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| Source:Google. |
Its been almost an year since the release of the Android N and from
last few weeks everyone, from users to the developers, have been eagerly waiting
for the release of the next Android version. So Google didn't make their
customers wait and released a Developer Preview of Android O this week. As
expected Google has added some awesome features and updates to the new Android
currently being referred to as 'O'. Here I share with you some updates that you
might see on Android O.
Improved Battery Life -
Battery
life has always been a problem with Android smartphones and Google have been
working on it trying to make it better with every release. Improved battery
life is a feature which the users will love the most. While multitasking Android
O will smartly limit the activity of the apps open in the background to prevent
them from draining your battery. This limit is mainly set on three activities
that uses the most battery - implicit broadcasts, background services, and
location updates.
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| Source:The Android Soul. |
Notification Menu -
Drop down notification cum menu
bar is a feature of Android that comes very handy to quickly check any messages
or to on and off any service such as WiFi, Torch, Location. Now its more simple
and clean-cut and you can do much more with it. The notifications can be
grouped into different channels depending on their category. So news apps can
be grouped in one channel messaging apps in other and so on, this will prevent
your notification bar from flooding with notifications.
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| Source:Android Authority. |
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Snooze Notifications -
Imagine you are busy with some
work and some annoying notifications from an app keeps disturbing you, this
feature can be a life saver in this situation. In Android O you can slide the notification
sideways and setup a snooze time of 15, 30 or 60 minutes. The notification will
not show up until the time is complete. You can also snooze or block a whole
channel.
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| Source:Android Authority. |
Picture in Picture -
This feature will help in an
improved user experience and will help users to work with full efficiency on
their smartphones and tablets. With PIP users can let the videos play in a
small box, while using other apps. So while watching a movie you can now go
through the news, surf internet or do whatever you want.
LDAC Audio -
This feature is for the music lovers.
Google has partnered with Sony to bring in the support for LDAC codec on
Android O. This codec lets you stream high quality audio wirelessly on your Bluetooth
devices. Also there are some more settings that you can expect to see on
Android O which are music oriented.
These are the most promising features from the new Android O
Developers preview,but its just the first release so some more features might
be added or some might be removed and you can expect the final release by July or August (although Google has not made any official announcement for
that its just my prediction. ;))
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