Subj : Android 16 brings a much-needed upgrade to Google Maps that iOS u
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Mar 07 2025 13:30:08

Android 16 brings a much-needed upgrade to Google Maps that iOS users already 
have

Date:
Fri, 07 Mar 2025 13:16:38 +0000

Description:
Google Maps has become the first app to get live update support with the 
latest Android 16 beta, with the app now able to show directions and other 
information on your phones lock screen.

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Maps has become the first app to support Live Updates in the latest Android 
16 beta The new notification style allows some information to persist on the 
lock screen and status bar Android 16 is expected to release some time 
between April and June 2025 

Though many of the best Android phones just recently got support for Android 
15, beta versions of Android 16 are already available for Google Pixel users, 
bringing key upgrades to the operating system as well as to Googles suite of 
default apps. 

One of the most keenly anticipated upgrades coming with Android 16 is Live 
Updates, a new notification feature that allows notifications to display much 
more information as well as persist on the lock screen. A comparable feature, 
called Live Activities , rolled out to iOS devices last year . 

As it turns out, Google Maps is the first app to support this new feature, 
with Android 16 adding the ability to see directions, time until your next 
turn, and your estimated time of arrival all in one Live Update notification. 

This new Live Update is visible on the lock screen, and an estimated time of 
arrival persists in the status bar when the phone is unlocked, though as 
Android Authority notes, the new notification style is currently collapsed on 
the always-on display. 

In a prior build of Android 16, Live Updates were available on the always-on 
display as an outline, so Google will likely re-enable this in the stable 
release or later betas. 

Live Updates were technically introduced with the first beta of Android 16 
back in January 2025, but as mentioned, no apps have supported them until 
now. 

Android 16 is rolling out at a faster pace than normal, and weve previously 
heard that the next mainline update to Googles mobile operating system will 
arrive sooner than usual in the second quarter of 2025  thats somewhere 
between April and June. 

The update is due to bring Live Updates to a wide selection of the best 
Google Pixel phones as well as Android phones from other brands like Samsung 
and OnePlus. Of course, theres much more on the way than a new style of 
notification  other keenly awaited Android 16 features include new camera 
tools and better app resizing for folding phones . 

Well have the latest through our dedicated Android coverage , but for now, 
let us know what youd like to see from Googles next mobile operating system 
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could have a Motorola Razr-style full-sized cover screen  and I think its 
about time Android's Find My Device can now let you track your friends  and I 
can't decide if that's cool or creepy



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/phones/android/android-16-brings-a-much-needed-upgra
de-to-google-maps-that-ios-users-already-have


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