My Four Favorite Android 16 Features That Haven't Launched Yet ...Middle East

What you won't have, however, are many of the new features that Google has been promoting with this Android upgrade—an upgrade that feels like a placeholder for what's coming later in the year. If you're rebooting your phone after installing Android 16 and looking around to see what's new, you might be disappointed.

Second, these major Android releases are, now more than ever, mainly for Pixel phones. Every Android phone maker puts its own spin on the Android code Google provides, and may not support every feature—or add extra features Google hasn't got around to. Samsung's One UI 8, based on Android 16, is the best example.

So, while Android 16 doesn't bring much that's new to my Pixel phone right now, there's plenty still on the way: Here are four key upgrades I'm looking forward to.

Material 3 Expressive

Material 3 Expressive is quite a departure in terms of visuals. Credit: Google

From the screenshots Google has shared, it looks good, but I haven't even seen it appear in Google's own apps or the Android settings menus yet (that's due in September, as per an Android Authority source). After that, third-party developers will push their own updates out, so it's going to take a while for everything to be Material 3 Expressive-ized.

Live Updates

How Live Updates will work, eventually. Credit: Google

However, I haven't seen a single app take advantage of Live Updates so far. It seems Android 16 is only laying the groundwork for the feature, and it's now over to app developers to get it implemented—something I expect will happen gradually over the coming months.

A full desktop mode

The new desktop mode is live now for tablets. Credit: Google

We know from the Android 16 betas and Google I/O 2025 that the phone functionality support is on the way—so you'll be able to use your phone in desktop mode when connected to a monitor—but it's not here yet. This is another area where Samsung is already ahead, with its Samsung DeX tool.

Notification stacking

How notification groups are going to look. Credit: Google

Here, too, I'm still waiting. Android actually already does a decent job of grouping together notifications from the same app, so I'm not exactly sure what's going to be different, but based from the limited number of screenshots that have been shared, it looks as though the grouping will be more compact and easier to manage.

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