Android 16 can finally give you control over the dimensions of Quick Settings

Last month, we reported that Google is working on a major overhaul of the Android Quick Settings panel for next year Android 16 update. From what we’ve been able to work out, it looks like Google wants Android to show more notifications and Quick Settings on the screen, and the best way to do that is to split the Notifications and Quick Settings panels into two separate pages. However, there is another way to fit more Quick Settings tiles on the screen, and that’s by making them resizable, which Google seems to be working on for Android 16.

While digging into the latest Android beta update that Google rolled out earlier this week, we discovered that Google has made several advancements in terms of Android Quick Settings panel review. We found that Google has made some categories to better organize your Quick Settings tiles, a change that will easier to find the right tile with Quick Settings want to add to the panel. Shortly after this discovery, however, we found an even bigger change: the Quick Settings tiles were now resizable!

To be clear, the Quick Settings tiles are not resizable by default in the latest ones Android 15 QPR1 Beta 3 launch, so don’t bother trying to resize them on your Pixel. However, if you enable the developing Quick Settings panel in Beta 3, then they are resizable. All you have to do to resize them is tap any tile in the editor view and then drag the point left or right to shrink or expand it. Tiles can be either 1×1 or 2×1 in size, allowing you to fit up to 8 or even 16 tiles on a single page. You can resize any tile, even those provided by third-party apps, though obviously not every tile will have a useful description when expanded.

For comparison, here’s an image showing the default Quick Settings layout in Android 15 vs Android 16:

And here’s an image showing several aspects of the Quick Settings panel that you’ll be able to achieve thanks to this feature:

Finally, here’s a short video demonstrating how you’ll be able to resize the Quick Settings tiles in Android 16:

Personally, I’m not a fan of unlabeled 1×1 tiles, but I can see why many might prefer them. They take up a lot less screen space, so you can fit a lot more on a single page in the Quick Settings panel.

One thing that isn’t clear to me is why the new Quick Settings panel doesn’t take up the entire screen, given that it no longer needs to leave room for notifications. It is possible to change, however, especially since we are still quite far from Estimated Android 16 release datewhich means Google has plenty of time to make changes to its plans for Android’s new Quick Settings panel. This could also include the complete removal of this new resizable quick settings feature, but we’ll be keeping an eye out to see if that happens.