Android 11's Conversations section and chat bubbles help manage notification overload without screwing up an already great system.
With Android 11, Google boosted Android's support for smart home products, made it easier to keep up with conversations, and has implemented support for digital government IDs. Depending on your OEM, you might see exactly none of those features.
There's a new update for the Android 11 Beta, and it aims to remove a lot of pesky bugs. Have you gotten the 1.5 update yet?
Android 11 Beta 1.5 sorts out an initial issue with contactless payments in Google Pay, and resolves other minor issues with the Pixel 3 line.
At launch, Android 11's first Public Beta wasn't certified to work with Google Pay. Now, multiple reports indicate that contactless functionality has been re-enabled.
Between the June Feature Drop and further changes in the Android 11 Beta, I was cautiously optimistic that Google had made some improvement to the Pixel 4 XL's battery life. It didn't.
There are a number of things we have learned about Android 11 from the beta. Here are the coolest things that Google didn't tell us about Android 11.
In a developer video for Android 11 released this week, we got our first official look at how the under-development Nearby Sharing feature for Android.
The Android Messages app doesn't yet support Android 11's new chat bubbles, but Google says an update will be coming out to fix that within the next few weeks.
The Android 11 Beta is limited to the Pixels for now, but OnePlus, Xiaomi, and OPPO have confirmed their participation in the beta rollout. The latest phones from these manufacturers will be getting the Android 11 Beta before the end of June.
Android 11 brings many small new tweaks around the system menus, but none are quite as wonderfully simple and useful as the new smart home controls sitting at the bottom of the new power menu! Here's how to edit them to
The Android 11 Beta has arrived — have you downloaded it on your phone? Here's what some of our AC forum members have to say!
The Android 11 Beta is here, and there's a lot to unpack. From the big hallmark features to the smaller tweaks you might miss, here's everything that's new!
Android 11 has graduated from Developer Preview to Beta, bringing fresh features and quite a bit of polish. But it's still unfinished — and here's what you need to keep in mind when choosing to install it on your own phone.
While these new changes will make Autofill cleaner and more consistent, they don't seem to be implemented quite yet.
Android 11 puts conversations front and center with conversation notifications and chat bubbles. Here's how the features work, and why you should be excited.
Android 11 features a new power button menu that lets you easily control your smart home devices. Here's what you need to know about the redesigned power menu.
Foldable phones are the new hotness in the smartphone world, and thanks to some updates to Android Studio, developing for them is about to get much easier.
Android 11 is the big Android release for 2020, and it's shaping up to be an exciting update. We're following all of the changes and new features so you know exactly what to expect when the final build is available later this year.
The Android 11 beta is here, and there are a lot of new features to check out.