Android Leftovers

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Mar 07, 2025,
updated Mar 08, 2025

• OnePlus 13 Android update confusion is both hilarious and embarrassing - PhoneArena

• Google's lock screen widgets are making the jump from Android tablets to phones

• Gboard testing circle and pill-shaped keys on Android 

• Android 15 QPR2 Beta to stable ‘No Data Wipe’ OTA rolling out

• Android 15 Upgrade Report Card: What the…?! – Computerworld

• Android 16 beta 2.1 forces some to charge their phones twice a day

• Google Maps spotted adding support for Live Updates on Android 16

• Android 16 Beta 2.1 gives us a sneak peek at Live Updates | Android Central

• Lock screen widgets are coming to phones in Android 16 QPR1: Here's a first look - Android Authority

• Google Maps adds support for Android 16 'Live Updates' feature

• Google Maps is the first app to support Android 16's Live Updates feature - Android Authority

• Google will show off some of Android 16’s tricks as it gears for early release | Android Central

• Google is bringing widgets to phone lock screens with Android 16 QPR1 | Android Central

• Android phones getting lockscreen widgets with Android 16 QPR1

• Android's native Linux Terminal app is live in Google's latest update

• Rockchip RK3588 4K video encoder features four SDI inputs, four SDI loop outputs - CNX Software

update

3 more about terminals:

• Android Authority ☛ Android's Linux Terminal app is now widely available on Pixels, and here's how to get it

  Late last year, we reported that Google is preparing a native Linux terminal application that would allow smartphone users to carry a portable version of a desktop distro with them. Since then, we’ve seen that very app roll out with Android 15 beta builds. Now, with the March 2025 Pixel update, a stable version of that app is available more widely for Google phone users running the latest stable version of Android.

• Google adds Linux Terminal app to Pixel smartphones

  Late last year, reports surfaced that Google was working on a Linux Terminal app that would allow it to run distributions on smartphones. As Android Authority reports, the app didn't take long to arrive - Linux Terminal arrived on Pixel with the March update.

  To install the Linux Terminal app on your Pixel, you need to go into system settings, enable developer mode, and start the download, which will take up 567 MB.

  The Linux environment uses one of the most popular distributions, Debian. However, unlike native terminal applications, Linux Terminal runs on a virtual machine via the Android Virtualization Framework (AVF).

• Beta News ☛ You will soon be able to run Linux Terminal on your Android phone

  While it is widely known that Android is based on Linux, it is not a typical Linux distro in many ways. There are a lot of standard features and components of Linux that are simply not available in Google’s mobile operating system.