- Android 16 Beta 3 is here, bringing new functions to registered users
- Users need a Google Pixel 6, or a more recent telephone from Google Pixel, to get the beta version
- New features include battery health tools and accessibility options
Android 16 Beta 3 is here, bringing a handful of new features to which they participate in the Android Beta program.
The new features included in Android 16 Beta 3 include a new battery health monitoring screen, new accessibility settings and new tools to maintain their safe local networks.
Beta is available for selected Google Pixel phones that are registered in the Android Beta program: to access Betas Android 16, you will need a Google Pixel 6 or more recent phone from Google Pixel, such as the Google Pixel 9 or Google Pixel 9 Pro.
The stable launch of Android 16 is scheduled for the second quarter of 2025, in which we are already. If Google adheres to its goal, we should see Android 16 launched at the end of June.
Until then, Android 16 Beta 3 offers users some new and orderly features to test. Next, we have gathered the four most useful features of the latest Android test version.
A new battery health page
Most phone users are now aware that phone batteries are consumable components that become less effective over time, since their maximum capacity decreases with each recharge
Android 16 Beta 3 adds a new useful way to monitor your battery, with a new screen in the configuration that offers an estimate of the current capacity of its battery as a percentage of its total capacity when it is new.
As Android Authority points out, the new configuration page also includes links to resources that include tips on how to preserve battery health.
In a reversal of the standard, this is a characteristic to which iPhone users have had access for quite some time, now Android users have more information to combine with the preservation functions of existing batteries of the operating system, such as adaptive load.
Text contours
The text can be difficult to read on a smartphone screen, especially on smaller screens; Fortunately, Android 16 Beta 3 adds a new accessibility function that should make it easier than ever analyzing the text on the screen.
The new feature replaces the current high contrast text option with text described, adding a high contrast background.
This feature is specifically aimed at users with visual disabilities, but is available to all who want to read text on screen.
Audio transmission
Another accessibility feature lands with Android 16 Beta 3, in the form of Audio Audio Transmission Support.
This allows users with combined headphones and headphones for your smartphone in public broadcasts; The given examples include airports, concerts and classrooms.
The Android Developers blog indicates that this uses the Audio Le standard, a Bluetooth audio form.
Android 16 Beta 3 also includes new tools to keep curious eyes away from your local network by altering the scope of application permits.
As is, any application that has permission to access the Internet can access devices and files on your local network; This Beta changes this by requiring a separate permit to access local networks.
This should give users more control over how much their information is shared between applications and services.
As mentioned, Android 16 should land on the best Android phones by the end of June. Let us know what you want to see from the next Google mobile operating system in the comments below.
