Android 16 code hints Google could restore one-tap Wi-Fi and mobile data toggles, potentially ending the unpopular Internet tile introduced in Android 12.
Android 16 could undo a controversial Quick Settings change
Google might be about to undo one of its most debated Android interface changes, almost four years after it first showed up.
When Google launched Android 12 in 2021, it killed the separate one-tap Wi-Fi and mobile data toggles we all knew. In their place came a single, combined “Internet” tile. The logic was that it would simplify connection management and stop people from accidentally eating through their data caps by forgetting to turn Wi-Fi back on. It sounded fine on paper, but in reality, it turned a quick action into a multi-tap chore, which frustrated a lot of users.
A possible reversal of Android’s Internet tile experiment
Instead of a simple tap, you suddenly had to open a separate Internet panel and pick your connection from there. For power users especially, this felt like an unnecessary extra step that just slowed things down.
