But I can’t even get the thing to work on the Pixel 4a I’m using. How much mileage you get out of this feature will ultimately differ on a case-by-case basis. I don’t know if Bubbles are necessarily something that we need on top of all the other distractions and information overload we deal with on our phones’ screens, though that comes down to personal preference. The difference with Bubbles is, of course, that this feature extends to messaging apps that aren’t Facebook’s, including the built-in Android Messages app for texting and RCS Chat, as well as WhatsApp and others.
#Upgrading android os update#
A tiny frustration, but one I’d personally like to see addressed.Įvery software update is a work in progress, but too many significant features in Android 11 needed a little more attention before the software’s final release.īubbles: Long teased over successive Android updates but never brought to the public until now, Bubbles is basically Google’s version of Chat Heads - the Facebook Messenger feature that creates shortcuts for conversation threads that float above whatever’s on screen and persist from app to app. You can quickly delete screenshots in Android 11 too, but the software doesn’t make it easy, as you have to press or gesture back a bunch of times in succession after sharing a screenshot to return to the markup screen, where you can then hit the little trash icon. This is really handy, because it means your photo library won’t be flooded with screenshots of one-time, out-of-context snippets of information and memes that you really don’t need living on your phone for days or weeks until you finally get around to deleting them. One of the best things about the way iOS handles screenshots is that it allows you to delete whatever you capture immediately after sending it off. However, I have one small issue with the approach Google’s taken here. It’s all very slick, fast, intuitive and looks great. Next to that thumbnail are share and edit buttons, as well as an “X” button that will simply dismiss the screenshot interface element, but not delete the image itself. This is good of course, because any delays that impede you from snagging a clip of something and firing it off to a friend tend to be more unwelcome than not.
Now, taking a screenshot produces a thumbnail in the lower-left corner - and it happens quickly. It’d languish up top for seconds at a time, unless you either dismissed it or interacted with it, possibly covering pertinent information all the while.Īndroid 11 fixes that. But the notification itself was quite obtrusive. New screenshot interface: It wasn’t difficult to markup a recently-captured screenshot through the notification that would pop up after taking one in Android 10. Android 11 will make it easier for you to use them. And it’s a clever shortcut to toss in now, as people have more connected devices at their disposal within their home than ever before.
#Upgrading android os Bluetooth#
This makes pivoting from your phone’s speakers to a Bluetooth speaker or a pair of wireless earbuds really, really easy. In addition to skip, pause and play actions, a background that’s color-matched to album art and a progress bar that appears when expanded, there’s also a new button that allows you to instantly change the audio device currently playing the media in question. What’s new about Android 11’s approach is that Google has lifted these controls out of the cluster of notifications in which they used to sit and given them priority in a space just underneath your quick toggles.
It’s an approach I much prefer to Apple’s, which splits up some media controls across the lock screen and others in the Control Center, with neither looking all that great or being particularly great at conveying information. New media controls: Android has always been good about carving out a little space for playback controls in the notification pane, for currently playing media.
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