An Android 16 beta notification feature is already showing up in Android 15 QPR2

It is solely been a number of days since Google launched the Android 15 QPR1 stable build for Pixel units, however consideration has already shifted to Android 15 QPR2, which entered its second beta earlier this week. Whereas this construct primarily focuses on bug fixes and stabilizing the model forward of its March 2025 launch, an attention-grabbing Android 16 characteristic (or somewhat an previous one) has been noticed within the new construct of Android 15 QPR2.

First noticed by Mishaal Rahman on X, Android 15 QPR2 Beta 2 brings again the notification cooldown characteristic. For many who aren’t conscious, the notification cooldown characteristic first appeared in Android 15 Developer Builds earlier than being eliminated within the beta part. It later resurfaced within the Android 16 Developer Preview 1 however has now proven up once more in Android 15 QPR2 Beta 2, suggesting it may certainly launch with Android 15 somewhat than Android 16.

Notification cooldown makes a return in Android 15 QPR 2 beta 2

For these unfamiliar with how the characteristic works, it is designed to handle the overwhelming stream of notifications. When enabled, the notification cooldown characteristic step by step reduces the quantity of successive notifications from the identical app. For instance, if an excessively lively group chat is distracting you, this characteristic will mechanically decrease the notification tone quantity when a number of notifications arrive in a brief span of time.

As such, vital alerts like calls, alarms, and precedence notifications stay unaffected, making certain they’re delivered at full quantity. It is a useful characteristic for stopping your cellphone from bombarding you with alerts and serving to ease notification nervousness. This characteristic might be discovered underneath the Notification settings on Pixel devices working Android 15 QPR2 Beta 2, and it comes enabled by default.

Whereas Google hasn’t formally confirmed its launch, the characteristic’s return in Android 15 QPR2 Beta suggests it could arrive with Google’s subsequent Characteristic Drop in March 2025. Nonetheless, given Google has eliminated it beforehand from Android 15, there’s nonetheless an opportunity it might be delayed till Android 16.

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