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Android 15 to bring Windows-inspired apps quarantine feature

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Google is working to further solidify Android’s protection against malicious & misbehaving apps with a new quarantine feature. Android 15 will bring a new feature to Pixel devices to protect users from misbehaving apps.

Android 15 could come with Windows OS-inspired quarantine features to protect the system from harmful apps. When quarantined, apps in Android will behave differently than non-quarantined apps.

Windows entirely hides suspicious apps that are quarantined by the anti-virus. However, Android’s app quarantine will not follow the same suite, with the app being visible on the home screen, but restrictions will be imposed.

Android Authority notes a few restrictions:

  • Notifications from it won’t be shown
  • All its windows will be hidden, and already-started activities will be stopped
  • It won’t be able to ring the device
  • Its services can’t be queried by other apps (though its activities can)
  • It can’t be bound to or receive broadcasts from the system or other apps
  • It can’t be resolved (i.e., it won’t show up in the intent disambiguation dialog)
Android 15 Quarantine Apps

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You may have disabled some apps that can’t be uninstalled from your smartphone. Similarly, the quarantining will work, however, the icon won’t disappear from the app screen and home screen.

This feature is reportedly in the works since November (Android 14 QPR2 Beta 1). There’s no authentic input on when Google will make it official. Notably, Google swiftly ditched the developer page for “Quarantined Apps.”

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Android might soon alert you when your time zone changes

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Traveling with an Android phone can be confusing when it comes to keeping track of time, especially on long trips. Your device automatically adjusts to different time zones, which is handy but can sometimes leave you unsure about the actual time. Imagine being on an airplane, where the time might switch several times due to the flight’s Wi-Fi, making it difficult to know how long you’ve been in the air.

To solve this, Google seems to be working on a new feature for Android. According to Android Authority, who took a peek at the Android 16 Beta 1, there’s a new setting in the works. This setting would allow you to get a notification every time your device changes its time zone automatically.

You’ll find this new option under the “Settings” menu, specifically in “System” and then “Date & time.” By turning this on, you’d get a little alert on your phone saying, “Hey, you’ve just entered a new time zone!” This would help you keep better track of time without any surprises.

There isn’t a confirmed release date yet for this feature, but it looks like it might make its way into Android 16. This update could make traveling a bit less confusing when it comes to managing your schedule across different parts of the world.

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Android 16 might alert you when your time zone shifts

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One of the key roles of your smartphone is to keep track of time, and they do this job pretty well. By using information from your phone’s network, Wi-Fi, or GPS, your device can automatically adjust its time when you move to a different time zone. However, sometimes you might want to know right away when this happens, which is why Google is working on a new alert feature for Android 16.

While exploring the first beta version of Android 16, I stumbled upon some lines of code for a new “time zone change” option in the settings under System > Date & time. This feature is designed to notify you when your phone’s time zone gets updated automatically.

I managed to activate this setting in the beta. Here’s what it looks like:
I couldn’t show you the actual notification since I haven’t traveled out of my current time zone, but I know what it will look like. The notification will simply state that “your time zone changed” followed by details of your new time zone.

This is a simple yet useful addition because knowing when and how your time zone has changed can help you schedule meetings or make plans. It also saves you from having to check the settings manually when you need to adjust the time for apps like Outlook.

Handling time zones is not easy, but thanks to Google Play System Updates, Android phones can quickly adapt to new time zone data from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). With the various ways Android devices locate themselves, they are among the best for keeping the right time.

Though I found this feature in the Android 16 Beta 1, it’s not certain if it will make it into the final version. Features can appear in early builds but not in the official release. Given that Android 16 is expected to roll out in the second quarter of this year, we’ll know soon if this time zone notification feature will be part of it.

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New Feature: See through Live Captions on Android

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Since the introduction of Expressive Captions last December, Android’s Live Caption feature now includes an option to adjust the background transparency on Pixel devices.

Before this update, captions appeared on a solid light or dark gray background, which could sometimes block parts of the screen. Now, with the new transparency setting, you can see what’s happening behind the captions. This makes the captions less intrusive and more user-friendly, allowing you to keep them on all the time if you wish. Some users even prefer having no background at all, just the text floating over the video.

How to Use Background Transparency

To turn on this feature, simply tap on the Live Caption panel to bring up the options menu. Look for the three dots on the right side, tap on them, and go to “Customization.” There, you’ll see the “Background transparency” switch alongside other settings like “Translate captions” and “Live Caption.”

This update was noticed today with the release of version V.16 of Android System Intelligence for Pixel devices. Check the Google Play Store to see if an update is available for your device. However, this feature isn’t available yet for Android 14 on non-Google devices.

This follows the earlier update in December that brought Expressive Captions to life, adding more emotion through uppercase letters for emphasis, sounds like sighs or gasps, and background noises like applause. This is currently available for US English on Android 14 and newer versions.

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