<ul><li>The second developer preview of Android 16 is now available for testing with apps.</li><li>Changes have been made to enhance the app experience, improve battery life, and boost performance.</li><li>ProfilingManager was added with System Triggered Profiling, which covers flows like startups or ANRs.</li><li>ApplicationStartInfo now includes getStartComponent() to distinguish what component type triggered the start.</li><li>Android 16 has added haptic APIs that define the amplitude and frequency curves of a haptic effect.</li><li>JobScheduler#getPendingJobReasons() and JobScheduler#getPendingJobReasonsHistory() have been introduced for better job introspection.</li><li>Adaptive refresh rate (ARR) has been restored and allows the display refresh rate to adapt to the content frame rate.</li><li>Job execution optimizations are adjusted based on app standby bucket and foreground service usage.</li><li>JobInfo#setImportantWhileForeground and JobInfo#isImportantWhileForeground() methods have been fully deprecated.</li><li>802.11az allows apps to combine WiFi location's higher accuracy with robust security features.</li></ul>

The Second Developer Preview of Android 16

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