Google is planning to take the Android ecosystem to new heights, and to do that, the company is cooking up some new features that will surely level up the user experience. Here are some new features spotted in the beta updates: audio sharing via auracast and a universal dark mode.
Auracast and Bluetooth audio are coming to Android 15
Bluetooth connectivity is normally used for streaming from a source device and taking it through receiver devices such as headphones, but the new standard of Bluetooth LE Audio Start and Auracset have brought some new changes.
With the Auracast feature of Bluetooth LE audio, it is possible to transmit the same audio to multiple receiver devices, including wireless headphones. It’s worth noticing that some manufacturers have been offering audio features that leverage Bluetooth for a while, but these implementations typically require a specific device as a source or a receiver.
At the moment, there are not many models on the market equipped with Auracast, despite the launch taking place in 2022, but it looks like Bluetooth LE Audio support has become a sort of standard for new audio products. Google is now planning to add a dedicated page to the eligible device with Android 15.
According to Mishaal Rahman, he has managed this time to completely enable the audio sharing functionality on the Google Pixel 8 Po with the previously arrived Android 15’s beta 1.1. The new feature appeared in the settings, under the heading Connected Devices and Connection Preferences.
A new option to force dark mode on Android 15
Some users always prefer using their device in the dark mode, whether it’s day or night, and due to this, they feel comfortable using all the applications that work in the dark mode. Now, to make it more convenient, Google is preparing to introduce a new dark mode feature with Android 15, which will prove the ability to use the dark mode on every application, whether it is supported or not by default.
It is worth noting that dark mode officially arrived on the Android platform with its tenth version, and over the years, several applications have adopted it and brought this functionality internally.
Additionally, the new option is meant to appear in the accessibility settings and not in the developer settings; it indicates that the feature is purposefully available for all the users. As of now, the option isn’t fully working, but we have to wait some more time as it may be available for all the Android devices with the upcoming Android 15 stable update.
