Android 17 QPR2 Beta 4 gives your status bar more breathing space

Following hints in recent Android Canary releases, the latest Android 17 QPR2 Beta 4 update adds the ability to hide status ...

Why there's a white dot on your Android phone's screen (and how to remove it)

Ever noticed a white dot in the status bar at the top of your Android device? It may seem worrying, but it actually serves a ...
Android Authority

Android 15 prepares revamped status bar with new icons and haptics

Google might be changing up the designs of status bar icons in Android 15. The design of these status bar icons hasn’t changed for a long time. The new OS may also add haptic feedback to the Quick ...

Android 17's December update will finally let you hide those cluttered status bar icons

At least some of it ...
Droid Life

Google Just Added Status Bar Settings to Android 17

As a part of the new Android 17 QPR2 Beta 4 update, Google has introduced Status Bar settings for the first time. While most ...
Android Police

Android 13 Beta 3’s new gesture navigation bar is more like an iPhone than ever before

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 ...
androidheadlines.com

Google Tests Android Bubble Bar to Revolutionize Smartphone Multitasking

Google is developing a feature that will enable any app to be opened in a bubble on Android smartphones and accessed from a new Bubble Bar. The new bubble bar, combined with the “bubble anything” ...
XDA Developers

Android 14 may let you force apps to have a transparent nav bar

The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. Google just released Android 14 Beta 1 earlier today, so if you’ve been itching to try Android 14 on your daily driver ...