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09-07-2024, 06:37 PM
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“Never†is a strong word, but so are my feelings about this potential Android 16 change. This week, my colleague Mishaal Rahman revealed that Google is working on an interesting (read: horrible) redesign of Androids notifications and Quick Settings drop-down menu (https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-notifications-quick-settings-overhaul-3478974/). The change would separate these into two menus: notifications that are still accessible with a one-finger swipe-down and Quick Settings, which require a two-finger swipe gesture.
My initial gut reaction to this change was a loud “NOOOOOOOO†that resonated across the internal*Android Authority Slack channels. That was followed by a few GIFs of table flipping and exploding head emojis and my colleagues pile-ups ranging from, “This is the worst day in the history of Android. I cant believe this,†to some colorful expletives that my boss would fire me if I repeated here. Suffice it to say, we are not fans of this.
More... (https://www.androidauthority.com/never-update-android-16-notification-change-3479078/)
“Never†is a strong word, but so are my feelings about this potential Android 16 change. This week, my colleague Mishaal Rahman revealed that Google is working on an interesting (read: horrible) redesign of Androids notifications and Quick Settings drop-down menu (https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-notifications-quick-settings-overhaul-3478974/). The change would separate these into two menus: notifications that are still accessible with a one-finger swipe-down and Quick Settings, which require a two-finger swipe gesture.
My initial gut reaction to this change was a loud “NOOOOOOOO†that resonated across the internal*Android Authority Slack channels. That was followed by a few GIFs of table flipping and exploding head emojis and my colleagues pile-ups ranging from, “This is the worst day in the history of Android. I cant believe this,†to some colorful expletives that my boss would fire me if I repeated here. Suffice it to say, we are not fans of this.
More... (https://www.androidauthority.com/never-update-android-16-notification-change-3479078/)