The Pixel Launcher’s new “long app names” toggle is exactly the kind of feature that makes you wonder what Google’s priorities are for Android 15. What the new “long app names” toggle actually does In Android 15 Beta 3, Google quietly slipped a new option into Pixel Launcher settings: a toggle to show “long app […]
Tag: Android 15
Pixel 8a display output may arrive via Android 15
Samsung has shipped over 100 million DeX-capable phones, yet Google’s own mid-range Pixel 8a only now looks set to catch up on wired display output with Android 15. That’s the headline emerging from new reports that the Pixel 8a, when running the latest Android 15 beta, can push video over USB-C to external monitors. It’s […]
Pixel Launcher finally fixes a basic annoyance
Everyone says Android updates are all about AI now. They’re wrong. The most important Android 15 change for a lot of Pixel users might be something embarrassingly basic: actually seeing full app names in the Pixel Launcher. This isn’t flashy like Gemini, it’s not Tensor-exclusive magic, and it won’t sell a single Pixel 9 on […]
Android 15 quietly reshapes Pixel Launcher UX
Android 15 DP2 changes your Pixel Launcher more than you think Google is still treating the Pixel Launcher like a lab Android 15 Developer Preview 2 doesn’t ship a flashy headline feature for the Pixel Launcher, but it does something arguably more important: it messes with the basics again. Settings get shuffled, options move around, […]