Talk:Android 16

Tone issues

I think this article is poorly written, seems like the "Features" section is just promotional copy from Google, and the versions table's "Developer actions" column is unnecessary and written like a manual. I recommend just deleting that column but the rest of the article needs a lot of cleanup as well imo Splatterxl – talk 17:59, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you @Vestrian24Bio for fixing the versions table! Splatterxl – talk 15:50, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Happy to help Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 16:16, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Missing section?

The Privacy Sandbox on Android feature section makes no sense, ending with “These features include the following.” FlairImsaho (talk) 01:13, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

Proposed summary for technical prose

I've been using Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental large language model to create summaries for the most popular articles with {{Technical}} templates. This article, Android 16, has such a template in the "Features" section. Here is the paragraph summary at grade 5 reading level which Gemini 2.5 Pro suggested for that section:

Android 16 adds new things to phones, like letting you run computer programs in a special safe space and making it easier to pick photos from online storage right inside apps, including searching for them. It helps keep your health information safe while letting apps use it if you agree, and protects your privacy even when you see ads. You can also share sound with many Bluetooth headphones at once, and your phone won't make too much noise if you get lots of messages quickly. Apps will work better on big screens by changing shape to fit, and new notifications will show live updates for things like food deliveries. Phones will also be able to record better videos and show writing that goes up and down for some languages.

While I have read and may have made some modifications to that summary, I am not going to add it to the section because I want other editors to review, revise if appropriate, and add it instead. This is an experiment with a few dozen articles initially to see how these suggestions are received, and after a week or two, I will decide how to proceed. Thank you for your consideration. Cramulator (talk) 12:23, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

While I appreciate the suggestion, AI-generated text tends to be of poor quality. InfiniteNexus (talk) 17:43, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

Broadly disparaging all content created by generative large language models (i.e. stereotyping) isn't a good evaluation. Fortunately, @Cramulator explicitly posted the content that would potentially be included in the article so that we don't have to judge this proposal with overbroad generalizations. Each of us can read that malformed abomination of a paragraph and be able to say with confidence that the user's proposal should be rejected. Nom de vileplume (talk) 13:44, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

I should point out that the text shown was prompted to be written at fifth-grade (10-11 year old) level, because of my mistake misunderstanding the appropriate level for STEM articles. This 8th grade level alternative with sources should be considered as one approach that editors addressing the WP:JARGON problems might want to take:

"Android 16 introduces several new capabilities according to official release notes. The Linux Terminal feature is expanded, allowing users to run Linux applications within a virtual machine on their devices. The embedded photo picker integrates cloud services like Google Photos, adds search functionality, and adapts better to screen changes like orientation. Health Connect gains the ability to manage medical data, starting with immunization records using the FHIR standard. Other notable features include the Privacy Sandbox on Android to limit tracking while preserving personalized content, audio sharing to multiple Bluetooth devices simultaneously using Bluetooth LE Audio, a notification cooldown feature to reduce the sound of rapid alerts, requirements for apps to be more adaptive on large screens, "Live Updates" notifications for tracking ongoing activities, support for the high-quality APV video codec, and improved rendering for vertical text in languages like Japanese."

I'm sorry about asking for much lower reading level paragraphs before. I feel like doing so has completely doomed this approach for everyone. Cramulator (talk) 22:48, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

I am retracting this and the other LLM-generated suggestions due to clear negative consensus at the Village Pump. I will be posting a thorough postmortem report in mid-April to the source code release page. Thanks to all who commented on the suggestions both negatively and positively, and especially to those editors who have manually addressed the overly technical cleanup issue on six, so far, of the 68 articles where suggestions were posted. Cramulator (talk) 22:18, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

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