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

  • Jackthelad@lemmy.world
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    1 month 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?”.

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      1 month 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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        1 month 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.