What you need to know
- Several codes channels show that notification summaries could head to us with Android 16.
- This will be presented as a new page under the notifications option in the settings.
- The new operating system may have the ability to summarize only conversations, not notifications of other non -messaging applications.
Android 16 Beta 3 has just been deployed yesterday, when few features were announced with this beta version, Google says that Android 16 has reached “stability of the platform”.
In addition, it seems that another important characteristic could be in progress. A deep dive in the third beta version revealed several code channels that presented “summarized notifications”, a functionality on which Google works with Android 16 (As first spotted by Android Authority).
This functionality “will automatically summarize the conversation on applications”, added the publication. Ring a bell? Apple has a similar feature that made its debut with Apple Intelligence, but it was not supposed. He provided “Bizarre summaries,” Driving Apple to suspend this functionality until further notice.
The third beta channels presented a new page for notification summaries. This will be housed in the existing notification history with the options of notification bundle under Settings> Notificationsadded the publication. In the page, you can switch to activate the functionality, labeled “Use notification summaries. “The following code channel also mentions conversation summaries, which is not a new concept for Android users.
What is more interesting is that you can also choose which applications will use this feature and probably exclude those for which you do not need it. However, this could also mean that the new operating system will have the capacity to summarize only conversations, not the notifications of other applications not of message. “We have seen something similar with Android Auto, which can use artificial intelligence to create summaries for longer messages.
The publication also notes that these summaries could use the Android System Intelligence application, rather than Gemini to help this feature. That said, it seems to be an exciting feature to hope for, because the public launch of Android 16 is getting closer.
