Android 11: Google reveals beta software with new features for messaging and music

The Android 11 beta is now available on all Pixel phones, bringing with it tweaks to how it handles notifications, media controls, payment interface, and many more smaller changes. The beta allows users to access pre-release features on Google's operating system, at the risk of some software bugs. One of the most important ways that Android has been updated is its notification menu, in an attempt to keep vital conversations separate from the barrage of other pop-ups users receive from every app. This is done by binning notifications into sections. The first is "Conversations", which is for messaging apps like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and so on.