Android 16 will allow us to use Terminal

Google has recently launched the final version of the Android 15 operating system. It is currently more than likely only available for Google Pixel smartphone users. Nevertheless, the programmers are already thinking about its successor. We are of course talking about Android 16 here.

Google programmers have prepared two different sliders for the new Android 16, namely one for notifications and one for quick access to settings. The new notification slider no longer occupies the entire screen, but only half. This means that the open application is visible in the background. This can be recalled by swiping up from the bottom. Using two fingers, we will bring up the slider for quick access to key settings. The icons of the new Android operating system will be slightly smaller compared to the current ones. Another extremely interesting functionality will be added to this.

The new Android 16 will bring full support for the terminal application (Terminal) for Android. The new feature will allow users to install a virtual machine running the open source Linux operating system. The latter will even have support for graphics acceleration. Of course, users will also find other options of the Linux operating system, such as disk usage tools, network packet routing, a system recovery partition, and much more. The novelty should even allow Chrome OS to be run.

As expected, other innovations of the upcoming Android 16 operating system have not yet been revealed. These will be known to the public only when the first early trial version of the innovation is available. This should happen only in the coming months, as Android 15 is not yet available to everyone.