Android 16 could add a new API that lets apps create Rich Ongoing Notifications, reminiscent of the iPhone’s Dynamic Island.

  • @[email protected]
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    59 hours ago

    The feature seems somewhat like Apple’s Dynamic Island on iPhones, though technically Android used status bar chips in the past.

    I didn’t know what the islands were but as expected it just an Apple™️ way of naming something done before. Let the cycle continue.

    • @Jackthelad
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      26 hours ago

      I remember people going crazy about it when Apple introduced it, and then I saw a video of it in action and was like, “is that it?”.

      • @[email protected]
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        36 hours ago

        If it worked well it’s really nice. The problem is apps in the background tend to not update it as often as it should. So sometimes I’ll have a weather alert that’s 30 minutes old, along with a notification saying “please open the app for more updated info”.

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          2 hours ago

          I thought it was only me who was seeing stale data there. It’s just a persistent notification, but it was marketed beautifully. It seems to have the same problems and benefits of persistent notifications. Sometimes I will get rideshare apps leaving up their notifications long past their usefulness too.