• Google is updating the Android Easter egg in Android 16 QPR2 to properly showcase the new Live Updates feature. • Live Updates allow apps to provide persistent progress updates in the status bar, on the always-on display, and at the top of the notification panel. • The feature wasn’t fully ready in Android 16’s initial release, which is why the Easter egg is only now being updated to support it.

One of the biggest new features in Android 16 is Live Updates. Live Updates are basically Android’s version of iOS’ Live Activities, and they allow you to quickly get progress updates from applications without stopping whatever you’re doing. For example, a navigation app could use Live Updates to show your next turn in a status bar chip, or a food delivery app could use it to tell you that y

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