What you need to know
- Google would have been spotted by adding code to the first Android 16 beta concerning the user’s ability to reread keyboard shortcuts.
- From the code, users can modify the combinations required to launch applications or to activate Android system controls.
- Google introduced a physical keyboard toolbar for Android shortcuts last year while providing updates to the workspace applications.
- Android 16 Beta 1 launched a few weeks ago, which was planned while Google seeks to launch the software at T2 2025.
A recent discovery of Android suggests that Google is preparing to develop the keyboard experience more for larger devices.
As spotted by Mishaal Rahman (Android authority), the next iteration of the Android operating system could include the possibility of reworking your keys. Nothing is certain; However, Rahaman noticed a large piece of code in the Android 16 tests in a “customize the keyboard shortcut” tag.
Until now, the only information that Google has in its code is the basics: “Press the key to affect the shortcut”, “customize” and “delete the shortcut” between the error codes for combos and an option cancellation.
Google already allows users who have joined physical keyboards access shortcuts via a plethora of key combinations. However, the new code suggests that users may be able to exchange them for new combinations using keys previously made.
As Rahman speculates it, the possibility of rebincaring keyboard shortcuts will likely apply to system applications and controls. Some examples include opening programs such as Chrome or Gmail, as well as other actions such as screenshots, notification menus, etc.
The code would have been added to the first Android 16 beta for registered testers. In addition, Rahman claims that this remapping function seems limited to modify what is already provided to users. The publication is not sure if users will have the possibility of creating completely new keyboard combos for shortcuts.
Google has paid greater attention to the physical keyboard experience of its biggest Android devices because it added a more intuitive toolbar. Last year, the company pushed a GBboard update which brought a physical toolbar to users with USB-C or Bluetooth keyboards. When connecting the accessory, users would notice a floating pill -shaped bar at the bottom of their screens.
Taper would produce the wide range of applications and system action shortcuts. Users can also customize the new toolbar by tilting it or adding the Emoji keyboard to the mixture. Google has highlighted the possibility for users to access the translation tools of this bar, as well as your clipboard for copied content.
Another update struck larger devices using physical keyboards last summer, which involved Google’s workspace applications like Gmail and Cat.
In other news, Google has abandoned Android 16 Beta 1 for pixel testers scored in mid-January. We had an overview of the other efforts of the company to improve the major experiences of Android devices via “Application of the application. “” It is essentially a piece of code which guarantees that users on foldables or tablets will see their applications displayed correctly, on the whole of their screen as a report that keeps clear and clear.
There is no hiding place on the fact that Android 16 is supposed to fall much earlier than usual because Google Eyes a launch of Q2 2025.
