Dear Fairphone community, Tonight, March 16, we are officially beginning the phased rollout of Android 16 on The Fairphone (Gen. 6)! This update brings a set of new features and small quality of life improvements. Read along to find out. Software Version Information: Model: The Fairphone (Gen. …

[image] diogurt: I think this updated look for the status bar icons comes directly from Android and not from Fairphone. [Screenshot_20260324-174058_Brave] That’s how A16 looks on a Moto G86.

Hi Fra, I’m using Fastweb/Vodafone, and unfortunately VoLTE is not working, as they are still whitelisting phones instead of allowing all like TIM or other carriers.

Thanks for sharing @PhotoPhil ! I thought Fairphone followed a very stock-like look (where the battery is horizontal with the percentage number inside) and that making big visual changes was not possible/easy. But, like @Kalibri mentioned, this issue came up in beta testing, and it seems like it will…

ok, then let’s hope that the update will come soon :slight_smile:

I have exactly the same problem, but in my case the orientation is irrelevant, both horizontal and vertical photos are “double” cropped.

Yes, confirmed. It worked in Android 15 and now in Android 16 It doesn’t. Hope someone has a solution, of Fairphone fixes it.

Is missing manual updates packages a usual occurrence with Fairphone? i gotta be honest: it’s not a good look for them. i picked this phone over a new Pixel 10 with Graphene, because of bootloader locking and support for alternative OSes,but having to wait for newer security updates to switch betwe…

“how something like this could come through quality control “ Being a Fairphone 6 owner since August 2025, I am asking myself this question at many topics. Including the latest update. I was using a Jolla 1 phone as a daily driver for more than 6 years and I have experienced quite some bugs, but t…

Same problem here. I had opened another post https://forum.fairphone.com/t/android-16-cropped-picture-with-2x-zoom/

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