The most interesting new Android 11 features so far
1. Chat Bubbles Chat bubbles first appeared back with Android Q beta versions, but Google decided to remove them in the stable release for Android 10. With Android R’s first dev beta, they have made a reappearance with the same concept. Basically, with chat bubbles, messaging apps can show conversations in floating bubbles, similar to Facebook Messenger’s Chat Heads feature that a lot of people like to use. Theoretically, chat bubbles can be used by any messaging app, but as of right now, only the Google Messages and Gmail apps are using the feature. You can open a chat bubble for a conversation by simply long-pressing on a message notification and tapping on ‘Show in chat bubble’. You can then reply to conversations in a floating window similar to Messenger’s implementation, and it even has support for Smart Reply. 2. Conversations With Android 11, Google is also trying to make it easier for users to find their conversation-related notifications in the sea of infor