The most important beta version of Android 15 It has already arrived on my Google Pixel (also to other Android manufacturers): Android 15 Beta 2 shows progress in several of its features, which Google itself boasted about when it made the rollout public yesterday.
A few hours later, I’ve talked enough about it to describe three new features that have arrived quietly. Even Google doesn’t mention them, but to me they represent differential changes in user experience. Android takes a giant step forward in three sections.
Better volume and media playback control
Although the renewal of the volume panel that we saw in Android 12 and its subsequent refinement in Android 13 brought greater versatility to this option, now in Android 15 it shows its logical evolution: changing the volume level of different sounds Android It’s more intuitive.
When you use the volume buttons, the three dots arranged horizontally enlarge the panel. In addition to a renewed design, with more elegant bars, we have the possibility of change sound output. What does that mean? That we can quickly switch the music playing between our mobile speaker and other external devices such as Bluetooth speakers.
In fact, from the same point of view, it also allows you to “pair device”, to instantly connect any audio device worth its salt. The activation of automatic subtitles also appears here, and if we mess up with so many volumes we can reduce view to media volume.
Adaptive vibration promises a lot
There haptic response It’s a fantastic resource for providing a better user experience. We already knew, thanks to previous betas and leaks, that this would improve in Android 15 to avoid the bombardment of notifications, and with two small changes related to the virtual keyboard and screen brightness.
What I didn’t expect was the new “Adaptive Vibration” feature, which now complements the old “Adaptive Sound”. If in the latter our Pixel analyzes environmental noises to improve the sound, the new one does exactly the same thing with vibrations.
In noisy environments or where it is difficult to notice notifications, Android will vary the vibration of the mobile. This will make it more visible when there are more distractions and moderate it when we are quiet. Thus, it will save us from having to adjust the intensity manually, and at the same time it will prevent a server from being surprised when a new WhatsApp message arrives.
This customization option is essential to better understand Android
Finally, Android 15 Beta 2 adds a possibility of customization which expands what we had in the previous version of the system. I love combining icons with wallpaper colors, as well as the accent color that predominates in every corner of Android.
Now it goes even further with the introduction of “Color Contrast”, which adds more variation to the system’s customization: focused on accessibilityin reality it also serves to give a breath of fresh air to the pimples that we touch at any time.
This way they will stand out at first glance, which is very useful in these times when Material You places floating buttons everywhere. It applies to Bottom bar of ‘Google Apps’ like Drive or Gmail, fully functional since this second beta of Android 15.
These are undoubtedly functions that shape a very mature operating system, but which still shows – as each iteration shows – signs of being able to improve. These three additions did not make any noise in the Mountain View firm’s statements, even if they gained a place among the most useful functions.
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