{"id":15205,"date":"2025-02-13T20:04:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T19:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2025\/02\/13\/android-16-beta-2-is-here-were-halfway-there\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T21:02:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T20:02:43","slug":"android-16-beta-2-is-here-were-halfway-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2025\/02\/13\/android-16-beta-2-is-here-were-halfway-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Android 16 Beta 2 is here, we&#039;re halfway there"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has launched the very first Android 16 beta towards the end of January. The company has now started pushing out Android 16 Beta 2 for Pixel phones, around 3 weeks after the initial release was issued.<br \/>\nAndroid 16 Beta 2 is now available, if you\u2019re a part of the Android Beta program<br \/>\nIf you still don\u2019t have a beta build on your phone, and you\u2019d like to have it, you can join the Android Beta program now. Just note that you\u2019ll need to factory reset your device if you decide to return to the stable build. Android 16 Beta 2 is now available for the Google Pixel 6, 6a, 6 Pro, 7, 7a, 7 Pro, Fold, Tablet, 8, 8a, 8 Pro, 9, 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL, and 9 Pro Fold.<br \/>\nBefore we get down to the details regarding the update itself, do note that we\u2019re halfway there. This is the second out of four beta releases that Google is planning. The final build will arrive in April, and the stable one will follow soon after. As we exclusively said, Android 16 will officially launch on June 3.<br \/>\nNow, in regards to changes. This build adds \u201cnew support for professional camera experiences, graphical effects, extends our performance framework, and continues the evolution of features related to privacy, security, and background tasks\u201d.<br \/>\nNew hybrid auto-exposure modes have been added to Camera2<br \/>\nAndroid 16 Beta 2 adds new hybrid auto-exposure modes to Camera2. That will allow you to manually control specific aspects of exposure, while also letting the auto-exposure (AE) algorithm handle the rest.<br \/>\nSo, to be more accurate, you can control ISO + AE, and exposure time + AE. Needless to say, this definitely brings more flexibility to the table.<br \/>\nThe update also adds camera support for fine color temperature and tint adjustments. Those of you who use professional video recording applications will surely appreciate this. Google is also issuing some updates to motion photo capture intent actions.<br \/>\nGoogle opted to improve UltraHDR too<br \/>\nThe company has decided to improve UltraHDR too. It added support for UltraHDR images in the HEIC file format. They will get ImageFormat type HEIC_ULTRAHDR and will contain an embedded gainmap similar to the existing UltraHDR JPEG format. Google is also working on AVIF support for UltraHDR.<br \/>\nAndroid is also getting custom graphical effects with AGSL. RuntimeColorFIlter and RuntimeXfermode have been added, which allow you to \u201cauthor complex effects like Threshold, Sepia, and Hue Separation\u201d and then apply them to draw calls.<br \/>\nGoogle is also moving away from edge-to-edge opt-out, which was an option thus far. With this build, Google is also transitioning to granular permissions under android.permissions.health, which is used by Health Connect.<br \/>\nSome other changes were listed by Google, though they\u2019re mostly technical ones, which is unsurprising. You can check out the entire press release if you want.<br \/>\nThe post Android 16 Beta 2 is here, we&#8217;re halfway there appeared first on Android Headlines.&#013;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AH-Android-Logo-16-jpg.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\">&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ndroidheadlines.com&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has launched the very first Android 16 beta towards the end of January. 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