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Material Capsule: Island-Style camera cutout shortcuts
By Hafiz Rahman
Editor, tools and utilities
- Play, pause, skip and seek without leaving your current screen
- Launch apps and contacts from the capsule
- Brightness, volume and flashlight sliders in one place
- Reply to messages from notifications shown in the capsule
- Download progress from Google Play, Telegram and browsers
- Material You colors that follow your wallpaper
What the camera cutout capsule is for
The capsule sits in the camera cutout at the top of the screen and gives you a compact place for shortcuts and status. The listing describes its look as Material 3 Expressive and as Dynamic Island-inspired, so it is built to read as part of Android rather than as an overlay.
It suits people who want quick controls and notices in the top of the display and would rather not switch apps to reach them. The listing presents it as a daily-use tool, not a replacement for any system feature.
Controlling music and tracking downloads
Media controls let you play, pause, skip and seek in your music player from the capsule, so you do not need to open the app to change a track. Download tracking shows progress for files coming in through Google Play, Telegram, browsers and other sources the listing says it supports.
Both work while you are in another app, which is the main reason to keep them in the capsule. The listing does not say which music players are supported, so check that yours is covered before relying on it.
Launching apps, contacts and device sliders
You can assign apps and contacts to the capsule so that one tap or gesture opens them. Brightness, volume and flashlight sliders let you adjust those settings directly from the capsule, and the listing says flashlight brightness changes smoothly on supported devices.
Custom barcodes and interactive widgets are also listed as capsule content. The listing gives no detail on which barcode formats or widget types are included.
Notifications, replies and gesture actions
Notifications appear in the capsule, and the listing says you can reply to messages from there without opening the messaging app. Smart gestures add tap, double tap, long press and swipe actions on the capsule, each of which can be set to a function you choose.
Together these let the capsule handle a short exchange, such as reading a message and answering it, without a full app switch. The listing does not describe which messaging apps the reply feature works with.
Adjusting layout, animations and colors
Layouts, animations, gesture assignments and general behavior can all be changed in the settings. Material You colors are taken from your wallpaper and applied to the capsule so its look follows the rest of the system theme.
This section of the app is where the listing says most of the customization happens, so it is the part to explore if you want the capsule to match how you use your phone.
What's new
✨ What’s new
• Redesigned UI with improved colors and customization
• Added new events and group event editing
• Added 50+ new capsule animations and new styles
• Improved Player, Timer, Notifications, and Dynamic Progress
• Added mini capsule customization
• Added a new tips screen
• Improved RTL support, stability, and overall performance
• Others small fixes and improvements
About this APK
The build we hold is Material Capsule: Island-Style 17.3 (APKS split bundle) for Android 12L and up.
- Version
- 17.3
- 173
- Requires Android
- 12L+
- Size
- 15 MB
- Target Android
- 16
- Package ID
- com.pryshedko.mtisland
- Format
- APKS split bundle
- Malware scan
- Google Play Protect
- Permissions
- 26 declared · 5 sensitive
- Camera
- Modify system settings
- Place phone calls
- Read your contacts
- See all installed apps
- Signed by
- CN=Android, O=Google Inc.
- Certificate SHA-256
- 63e05db5ac02a4147a134b5209edca396cce8c46a9edb09b3173d3d5c821341e
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