Android 14 will put an end to notifications occupying the screen

A journalist has examined the source code of Android 14. Not only did he discover that the new version of the operating system would likely make Google Wallet easier to use, but also allowed to change the configuration of notifications according to the situation. If the configuration possibilities offered by Android 13 are already complete, some apps notification that takes up the whole screen and this behavior cannot be changed unfortunately. This “Full Screen mode entitlement” cannot be revoked as it was granted during installation.

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According to Rahman, in Android 14 apps will need to send a notification of their intention to run in full screen. If the user is currently performing another task on the device, Can choose to reject Full Screen mode and display the notification in the status bar.

Android 14 will give users more options for displaying notifications

Full screen notifications normally reserved for urgent messages, in Google’s own words “requesting user immediate attention”. We are talking about applications such as alarms and other timers, incoming calls. In Google’s own opinion, “if developers use this functionality for something else […] can be extremely annoying “. Me Rahman shared a short video on Twitter showing how this setting works.

Android 14 is out of Developer Preview and Google is currently rolling out its first public beta. All observers agree that the final publicly available version of the operating system should be released in August 2023. With the new model of the mobile operating system, Google only no revolutionary change, but will endeavor to improve the existing one. This will give a result greater freedom of configuration provided to usersalso by strengthening the security of user data with native support for passkeys or Device location even if it no longer has a battery.