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Samsung surprised us in a pleasant way how fast he started his Android 16 son, especially after that he did with an UI 7 rollout. An UI 8 has been a small update so far, but it gives us some welcome opportunities in what we find in the larger design of an UI 7. Although it is based on Android 16 and even has some features that have no access to pixels yet, my two favorite additions are missing, and I really want Samsung to add them as soon as possible.
The expression of content
I’ve always liked the design of Samsung with a UI, but it seems that it has become stale, even despite the changes in a UI 7. The UI felt more medical on the UI, and a UI was fun and bounce, but now I have got the impression that both of them have been pushed forward with the arrival of Android 16.
Bright, bold colors and buncy dynamic images make Android 16 feel alive that is happy to use. This is not perfect – I wish there was at least no option for more permanent widget forms. This is a minor complaint, however, and overall, with Android 16, with 3 H3 Expresso, my favorite Android is re -designing, leaving the 4.4 cut cut behind. Of course, the question is how many apps will adopt the design language and how fast Google apps will be updated in this new form, but its basis is a strong basis.
Notification Coldown
Ryan Hans / Android Authority
Notification Coldown is a feature that (almost) is the best for those of us who bomb through a million notifications at a time, and continue their color. The manner in which it works is very easy: as you receive numerous notifications immediately, the warnings will be calm in a two -minute period. After that, it returns to the volume that was before.
In addition, it is smarter what information he silences and he lives. Phone calls and conversations believe that high priority will still be normal, as you want. This is not perfect, though; Instead of a two -minute rigorous limit, I want to be able to adjust how long it keeps the notifications silent.
Technically, the notification was introduced in the Android 15. However, Google added it to the Android 15 QPR2, and OEMS, such as Samsung, base its software on large Android Release, does not build a QPR. Therefore, non-Pixel users should see if the notification reaches its devices with Coldown Android 16, but there is a catch-OEM or not to add whether or not it is to add.
It may be transformed into an UI 8 beta in the future, but sadly, Samsung has yet to choose not to make the notification Coldown. Given other Shenianis related to the late Samsung notification, I do not imagine that the company will include it in future construction, but I would love to be wrong.
Honorable Mention: Hoptics
Mashal Rehman / Android Authority
This is more than 16 pixels related to Android, but it’s my list, and I like heptics. Samsung’s flagship devices are high quality vibration motors. The problem is that these motors are used less. Pixel has used subtle vibration in his UI for years, and Android 16 has taken it to the next level. Eliminating the notifications, scrolling through the review screen, adjusting the brightness and the volume slider, and using the fingerprint scanner provide delicious hypothesis to all.
An UI does not do it. It only provides double vibration to the fingerprint scanner if it fails to unlock. Great hepatics may seem minor, but once you get a habit on the phone like Pixel 9 Pro, the phone that does not make this Supershot opinion feel lifeless.
Android 16 has now been released for Pixels, but an UI 8 is still on its second son, so there is still time to make some changes before Samsung expires. I will not take my breath for any major changes we have never seen before, but you will never know. Are there any Android 16 features you want to see in an UI? Tell us in the comments.
