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Android 16 Beta 2.1 gives us a sneak peek at Live Updates


Live Updates are functional for Google Maps in Android 16 Beta 2.1.

These are time-sensitive notifications that can remain in various places on your Android phone to provide glanceable updates, like the status of your rideshare or the progress of your Google Maps journey. Live Updates are intended to appear in multiple locations, including the notification panel, lock screen, always-on display, and status bar. The tiny and green pill-shaped Live Update in the status bar for Google Maps merely showed the time until you've reached your destination.

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