Google Maps is the primary app we’re seeing undertake Android 16’s new Live Updates characteristic, in keeping with Android Authority. Users on Android 16 beta 2.1 can now see the time till their subsequent flip and estimated time to arrival on the standing bar of their gadget.
Google launched the Live Updates characteristic in its first beta of Android 16 beta launch, describing it as a “new class of notifications that assist customers monitor and rapidly entry essential ongoing actions.” The characteristic is much like Live Activities on iOS, which exhibits real-time notifications on the lock display screen and the Dynamic Island, however till now we haven’t seen a lot of what it appears like with actual Android apps.
As proven by Android Authority, there’s additionally a brand new possibility within the Google Maps app that lets you flip off “reside information,” which is able to seem on the standing bar and lockscreen. Live Updates are nonetheless solely partially supported in Android 16 beta 2.1, as Android Authority says notifications from Google Maps are nonetheless “collapsed” on the always-on show.
