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No One Can Find Google’s New Pixel VIPs Feature

Kellen June 11, 2025

One of the few new features introduced in the June Pixel Feature Drop yesterday is missing for almost everyone. Google's new Pixel VIPs feature, which is essentially the headline new goodie of this latest drop, appears to be slowly rolling out as a server-side...

Android 16’s Desktop Mode Arrived in QPR1 Beta 2, Here’s What It Can Do

Kellen June 11, 2025

Back at Google I/O, Google announced that it was indeed making a desktop mode or desktop windowing feature for Android 16 that would allow you to connect a phone to a display and get a desktop-like experience. They had worked with Samsung on it, because of...

Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 Update Arrives With 7 Big Fixes

Kellen June 10, 2025 3

Google apparently isn't done for the day - you want more Android 16? After giving us stable Android 16, as well as both Pixel and Android Feature Drops, Google says that the Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 is arriving at some point (it just went live as I was typing...

Android 16’s Big Material 3 Expressive Update Arrives in Q3

Kellen June 10, 2025 5

With the release of Android 16 today, you might have run to your Pixel device to grab the update and start enjoying that really colorful and fun new Material 3 Expressive design that Google showed off prior to I/O last month. Unfortunately, that won't be a...

Android 16 Goes Stable and Hits Google Pixel Devices With These Features

Kellen June 10, 2025 18

Today is the day that Android 16 arrives as a stable update to all of the still-supported Pixel devices out there, plus it hits AOSP. It's a big day, but we do need to point out that this is not the big Material 3 Expressive update you might be impatiently...

Android 16 Arrives June 10

Kellen June 9, 2025 12

Wondering when we might see the final/stable release of Android 16 on your Pixel device? How does tomorrow sound? Android 16 official release date: Google confirmed the news tonight in a social media post, saying, "It's almost time for the Android 16 release!"...

Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1.1 Released for Pixel Devices

Tim June 4, 2025 12

Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1.1 has been released for Pixel devices. Google calls it a minor update, but the list of fixes tells a bit different of a story. Inside, Google lists fixes for unresponsive navigation buttons, progress bar fixes, wallpaper crash fixes,...

New ‘Pixel Themes’ Spotted in Android 16 Beta

Tim May 29, 2025 2

Google has made the Pixel lineup quite customizable over the years, but there's still room for growth. Spotted code inside the latest Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 build points to a new feature called Themes in the Wallpaper and Style section of the device has been...