News Google is cooking up a new 'Modes' feature to replace 'Do Not Disturb' in Android 16

[AC News]

Android 16 is likely to launch next year. However, the Android 15 QPR 1 beta release might have some hidden features in the pipeline for the next OS.

Google is cooking up a new 'Modes' feature to replace 'Do Not Disturb' in Android 16 : Read more

 

[JudasD]

hopefully they keep the ability to maintain the current DnD functionality. i dont want google to "fix" this for me.

 

[NoahFecks]

All I want is DND to be triggered when wireless charging. Been using Tasker to do this for many years now, would be nice to have one less app running in the background.

 

[Stanley Kubrick]

The article mentions the possibility of having more than one mode running at any given time. Let's face it, there are many end users who do not understand how to make their notifications work properly. Now we're going to give them the ability to create their own modes that might have conflicting settings running all at the same time? This will be a recipe for even more confusion. I guess we'll have to see how it's all implemented.

 

[JudasD]

The article mentions the possibility of having more than one mode running at any given time. Let's face it, there are many end users who do not understand how to make their notifications work properly. Now we're going to give them the ability to create their own modes that might have conflicting settings running all at the same time? This will be a recipe for even more confusion. I guess we'll have to see how it's all implemented.

either way, this is google, it will get yanked out of 17, but brought back in 18 with a new name!