- Google is continuing its work to split up Android’s notifications and Quick Settings panels.
- The media player now appears at the top of the Quick Settings panel, and you can now switch between pages by swiping.
- The new split notifications and Quick Settings panels aren’t live yet in Android 16 Beta 3, and we don’t know when this new design will roll out.
The third beta of Android 16 is finally here. Being the Platform Stability release, Beta 3 will be very close to the stable update we’ll see in June. This means no major changes are expected between now and then, which is disappointing for those anticipating significant design changes. Google will revamp Android’s user interface, though, and the latest beta includes several improvements to the new split notifications and Quick Settings panels. Here’s your latest look at Android’s upcoming notification and Quick Settings panel redesign.
To provide context, we’ve been tracking Google’s efforts to overhaul the notifications and Quick Settings panels since last September. Google aims to separate these panels into distinct pages, a change that’s intended to create more space for notifications and Quick Settings tiles. Consequently, Google is also making Quick Settings tiles resizable to display more of them at once.