Android’s time zone change notification might not leave you guessing anymor

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Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority


TL;DR

• Android 16 QPR2 recently got the option to inform you when your phone’s clock automatically adjusts to a new time zone.
• With a future update, your Android device may also tell you the exact time your clock has moved.
• This will save time trying to figure out the time difference yourself.

With Android 16 QPR2, which rolled out last month, Google introduced alerts every time your phone automatically switches to a new timezone. However, the feature doesn’t tell you exactly how many hours or minutes your clocks shifted, which can make you take an extra step to look it up on Google if you’re unaware of the exact time difference or want to figure out the time where your journey originated. But Google now appears to have reconsidered and might soon fill that vacuum.

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In a future Android update, Google could add a way for you to know exactly how much your device’s clock has been adjusted. In the latest Android Canary build, we found the following references to this addition:




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