Google Maps is the primary app we’re seeing undertake Android 16’s new Reside Updates function, in keeping with Android Authority. Customers on Android 16 beta 2.1 can now see the time till their subsequent flip and estimated time to arrival on the standing bar of their gadget.
Google launched the Reside Updates function in its first beta of Android 16 beta launch, describing it as a “new class of notifications that assist customers monitor and rapidly entry essential ongoing actions.” The function is much like Reside Actions on iOS, which reveals real-time notifications on the lock display screen and the Dynamic Island, however till now we haven’t seen a lot of what it seems to be like with actual Android apps.
As proven by Android Authority, there’s additionally a brand new choice within the Google Maps app that permits you to flip off “reside information,” which is able to seem on the standing bar and lockscreen. Reside Updates are nonetheless solely partially supported in Android 16 beta 2.1, as Android Authority says notifications from Google Maps are nonetheless “collapsed” on the always-on show.
