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Android 16’s first public beta adds Google’s more limited take on live lockscreen notifications

Live Activities are finally coming to Android

Android 16’s first public beta will start rolling out later today, bringing with it dynamic lockscreen notifications for ride-sharing and food delivery, following yesterday’s reveal of a similar feature in Samsung’s Galaxy S25 phones. Samsung also added a similar feature in One UI 7, shown off in its Galaxy S25 phones at yesterday’s Unpacked event, which it calls the Now Bar. Google has also confirmed that it’s working on adding more Gemini Extensions, after yesterday launching the ability for its AI assistant to act across multiple apps in a single prompt.

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