Android 15 could give your phones storage page a small-but-mighty makeover

Date:
Fri, 17 May 2024 10:54:30 +0000

Description:
The second Android 15 beta has revealed a small-but-helpful change to the presentation of storage data.

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Google dropped the second Android 15 beta at Google I/O 2024 , and it hasnt taken long for eagle-eyed testers to spot a host of useful Android 15
features buried within it, including one that could streamline your phones storage page.

In Android 14, system storage is displayed as its own category above Apps, Images, Audio and other storage categories. Tapping this option informs you that System [storage] includes files used to run Android version 14, which is a fairly unhelpful message, since it doesn't disclose the proportion of
System files that are using up storage for other reasons.

The latest Android 15 beta, however, rectifies this unhelpfulness by turning System storage into a header and splitting its contents into two categories: Android 14 (i.e. core OS files) and temporary system files. In other words, Android users could soon have more clarity on how much of their phones internal storage is actually being taken up by the core OS.

This small-but-important change was first spotted by Android Authority contributor Mishaal Rahman , who shared an image of the new Android storage layout on X: Under Settings > Storage in Android 15 Beta 2, there's no longer a "System" option. Instead, there's a "System" header that splits into the "OS" and "temporary system files". This may somewhat reduce confusion with
how much space system files takes up. Unrecognized files will pic.twitter.com/gVnEg3tXqI May 15, 2024 See more

As noted in a dedicated Android Authority article on the matter, this Android 15 storage tweak is reminiscent of Samsungs recent changes to the
presentation of storage in the best Samsung phones (prior to 2023, storage pages in Samsung phones were similarly unhelpful).

News of this new Android 15 beta feature comes just a few months after
another storage-related feature was spotted in the first Android 15 beta . Dubbed Device Diagnostics, this new feature can check the health of your phone's onboard storage, thereby alerting you to the risk of losing files or running out of usable space when you need it most. Device Diagnostics can
also provide you with a percentage readout of how much of your internal storage is still usable.

Its worth remembering that both of these new storage features were spotted in beta versions of Android 15, and so theres no guarantee that theyll make it into the final Android 15 build. That said, wed be incredibly surprised to
see such small-but-useful changes jettisoned.

For more Android 15-related news, check out our dedicated Android 15 hub , which includes a roundup of every rumored Android 15 feature . You might also like Android 15 could help you find lost devices even when they're offline Another leak hints that Android 15 will come with satellite messaging Google could be preparing a major Bluetooth upgrade for Android 15



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