People tend to resist change if they are used to something comfortable. A prime example was Google’s initiative to remove the “Do Not Disturb” option from Android’s quick settings and replace it with more flexible “modes”. There are people who switch on Do Not Disturb several times a day, and they predictably found themselves unhappy that it now started to require two actions instead of one. So Google decided to bring things back to the way they were.
The incident affected a small fraction of Android users-affecting only owners of Google Pixel devices . disturb “in the curtain with quick settings-select option” modes “brings up a pop-up window where there is an option” do not disturb ” along with several others.
In the fourth beta version of Android 16, Fortunately, everything is back to square one, reported the resource Android Authority: the “do not disturb” icon appeared in the quick settings menu, which it always was. At the same time” modes ” did not go anywhere – this option is now located next to it, giving the user a choice: to act on the old or new scheme. There’s no guarantee that this feature from the beta will appear immediately in the publicly available edition of Android 16, and there’s been no announcement from Google yet. But hopefully the company has listened to the public and the do-not-disturb option will return in at least one of the next Android 16 updates. For now, Android Authority suggests that Google Pixel smartphone owners use an open-source app that solves the sudden problem.