Yes, the adjacent version of sugary snack-themed Android in addition to the successor to Android Nougat volition forthwith endure known every bit Android Oreo, the companionship revealed on Monday.
Google has maintained the tradition of naming its Android operating organisation yesteryear the names of alphabetically-ordered sugary delights start amongst Android Cupcake in addition to followed yesteryear Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, KitKat, Lollipop, Marshmallow in addition to Nougat.
The novel updated mobile operating system, which has been available for the final few months inwards developer beta, volition acquire far on your Android devices yesteryear the destination of this year.
Here's the listing of features what I similar inwards the novel Android Oreo hence far:
1. No More 'Install From Unknown Sources' Setting
Not all applications installed from third-party sources are malicious, but most of the apps installed from exterior of the official Play Store could nation you lot inwards trouble.
Prior to Android Oreo, third-party app installation requires users to enable exactly i setting yesteryear turning on "Install from unknown sources"—doesn't affair from where the user has downloaded an APK file, i.e. from a browser, Bluetooth, transferred from a reckoner via USB or downloaded using some other app.
Android 8.0 Oreo has completely changed the agency this characteristic works, bringing a much smarter in addition to safer organisation called "Install other apps," inwards which user has to manually permit 3rd-party app installation from dissimilar sources.
2. Autofill API Framework
It has already been advised to brand role of complex in addition to dissimilar passwords for online accounts in addition to modify them frequently, but this makes it hard for users to scream upward them at the same time.
To follow the best password policy inwards gild to hold their accounts safe, most users rely on notepad/excel files to relieve their passwords insecurely, spell some role password managers.
Some password director apps for Android allow their users to Autofill saved information into forms on other apps for which they require access to device's accessibility permission in addition to features.
However, amongst Android Oreo, password managers volition no longer require Android's accessibility features to fill upward inwards forms.
Android 8.0 Oreo brings a built-in secure AutoFill API that allows users-chosen password director to shop dissimilar types of sensitive data, such every bit passwords, credit bill of fare numbers, telephone numbers, in addition to addresses—and industrial plant throughout the entire system.
3. Picture-in-Picture
How many times does it come about to you lot when you lot desire to picket a video on YouTube spell chatting on WhatsApp?
It happens amongst me a lot of times, in addition to I actually acquire annoyed that if I'm watching a video, I tin sack entirely picket that video in addition to can’t do anything on other apps simultaneously. But this would non endure a employment inwards Android 8.0 Oreo.
With Android Oreo, you lot tin sack stance a YouTube video spell reading through a written report inwards Word or endure chatting on WhatsApp on your Android device—thanks to Picture-in-Picture (PIP) feature.
PIP is i of the biggest features inwards the latest version of Android. If you lot opened upward an app in addition to start playing a video, exactly press the domicile button, which volition shrink the video downward to the bottom-right corner of your enshroud spell the residue of the app disappears.
Now you lot tin sack opened upward whatsoever app in addition to do other activities, spell the video continues inwards the background. You tin sack fifty-fifty motion the video along the edge of your screen, exactly similar the Facebook Messenger icons, in addition to tapping on the video volition expand the video dorsum into full-view.
4. Google Play Protect
Android Oreo has been developed keeping 'Security' inwards mind, amongst Google swell downward on the fastest-growing employment of Android malware amongst a novel anti-malware tool called Google Play Protect.
"Play Protect is built into every device amongst Google Play, is ever updating, in addition to automatically takes activeness to hold your information in addition to device safe, hence you lot don't direct hold to elevator a finger," Dave Burke, Vice President of applied scientific discipline at Google said.Play Protect helps inwards detecting in addition to removing harmful applications amongst to a greater extent than than 50 billion apps scanned every day.
5. Wi-Fi Aware (Neighborhood Aware Networking — NAN)
Wi-Fi Aware is basically a combination of WiFi Direct in addition to Nearby features to offering to a greater extent than reliable connector compared to Wi-Fi P2P, allowing users to percentage information at high speed amongst a longer distance communication compared to Bluetooth.
Wi-Fi Aware API gives app developers a great chance to create awesome apps based on the communication betwixt nearby devices.
6. Android Instant Apps
With Android 8.0 Oreo, you lot tin sack forthwith access a make of Instant Apps without downloading them.
First unveiled inwards May 2016, a novel characteristic called Android Instant Apps is forthwith available for to a greater extent than than 500 1000000 devices globally, allowing users to launch for certain apps within Google Play without having to download them.
Users tin sack access Android Instant apps amongst a unmarried click on a URL, exactly similar a spider web page.
This characteristic could endure to a greater extent than useful for those who are running out of storage infinite on their phone, wants to role an app for exactly in i trial or intends to direct hold a demo earlier installing the total version.
7. Battery-Saving Background Limits
Prior to Android 8.0 Oreo, developers tin sack develop apps that could hear for a wide make of organisation broadcasts or changes on an Android device such every bit Wi-Fi turning on or a painting exhibit beingness taken, which negatively impact organisation functioning in addition to battery life.
Now, amongst Android Oreo, Google has blocked apps from reacting to "implicit broadcasts" in addition to carrying out for certain tasks when they are running inwards the background inwards an attempt to heighten the battery life of Android device.
Besides this, Android Oreo volition also restrain some background services in addition to place updates when an app is non inwards use.
For example, if music app is playing music inwards the background, it volition non endure affected, but it volition restrain Instagram that doesn't demand to endure refreshing your feed from running inwards the background, allowing apps to role less mightiness in addition to wake upward occasionally to start its services.
8. AI-based Smart Text Selection
Android Oreo brings the 'Smart Text Selection' feature, which uses Google's machine learning to uncovering when something similar physical addresses, electronic mail addresses, names or telephone numbers is selected, in addition to then automatically suggests the relevant information on other apps.
For example, if double tap text in addition to select an address of a eating theatre your friend sends you, Google's AI-based machine learning volition figure out what you lot desire in addition to automatically launch directions amongst maps.
The Assistant characteristic tin sack perform the same, but it's ever practiced to direct hold multiple options to solve the same problem.
9. Notification Dots (Limit notifications)
This characteristic is something I needed badly, every bit I actually acquire annoyed yesteryear hence many notifications I wear a daily basis.
With Android Oreo, this won't endure an issue. Oreo introduces Notification Dots that offers you lot to grapple each app individually amongst "fine-grained control," allowing you lot to command how many notifications you lot meet in addition to how they come upward through.
For example, inwards instance of whatsoever tidings app, you lot volition endure able to select what areas you lot are interested inwards hearing about.
So, to banking concern jibe your notifications, you lot exactly demand to tap the 3 notification dots.
10. Find my Device
Google has introduced a novel feature, called Find my Device, which is a similar characteristic to Apple's Find my iPhone in addition to allows people to locate, lock in addition to wipe their Android devices inwards the number when they acquire missing or acquire stolen.
11. New Emoji in addition to Downloadable Fonts
Android Oreo introduces lx novel emoji in addition to a redesign of the electrical flow "blob" characters. The update also offers novel coloring back upward to app developers in addition to the mightiness to modify or animate the shape of icons inwards their apps.
The "Downloadable Fonts" characteristic inwards Android Oreo is non for the destination user, in addition to instead, this characteristic is meant for app developers, allowing them to free their apps without packaging fonts inside. The fonts tin sack in addition to then endure downloaded yesteryear the app from a shared provider in addition to back upward library.
This same implementation also supports "Downloadable Emoji," hence users tin sack acquire updated emoji without exactly beingness express to the emoji built into the device.
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