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The Android 16 Easter egg hints at Android’s new Live Updates feature
The Easter egg in Android 16 adds support for Live Updates, a new type of notification for ongoing activities
- Google has updated the Android Easter egg once again in Android 16.
- The Easter egg in Android 16 is still the same spaceship minigame from the previous two releases, but it now has an autopilot button and a progress-centric notification.
- Progress-centric notifications are a key part of Live Updates, a new type of notification that is prominently displayed in the lock screen, AOD, notifications panel, and status bar.
Every year, Google sneaks in a fun little Easter egg into its latest Android release. These Android Easter eggs range from fun little minigames to tools that highlight some capability of that year’s release. The new Easter egg in Android 16 is both of those things, a space travel game that demonstrates how apps can make use of the platform’s new Live Updates feature. Here’s what the Android 16 Easter egg looks like in the latest Beta 3 release, how it works, and how you can access it yourself.
What’s an Android Easter egg?
If you aren’t familiar, an Easter egg is any message, image, or feature that’s hidden from users. Android’s Easter eggs are no different, except they’re pretty much an open secret by this point. That’s because each Android Easter egg is hidden in the same place every year, which means if you found it in the past, you know how to access the new one already. If you don’t know how to access the Android Easter egg, we’ll share the steps in the next section.
