Overview

• Android 16 adds a new Quick Settings slider for flashlight brightness, giving users precise control and reducing battery drain at lower intensities.
• Material3 Expressive introduces refined animations, clearer buttons and lock-screen customization options such as adjustable clock fonts and dynamic backgrounds.
• Some Pixel 8 and Pixel 9 users report random failures of navigation buttons and gesture controls after installing Android 16, leaving devices unresponsive.
• Affected users say removing third-party launchers or enrolling in the Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 program can resolve the navigation glitch.
• The update also ends support for Instant Apps and paves the way for Samsung’s One UI 8 based on Android 16 in July, with other OEMs to follow later.