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- Google cleans up Android’s “Sound & Vibration” settings in the upcoming Android 16 QPR1 update.
- Instead of a long list, settings the new layout groups in distinct categories such as “sound patterns” and “sound.”
- The volume slider also gets a modern design, while other options are moved to make the page feel less messy.
After more than 16 years of development, Android OS is packed with features. If they were not organized, it would be a mess. For a long time it felt just like Android’s audio settings page felt, but Google finally cleans it up in the next quarterly release of release of Android 16.
After installation Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 On our pixel unit we noticed that Settings> Sound and Vibration The menu has got a big cleanup. Instead of presenting all settings in a single vertical list, the latest Android 16 QPR1 bets them by category. For example, the “phone ringtone”, “standard alert sound” and “Standard alarm sound” options are now grouped under a new “sound pattern” part. Meanwhile, “Spatial Audio” and “Media” articles are under a new “audio” part. The five volume slider stays at the top of the page but they have been updated with the more modern Material 3 expressions Design seen in the volume panel. Furthermore, the “sound” sounds the sound of “the entry no longer difficult between the media and conversation volume gliding switches, but has been moved to the top.
Here is a gallery showing the Sound & Vibration Settings page in Android 16 versus Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2:
And if it is not enough to show off the difference, here is a list that shows how disorganized this page was before and after the update to Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2:
Audio and Vibration Settings in Android 16
- Media volume
- Audio plays on
- Conversation volume
- Ring volume
- Warning volume
- Alarm volume
- Phone ringtone
- Live caption
- Spatial
- Player now
- Media
- Vibration and haptics
- Standard notification sound
- Standard alarm sound
- Clearly conversation
- Call Pad tones
- Screen locking sound
- Charging sounds and vibrations
- Press and click on sounds
- Always show icon when it is in vibration mode
Audio and Vibration Settings in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2
- Volume
- Audio plays on
- Media volume
- Conversation volume
- Ring volume
- Warning volume
- Alarm volume
- Vibration and haptics
- Sound pattern
- Phone ringtone
- Standard notification sound
- Standard alarm sound
- Noise
- System sounds and vibrations
- Call Pad tones
- Screen locking sound
- Charging sounds and vibrations
- Press and click on sounds
- Always show icon when it is in vibration mode
- Live caption
- Adaptive sound
- Player now
- Clearly conversation
I’m glad to see Google finally start cleaning up Android’s audio settings in Android 16 QPR1. This is something I complained Back in 2023, when I noticed that Google reorganized many other pages in the setting app while leaving the audio and vibration page. Material 3 Expressive Redesign, which places menu elements in separate cards, goes a long way in making the Settings app feel less messy. However, the sound and vibration page previously undermined by keeping all the options in a long, vertical list. While the new page still has too many settings under the “System Sound and Vibrations” section “at the bottom, it is much better than before.