I sort of hinted at this in my overview, but there’s now a system-wide dark mode which you activate by going to System UI Tuner, Color and Appearance then selecting ‘Night Mode’.
Similarly (also in Status Bar), under ‘Time’ you’ll find the option to show hours, minutes and seconds in the status bar, or have the clock not show at all, as well as the default regular time format. You can select to have the indicator on all the time, or have it not show at all as well as the default, which is having it only show when plugged in to a charger. Go to System UI Tuner>Status Bar and hit ‘Battery’.
While you could have the battery percentage show in Android Marshmallow, Android N gives you much more control over it. Open settings, go to System UI Tuner and try some of these. Once active, you’ll find System UI Tuner right near the bottom of the main settings list, just below ‘Developer Options’. When you let go, it’ll tell you that you have System UI Tuner active. Once you have developer mode enabled, drop down the quick settings menu from any screen then press and hold the settings cog at the top of the screen for a few seconds. If you haven’t done so already, head to Settings>About Phone and tap the ‘Build Number’ multiple times until it says ‘congrats you’re now a developer’. That means first activating developer mode. We’ve already covered the biggest changes, but here’s a list of 14 slightly less obvious and hidden ones.įor the first bunch, you’ll need to activate the ‘System UI Tuner’ option in the settings menu. The first Android N dev preview dropped last week, and since then, we’ve been digging in to the new operating system to find out what’s new.