Android 15 has some big changes in store for the volume panel

Google has already rolled out two Android 15 developer previews to this point, offering a glimpse into what’s coming with this fall’s secure launch. Primarily based on what we have discovered to this point, a lot of the adjustments look like minimal in nature, comparable to fixing high quality points with the Pixel’s webcam mode or a privacy-related change permitting the system to block location requests from mobile carriers in some situations. It seems to be like some visible adjustments are additionally on the playing cards with Android 15.

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The quantity sliders in Android 14 aren’t drastically completely different from Android 13, and even Android 12 for that matter, which launched us to Materials You. In fact, there have been some minor adjustments to the amount sliders since Android 12, such because the separation of the Ring and Notification volume sliders with Android 14. However as Mishaal Rahman studies for Android Authority, Android 15 DP2 introduces a redesigned set of sliders with some new performance to go together with it.

The brand new quantity sliders in Android 15 DP2

Android 14’s Sound and vibration panel is activated by urgent both of the 2 quantity keys and tapping the three-dot menu within the slider. This opens a settings panel containing all of the 5 quantity management choices. However with Android 15 DP2, Rahman managed to activate the brand new pill-shaped sliders proven above.

Along with being an entire departure from the older quantity sliders, the redesigned model will also be minimized or collapsed with the assistance of an arrow located subsequent to the Media slider. Rahman notes that the panel will solely show the Media slider if there’s one thing taking part in on the machine, whereas all 5 controls will probably be proven when no media is taking part in. Every slider has a dot on the finish depicting the utmost quantity for every attribute. In the meantime, every slider might be absolutely muted with a single faucet in Android 15 DP2, one thing that is not doable with Android 14.

The brand new software program additionally would not include the phrase quantity in every particular person toggle, in order that they’re now merely known as Media, Name, Ring, Notification, and Alarm, making them look rather a lot cleaner. Talking of saving area, Android 15 DP2 additionally lets go of the Sound & vibration header on this panel, with a persistent media output switcher now showing there as an alternative.

The Sound & vibration panel in Android 14

As Rahman notes, it is a change from Android 14, which solely shows the output switcher (under the Media quantity slider) on this panel when there’s media taking part in within the background. This partially hides the Alarm slider on the very backside, as Rahman’s screenshots above present.

Moreover, Rahman says he discovered proof for attributes like “noise management” and spatial audio inside this redesigned quantity panel however was apparently unable to activate them. This means that what we’re seeing right here might not be the ultimate implementation of the amount panel redesign. We should always have a clearer thought of what to anticipate from Android 15 as the primary beta begins rolling out subsequent month.

Android 15’s quantity sliders additionally get a pleasant animation

A video revealed by Android Authority particulars a delicate change coming to those new sliders — animations. The textual content on the pill-shaped sliders (Media, Ring, and so on.) cleverly adjusts because the consumer will increase or decreases the amount, making certain the slider’s identify is all the time seen. This additionally explains why the phrase “quantity” was faraway from every slider.