Google Maps is the primary app we’re seeing undertake Android 16’s new Reside Updates function, according to 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 system.
Google introduced the Live 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 necessary ongoing actions.” The function is similar to Live Activities on iOS, which exhibits real-time notifications on the lock display and the Dynamic Island, however till now we haven’t seen a lot of what it appears to be like like with actual Android apps.
As proven by Android Authority, there’s additionally a brand new possibility within the Google Maps app that permits you to flip off “stay data,” which can 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.