Android 15 QPR2 transforms Do Not Disturb into customizable Modes
 

• Android 15 QPR2 is introducing the new Modes feature we previously discovered.
• Modes are basically highly customizable Do Not Disturb schedules, complete with their own name and icon.
• The feature is available in the first Android 15 QPR2 beta and is expected to be available in the stable release in March of 2025.

If you want to shut off any distractions, turning on Android’s Do Not Disturb mode will go a long way. When Do Not Disturb is enabled, alerts from messages, phone calls, alarms, and apps are highly restricted. While you can customize Do Not Disturb to run on a schedule or allow certain alerts to go through, you can’t create multiple versions of Do Not Disturb with different rules to suit your needs. That’s changing with the second quarterly platform release of Android 15.

Google released Android 15 QPR2 Beta 1 earlier today, and after installing the generic system image (GSI) on my Pixel phone, I noticed that there was a new menu for Modes in Settings. This new feature didn’t come as a surprise to me since I’ve already posted about it several times before, but what did surprise me is that it’s here in Android 15 QPR2 instead of Android 16.




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