Always-on OLED displays are increasingly found in phones, but the screen can experience burn-in if an unchanging image is displayed in one place.

Google quietly revealed on its Android Developers website (h/t: 9to5Google) that media controls will stay active on the always-on display when you’re not using your Wear OS 6 smartwatch.

For years, the always-on display on Google Pixel smartphones has looked pretty basic compared to some of the best smartphones on the market. It typically shows a plain black screen with the time ...

Having your phone display on at all times gives you access to information at a glance, but this convenience comes at a cost of rapidly draining charge.

However, a report from May this year hinted at Google possibly working on such an improvement for the Always-on Display as part of Android 16.