Android 16 may blur your lock screen wallpaper for a new ‘ambient AOD’ look

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google is developing a new ‘ambient AOD’ feature for Android, which will display a blurred version of the lock screen wallpaper on the always-on display. This feature, showcased briefly by Google during The Android Show: I/O Edition, is an evolution of previous AOD wallpaper support and aims to show the entire wallpaper. Currently buggy and causing screen flickering on test devices like the Pixel 8 Pro, its successful implementation may depend on specific display capabilities, potentially limiting it to future devices like the Pixel 10 series and arriving in an Android 16 quarterly release. One of the most notable aspects of Google’s new Material 3 Expressive design is its generous use of background blur. The Material 3 Expressive redesign in Android adds background blur to the notification and Quick Settings panels, the recents menu, and the app drawer. Soon, Google may also blur the lock screen wallpaper to show it on the always-on display; t ... Read full article.