A new version of Android may be ready for Google I/O 2025 in less than a month – or soon if Google planned to show Android 16 in the 13 May edition of Android Show a week before the developer conference. But based on Android 16 Betus, the look of that release is very high in Stone.
However, this may not be a case for future Android 16 updates. Thanks to some code diving, we guess what a re -designed Android 16 UI can eventually look.
Potential Android 16 Future UI comes to us through Mishal Rahman Android authorityAllegedly, Rahman discovered changes in Android 16 Beta 4, discovering the code.
Right now, Android 16 Beta 4 is available, and it is the final stage stability release before the full public launch. While Google can exclude some bugs, no new features or designs are about to emerge before the release of Android 16. Depending on the timeline of Google, the updated OS should be launched on the latest in May or June.
After that, however, some interface changes may occur in the tasks, which Rahman got. And before diving into it, it is important to remember that the features shown can work in progress or in fact it cannot emerge all.
Android 16 changes
While most images show Rahman, a rounder of size reveals selection, they also found separate icon shapes in the pixel launcher with a suggestion that more “geometric” sizes could appear below the line.
Current shapes include them a square, a “four-way cookie,” and a “seven-sided cookie”. It seems that whatever design you choose will appear on the home screen and app drawer.
The biggest change appears with the notification panel.
Currently, if you pull it under the panel, it sits on a black background. In the update, it will be a blurred look that lets the colors of what you have.
Additionally, the redesign shows new tiles that already appear rounder. The interior icon appears to be a squareer when he is pressed, which Rahman attaches responsible for a new “one-tap” approach from Google.
Meanwhile, sliders appear thinner with a long rectangular bar with soft corners compared to the size of the current pellet.
A small change in the entire look is replaced by fonts that are boulders. This lesson is the most noticeable in the clock, which appears larger and boulder than before. A new vertical bar indicates the position of the volume bar.
There are also some colored platforms in new areas including the battery icon which are green when charged and red when reduced.
These visual changes were forced to turn on the code in Android 16 Beta by Rahman which is not on. So, it is not clear when or actually these changes will appear below the line. Nevertheless, all these changes reveal the material 3 “expressive” design ethos that Google introduced in the previous year.
As a reminder, if it was launched in May, or later with the expected public release of Android 16, the feature would probably be manifested in beta 4 or 3. Probably, they may be released later this year, possibly when the Pixel 10 lineup is launched, which is expected to be based on last year’s Pixel 9 rollout.
