Google is preparing to revamp the Settings app in Android 15 to be more organized. Here’s what the new top-level settings might look like.
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Google is preparing to revamp the Settings app in Android 15 to be more organized.
In Beta 3, new code reveals how the top-level settings page will organize entries into visually distinct sections.
This change will make it easier to quickly find the submenu you’re looking for.
If you open the Android Settings app in the latest beta release of Android 15, you won’t see any changes, because there aren’t any. However, a future release of Android 15 might bring a reorganized top-level settings page, according to an Android Authority analysis.
Currently, if you look at the layout of the top-level settings page in, say, Android 14 on a Pixel phone, there’s no real rhyme or reason why certain menu items are where they are. Some of the more commonly accessed menu items are placed earlier in the list, but otherwise, there’s no particular order. Plus, since there are so many different menu items bunched together in the top-level page, it can be challenging for new Pixel users to quickly find the page they’re looking for.
Fortunately, Android 15’s revamped top-level settings page will place similar menu items next to each other in visually distinct sections. This revamped top-level page isn’t live yet as of the latest Android 15 Beta 3 update which is currently rolling out, but we have an idea of what the layout will be like.
For reference, here’s the order of entries of the top-level settings page in Android 14 on Pixel phones, next to how the top-level settings page might be arranged in a future Android 15 release:
Android 14 top-level settings layout (current):
Android 15 top-level settings page (upcoming):
Lastly, here’s a screenshot showing the top-level settings in Android 14 next to a mockup of what I believe the top-level settings page will look up in an upcoming Android 15 release.
