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Google Announces Second Android 16 Release of 2025 Is Heading to Pixels
Android 16 introduces AI notification summaries, parental controls, and accessibility upgrades on Pixel, marking Google's shift to more frequent feature updates, starting with eligible devices.
- Starting Tuesday, Google begins rolling out Android 16 on eligible Pixel devices, signaling a shift to more frequent feature drops beyond yearly OS updates.
- To reduce notification overload, Google added AI notification summaries and a Notification Organizer, while expanding Parental Controls and accessibility features to simplify family and device management.
- Among the headline features, Android 16 adds AI-powered notification summaries that condense messages, a Notification Organizer to silence low-priority alerts, and custom icon shapes with Material theming and dark mode.
- Parents can now use on-device Parental Controls with PIN protection to set screen-time limits, downtime schedules and per-app usage; Fast Pair supports Demant hearing aids and Circle to Search flags scam messages.
- Moving beyond yearly releases, Google plans intermediate updates and broader feature bundles; some won’t require Android 16 and wider rollouts to non-Pixel Android devices depend on OEM manufacturers.
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Google rolls out new features to Android 16, changes update frequency
Google has rolled out a host of new features to Android 16. With this update, the company has also changed how users receive updates to their smartphones. Instead of a single yearly release, the company will now provide more frequent updates. This update will first arrive on Pixel devices, bringing new functionalities to notifications, customisation options, parental controls, calls, Circle to Search, and captions. Here are the details on the ne…
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