The latest Android 16 beta lets Pixel phone users allocate as much storage for the Linux terminal as needed.
Most Pixel phones have already received the update that allows the use of a full Linux terminal environment. However, with Android 15, only 16GB of storage space can be allocated to the environment, and that default storage size cannot be changed.
With only 16GB, you are limited to what you can do with the Linux terminal environment (LTE). For example, if you want to install the Ollama terminal AI app, you would be limited to smaller LLMs. Even then, you probably won’t be able to complete the installation because the environment alone takes up a portion of that space.
As reported by Android Authority, the latest beta of Android 16 changes all that. With beta 4, you can customize the space allocated to the LTE to consume nearly all your Android device storage. Android will block you from consuming 100% of your phone’s remaining space by blocking the last 1 GB. (Otherwise, the terminal environment would fail to run correctly, if at all.)
There’s more.
This new feature has been added as a stopgap. Eventually, the slider — used to resize the space for the LTE — will be replaced by dynamical
Of course, the LTE has limitations, such as the inability to run GUI apps or access the Android audio system.
Check out the official release notes to read more about Android 16 beta 4.
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When will Android 16 be available?
This latest update is the final beta release for Android 16, which means the official release is soon. How soon? Google plans for a stable public release on June 3, 2025, which is subject to change.
Other new features that might wind up in Android 16 include a new battery health monitor, expanded Auracast support, better haptics, two-finger double-tap zo
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Source : https://www.zdnet.com/article/with-android-16-the-linux-terminal-gets-all-the-space-it-needs/
