Overview

• Android 16 supports Pixel 6 and newer devices across smartphones, foldables and tablets.
• Live-Updates let users follow ride-share and delivery progress in real time on the lock screen and in notifications.
• The Enhanced Security Program bundles protections like malicious-site blocking and fraud detection into a unified dashboard.
• Android 16 offers accessibility improvements including native hearing-aid controls, call microphone switching and expressive captions.
• Google plans to add the Material3 Expressive design language and a desktop mode later this year through its QPR1 update.