Android 15 is here, and it’s packed with exciting new features designed to enhance your mobile experience. Whether you’re a tech enthusiast or just curious about what’s new, we’re here to break down the five biggest highlights of Android’s latest iteration.
Notification cooldown.
Notification cooldown is a handy new feature that helps manage the flood of alerts by reducing the volume when you receive multiple notifications from the same app. So, if you're in a busy group chat and your phone starts pinging non-stop, Android 15 will automatically lower the volume for the next notifications. Even better, you can choose to apply this setting to just your conversations or across all your apps.
Partial screen recording.
With Android 15, screen recording just got smarter. Now, you can opt for partial screen recording, which means you can record just one specific app instead of the entire screen. This way, you can keep everything else on your screen, like notifications and other apps, completely private and out of view.
Private space.
Whether it’s your health data or banking apps, Private Space adds an extra layer of protection with a second layer of authentication - using either your device password or a different PIN. When locked, your Private Space keeps these apps hidden from Recents, notifications, settings, and other apps. And if needed, you can completely wipe your Private Space, ensuring your data stays secure.
PDFs.
Handling PDFs on your Android phone has always been a bit of a hassle, but Android 15 is here to change that. PDFs should now load more smoothly, and you’ve got new features like support for password-protected files, annotations, form editing, and the ability to copy text. Best of all, you can now search within PDFs, making it easier to find exactly what you’re looking for.
Foldable focus.
Some of the top folding phones already switch your activity to the cover screen when you fold them, and now Android 15 is making that a built-in feature. If you’d rather have the cover screen lock up instead, you can choose that too. Plus, there’s better support for apps on smaller cover screens, perfect for the more compact flip phones.
What’s your favourite feature in Android 15? Whether it’s a cool new functionality or a small improvement that makes a big difference, we’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below!
