Waiting for Android 16 to be officially distributed on the stable channel, day after day they continue to emerge news that we will see on the pixels only with Android 16 qpr1the first quarterly update of the operating system that is already experiencing its development cycle.
In addition to bringing the supported pixels on all the Material 3 Expressivethis quarterly update will add many small improvements, such as a new setting to manage the intensity of the HDR and customizable themes. To things like that should also be added the New gesture to turn off the screen with a double tap Even if, compared to what has emerged previously, in a “format” that could disappoint.
Android 16 QPR1: an arrival feature will be “limited” compared to expectations
The Pixel range smartphones allow you to take advantage of the Android experience designed directly by Google, with all the strengths and cases of the case: the user interface, until some time ago clean and slender, is becoming increasingly rich in customizations, some of which are (more or less indirectly) borrowed from other producers of the Android panorama.
A possibility already offered by other producers but absent on the devices of the Pixel range is the possibility of turn off the screen via double tap. In April it emerged that the development team itself (finally) working to implement this potential in the devices Made by Google But today, bad news emerges in this regard.
Analyzing the source code of the Beta 1 of Android 16 QPR1, the well -known Insider Mishaal Rahman has found new strings of code that led him to activate a new item on the path “Settings> System> Gestures”call Double tap to turn off the screen (via Android Authority).
Compared to what had previously emerged, however, looking carefully the page for the functionality that will be added to the system settings, we can discover that The new gesture will only work on the lock screen.
Apparently, moreover, this gestures It seems already working (if activated) but it remains difficult to understand its real usefulness (the double tap to turn off the screen from anywhere of the initial screen would have been much more useful).
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In any case, this new setting is not yet available even for the beta testers but the pitfall is certain that it will arrive with Android 16 QPR1 (or with the subsequent quarterly update): it could be released to the beta testers already with the Beta 2 (expected in the coming weeks).
In conclusion, we point out that to make up for this lack and turn off the screen by carrying out a double tap on any “empty” part of the initial screen, Pixel users can resort to third -party launcher that offer this possibility or widget that only do this, such as Screen Off – Widget & Tile.
