3 major upgrades in Android 16 have already been spotted

• New features for Android 16 are emerging
• The developer preview is still a work in progress
• There are upgrades for audio, alerts, and privacy

Google pushed out the first developer preview of Android 16 yesterday (November 19), and while there weren't many new features mentioned in the announcement, users who've installed the software are already coming across numerous upgrades.

It's worth emphasizing that it's early days for the software, and these features might disappear as suddenly as they appeared. They're here for now though, and we'll be keeping an eye on them as development on Android 16 continues.

First up, as spotted by 9to5Google, the Privacy Dashboard (available through the 'Security and privacy' menu in Settings) now lets you review a full seven days of history, rather than the 24 hours that's currently available.

It means you're able to look further back ...