Key insights

• ⚙️ Android updates now include smaller, more nuanced changes, making the top five features smaller but more well-considered and useful.
• 🔒 Introduction of private space for top secret files and photos on Android 15, creating a separate section with a second lock for top secret activities.
• 🎨 Small refinements like rich widget previews and new back animation enhance user experience.
• 🔊 Smoother Bluetooth audio sharing with multiple headphones support, high quality mode when using the phone as webcam, Bluetooth Auto on feature, new expanded volume sliders, and partial screen recordings.
• 📱 Selective screen recording on Android allows recording specific content while switching between apps, new notification management features include adaptive vibrations and notification cool down.
• 📳 Vibration patterns based on surface type, notification cool down feature to manage repeated app notifications, individual vibration patterns per app for developers.
• 🤖 Android 15 brings customizable vibration patterns for apps, a playful easter egg, and subtle OS improvements, with anticipation for the potential impact of AI-based features in the future.

Q&A

• What are the anticipated features in Android 15?

  Android 15 brings customizable vibration patterns, a playful easter egg with a spacecraft animation, subtle OS improvements, and new notification features. However, users are still awaiting the potential impact of AI-based features in the future.

• What were the key updates in Google's Android 12 Dev Preview 2?

  Google's Android 12 Dev Preview 2 introduced vibration patterns based on the surface it's placed on, a notification cool down feature to manage app notifications, and individual vibration patterns per app for developers. Additionally, it mentioned the removal of the notification cool down feature in Dev Preview 2 and the history of LED notification lights on smartphones.

• What are the new notification management features in Android 15?

  The new notification management features in Android 15 include adaptive vibrations and a notification cool-down feature. Adaptive vibrations use sensors to determine sound levels and surface type for setting vibration strength, while notification cool down helps manage repeated app notifications.

• How do rich widget previews enhance user experience in Android 15?

  Rich widget previews in Android 15 allow users to see real-time content before adding widgets to the home screen. This feature provides a more interactive and informative experience when customizing the device.

• What is the private space feature in Android 15?

  The private space feature in Android 15 creates a separate section with a second lock for top secret files and photos. This provides an additional layer of security for sensitive content on the device.

• What are the top features of Android 15 beta on Pixel 8 Pro?

  The top features of Android 15 beta on Pixel 8 Pro include smaller but more well-considered and useful changes. It also introduces the private space feature for top secret files and photos, rich widget previews, new back animation, smoother Bluetooth audio sharing, high-quality mode for using the phone as a webcam, Bluetooth Auto on feature, new volume sliders, and partial screen recordings.

• 00:03 MKBHD reviews the latest beta of Android 15 on Pixel 8 Pro. Android updates now consist of smaller, more nuanced changes. Top five features are smaller but more well-considered and useful. Private space is a new feature for top secret files and photos on Android 15.
• 01:50 Android's private space feature creates a separate section with a second lock for top secret activities. Small refinements like rich widget previews and new back animation enhance user experience.
• 03:38 The Android updates include smoother Bluetooth audio sharing, high quality mode for using the phone as webcam, Bluetooth Auto on feature, new volume sliders, and partial screen recordings.
• 05:33 The screen recording on Android selectively displays only the desired content, and the new notification management features include adaptive vibrations and notification cool down.
• 07:25 Google's Android 12 Dev Preview 2 introduces vibration patterns based on the surface it's placed on, a notification cool down feature to manage app notifications, and individual vibration patterns per app for developers.
• 09:16 Android 15 brings customization options for vibration patterns, a playful easter egg, and subtle OS improvements, but users are still awaiting the impact of AI-based features.