App archiving, partial screen sharing and other new Android 15 features worth looking at [Video]

One of the big new features is app archiving. Though it’s been present on iOS for a few years now, app archiving is finally making its way to Android on a system level. Through archiving you can free up storage space on your phone without getting rid of the app data. The system keeps an “archived APK”, ready to restore your app from the App Store or Play Store whenever you need it.

Hidden apps

This is something that’s been present on Android for ages via custom skins and third party apps. As someone who’s used budget Chinese phones, I’ve found their OS skins to have this feature as well. Android 15’s implementation is pretty much the same: a separate space hidden away under an extra layer of authentication.

Private apps are paused when this space is closed and notifications are hidden as well. One good change I can spot is that …