This is going to become a bigger app on all Android phones

The vast majority of Android phones sold in Europe have something in common: pre-installed Google apps. Even if this practice arouses some controversy, for very few people it constitutes a nuisance, quite the contrary; everyone is going to use Google Maps, YouTube and many other pre-installed apps.

One of the most useful apps that come pre-installed on Android phones is Google Keep; The Notes application is simple but complete at the same time and has connections with the rest of the Google ecosystem. It's no surprise that this is one of the most popular notes apps on Android and many people don't feel the need to download another app from Google Play.

From now on, everything indicates that Google Keep will take an important step in its integration with Android, and that can become a system application. Indeed, Google Keep was discovered by Android Police in the latest Android 16 beta, and given how far along its development is, this indicates that Keep is here to stay.

Remember that the new version of Android will arrive earlier than usual, to coincide with the launch of the next Pixel phones, and that is why its development has been accelerated; In fact, today we are talking about the second preview version of Android 16. Therefore, the changes already applied to Android 16 will most likely be the last, simply because there is not much time to roll back back or spend it. on news that will not be implemented.

The presence of Google Keep within Android 16 indicates that This will be one of the new system applications; This is how applications are known that are part of the operating system itself, because they perform functions that other applications need. The easiest way to tell if an app is a system app is to be able to uninstall it.

For example, Google Chat can be uninstalled without issue, so it's just a pre-installed app; but Google Maps cannot be uninstalled, it can only be disabled, but its code is still present in the system.

System applications also differ from preinstalled applications in their greater integration into the operating system. This is why it is surprising that Google Keep is now considered a system application: currently it is a simple notes application of little importance. This may therefore indicate that Google prepares important changes for Keepboth in functionality and in integration with the rest of the system's applications. At the moment, Google hasn't explained its plans, so Keep's inclusion as a system app is a mystery.