A functionality in which we look forward to Android 16 is live updates, a new type of notification designed to help you follow the current notifications, such as those of a driving sharing or a delivery application. The iPhone has a similar feature for a few years now and it’s time that Android also offers it.
Thank you to our friends to Android authorityWe have our first overview of how these notifications behave on Android 16, and from what we see, they look good.
As a reminder, here is what Kellen wrote about this new type of notification when the Android 16 Beta launched.
Android 16 obtains a support for live updates, a new class of notifications that can update for current activities. Think about driving status (such as Uber), food deliveries or navigation activities showing current updates on the lock screen and notifications. I imagine at some point in the future that you could see the fitness through this too. But to start, Google introduces the Progressstyle notification model for these first 3 types of notification.
As you can see in the video below, let’s say you have food delivery when entering. With live updates, the notification can update in real time to help you follow the progress of your order. Honestly, if you have already used the Domino tracker, it is fundamentally identical, which is perfect because the Domino tracker is honestly one of the biggest inventions of all time.
We do not have an official list of applications that will update to use this new feature, but applications like Lyft, Uber and Ubereats all seem like big candidates. We also hope that fitness applications will obviously benefit from this, as well as Domino.
