First Android 15 Developer Preview Adds Useful Keyboard Setting

What do you want to know

• Diving into the first developer preview Android 15 introduces a new “Keyboard Vibration” toggle in the “Vibration & Haptics” settings page.
• The existence of the toggle was previously spotted in Android 14 QPR2 Beta 2, but has now appeared “by default” in the preview build.
• Currently, this haptic settings page doesn’t have one for keyboards, leaving users with a long way to go if they want to turn it off.

It looks like Google is planning to make a useful addition to its wide range of Android quality of life settings.

According to Michael RahmanA dive into the first Android 15 developer preview unearthed a keyboard addition for a device’s haptic settings (via Android Font). In Android 15’s DP1, the haptic settings page now contains a new “Keyboard Vibration” toggle, allowing users to quickly turn off the vibrations felt while typing. Those who attended the first preview can find out by diving into Settings > Sound & Vibration > Vibration & Haptics.

Users can benefit from this change as it removes the need to travel long paths. Currently, users can turn off their keyboard haptics by opening their keyboard and tapping the gear icon on its top row. Navigating to “Preferences” offers a toggle to enable or disable “haptic feedback on a key press.” Beside this, there is an option to change the sound level of the typing sound while using it.

This slight addition unifies the haptics and vibrations of an Android phone for a convenient one-stop-shop scenario in its settings.

Rahman adds that he first spotted this change during Android 14 QPR2 Beta 2, but it has now appeared by default in early previews of Android 15.

There’s a lot to unpack since Google dropped Android 15 Developer Preview 1 a few days ago. One of the core tenets of the next major OS release is privacy and security through features like “Privacy Sandbox.” Google said the sandbox’s appearance aims to “enhance” user privacy while improving the personal advertising experience in mobile apps.

Android cameras are also getting some time in the sun as Android 15 DP1 adds new extensions for “more control” over a phone’s hardware. It appears that Google is focusing on improving a device’s low-light capabilities, increasing the brightness of previews and adjusting flash power for a few scenarios.

Google says it will aim for “platform stability” of Android 15 by June 2024 and then give developers “several months” to test their code before the big release of the operating system.