now releasing the third beta of Android 16. With it comes the Platform Stability milestone, and after this there ought to solely be one further beta launch, meant to repair bugs and resolve any excellent points. That one will arrive in April, in line with Google’s timeline which you’ll be able to see beneath.

The ultimate launch of Android 16 is scheduled to land on Google’s supported Pixels within the second quarter of the yr, so by the top of June. Then, a minor Android launch will arrive within the fourth quarter – between October and December. That is the primary time in a few years that Google has modified the way in which it releases new Android variations.

Android 16 Beta 3 comes with Auracast broadcast audio assist for suitable LE Audio listening to aids and description textual content for customers with low imaginative and prescient (which replaces excessive distinction textual content). This attracts a bigger contrasting space round textual content to “vastly enhance legibility”.

There’s additionally incipient assist for Native Community Safety, a function which is “deliberate for a future Android main launch” and offers you extra management over which apps can entry gadgets in your native community. That is presently solely an opt-in function for app builders.

Google says it is “placing further power” into working with its machine companions to deliver Android 16 “to as many gadgets as attainable”.

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