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The Android Show: I/O special Live Blog: everything coming to Android 16


So many features, here are our reactions!

Material design made its debut a decade ago with Android 6, bringing along a paper-like aesthetic complete with a UI that changed colors based on the app on screen. We saw Google hint at this coming on Pixel phones a few years ago, as the volume and brightness sliders would emit a ticking vibration as if you were rotating a physical dial. Google continues to shore up users against the never-ending threats the internet brings, including new scam prevention features for calls and texts.

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