Google has released a very early preview of Android N to developers, giving us a peek at what might be in store for the next version of Android. Here are the coolest features lurking in the preview.
Google notes that this is a very early preview, so things may change before Android N officially drops in late summer. But if nothing else, the current preview gives us an inkling of what we might see on our phones and tablets this year.
1. Split-Screen Mode
Undoubtedly the biggest new feature is split-screen multitasking, which allows you to use two apps at once side-by-side. This exists on many devices already (Samsung phones come to mind), but it’s finally coming to all Android phones with N.
2. More Powerful Notifications
The notification shade looks a bit different in Android N, but it comes with a few new features, too. Developers can now include “direct reply” feature in their apps, so you can reply to a message without opening the app itself–much like Google’s own apps can already do.
More interesting, though, are “bundled notifications”. This allows Android to group notifications from the same app together, then be expanded into individual notifications so you can see more details on the ones that interest you.
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3. A Better Doze for Longer Battery Life
Doze was arguably one of Marshmallow’s most interesting features, putting your phone into a deeper sleep to conserve battery life after a period of inactivity. Android N does: It’ll go into a “lighter” doze mode whenever the screen is off, then go into the normal “deep” doze when the phone has been stationary for awhile. Knowing how well Doze works on Marshmallow, we’re very excited to try out N’s doze in real-world situations.
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4. An Easier, More Customizable Quick Settings Menu
In Android N, one drag opens the notification drawer, as usual–but your first five Quick Settings are available along the top, without having to drag down a second time. That’s mighty convenient. You can drag a second time to show the full drawer, as usual. But, in Android N, you can edit which Quick Settings show up in the drawer–removing ones you don’t want, or rearranging them to suit your tastes. This was possible in Marshmallow using a secret menu, but it seems this may be the default in Android N.
5. Data Saver, Call Blocking, and More
These are some of the banner features right now, as well as a few things we found after playing with the preview for ourselves. There’s a lot more in there, though–like a Data Saver mode similar to Android’s existing Battery Saver mode, designed to save you data if you get too close to your data cap. There’s also a new number blocking feature that spans across multiple apps–so if you block a number in the Dialer, it also blocks that number in Hangouts. Google’s documentation also mentions call screening, faster boot times, and a number of other under-the-hood improvements.
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For now, consider this a tease of what’s to come. If you want to try the Android N preview on your Nexus device, you can do so by signing up for the over-the-air beta here–though Google notes that this is intended for developers and not for daily use.
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What other new functions does it have ?
PetaX8 said:
What other new functions does it have ?
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I've been working (very sparsely) on a small side-side project, my first attempt going back almost 2 years now. I'd like to do a beta run and get some responses. There are bound to be compatibility issues as well.
The "live" wallpaper (lwp) basically puts our favourite Android on your desktop and allows you to interact with him. The current implementation is still a bit basic. The focus has always been minimal resource usage, which is biggest issue with most lwp. Similar ideas have, obviously, emerged on the market recently - but its all 3D from what Ive been seeing.
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Features (beta)
No continuous animations hogging resources.
Basic interactions with the Android.
Android will not be pleased if you keep bugging him
Sleep if screen has been off for too long, 2 demo animations activated via left hand.
After a while the will andorid will stop responding, turn the screen off for a while
Settings havent been implemented yet
- FPS is fixed at 50.
- The lwp will "copy" your current wallpaper (if its an image). So first set desired background wallpaper, then load DroidPal.
Known issues
1. There is a "bug" with Android, where ALL touch events get to the app - even if you are tapping icons/widgets. There is a workaround, but it doesnt work in the wallpaper preview, and some devices dont support it properly. [1][2]
2. Sometimes the wp becomes unresponsive (probably related to #1 and the specific launcher used).
If you get a Force Close/Crash, logcat output showing the error would be useful.
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Looking for impressions, problems, suggestions/ideas, etc..
Keep Up the Good work. I am using it to see what is the Look and feel.
But once again credits for such a good project.
Will try
edit: so far so good! not resource intensive; will test over a few days. Thanks
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Love it. No issues so far.
Sent from my Desire
This going to sound silly but how do I interact with the Android?
rashidi_zin said:
This going to sound silly but how do I interact with the Android?
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You can try tapping him on the head/body. Or somewhere in top of him.
He will also react after you turn the screen on (probability depends on how long it was off). The beta has 2 demo animations via the left hand.
Also note the "Known Issues" section above regarding touch events.
My girlfriend was so excited playing with him. She somehow managed to make him to disappeared and appeared at other places.
I'm not sure if that a bug or a feature.
^, yes it is
By the way, suggestions for animations & interaction sequences are welcome.
I discovered a bug. I kept switching the phone from sleep to awake repetitively and Android lost his body. Only left with this head and arms.
I had to re-applied the wallpaper again.
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Email is one of those things that you either see as a necessary evil that consumes more of your day than it needs to, or it’s something you ignore completely until you absolutely have to use it. Anyone who says they actually enjoy using email is probably suffering from a digital variant of Stockholm Syndrome, but over the last year there have been several apps that have made the experience a lot more bearable. Gmail is high up on that list. Now it looks like Google is exploring ways to make email something people actually want to use.
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At first glance it looks a lot like Gmail as you know it now, but with a few key differences that radically change how the email client is used. For starters, there are a lot more tabs to separate all of your email into. Currently the groups are Social, Promotions, Forums, and Updates. This version of Gmail includes Travel, Purchases, and Finance to the mix, with the same basic properties that the existing five tabs currently have, In your primary Inbox, you’ll see these grouped both in the side menu and at the top of your inbox if there are new messages for those categories.
There’s also a new Pinned feature, which functions exactly as you’d expect.
You can pin an email if you want it to stay floating at the top of your Inbox, and there’s a toggle switch for when you want to see your pinned emails and when you want those messages to go back to their original point in the Inbox. This looks like it would be a great deal more useful than the current star system, which doesn’t appear in this UI at all.
Your emails can also be Snoozed in this new UI. Snoozing an email means it appears as read until the timer goes off, when it will then float to the top of your Inbox as an unread email. You can choose to snooze an email for a couple of hours or several weeks depending on your need, and you can snooze messages over and over again if you choose to.
This is not very likely a final version of Gmail. These shots are the result of Google trying out new features to see what will work for Gmail before making them available to the public. It’s pretty clear that Google’s goal with each of these features is to make email something you can better organize and manipulate to serve your needs, which in turn gives them a better idea of what information you think is important for Google Now and other services. Hopefully we get to see more than a couple of these features in the real world soon.
it seems to be true but so far I hate it, I'm just glad it will work perfectly with tinted statusbar
VyktorJonas said:
it seems to be true but so far I hate it, I'm just glad it will work perfectly with tinted statusbar
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They are making Google Apps more colorful these days.
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Hi folks,
So I have been in search for a good-looking yet simple task list manager and to my surprise found none. Some require cloud sync, some integrate with calendars, maps and whatnot, some need crazy permissions and some just look horrible.
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I am a proud Note 4 user and I've made an app for myself. Its core distinctive features:
Stores lists in plain text format that is convenient to read and edit and can be easily pulled and pushed to the device
Has just one screen - list of tasks with a small one-line form on top that lets you filter new task or add a new one (it filters as soon as you press on priority buttons or start typing the title)
Supports several task states: high-priority, low-priority, current/active (i.e. "doing now"), dropped, completed
Each task can be given extended multiline description by pressing on the list item
Sorts tasks in a complex way according to their states (e.g. high priority goes before regular, yet high priority with "current" goes before other high priority tasks)
Toggle "done" state with a checkbox near each task. Bulk-change states by long pressing an item to bring actionbar's into selection mode
The list file is saved after each change automatically; it also makes backup before every file write (pull them with adb) because I am paranoid when it comes to losing my tasks
Supports Samsung's MultiWindow SDK
Generally, the core principle is usability - similar to iOS' Reminders but less buggy (it crashed on me every other day) and more feature-rich. Still, I didn't want to make another S Planner, it's already good.
It's very much in beta state - I can easily add remaining stuff with the feedback of others (hard to convince myself to finish it ).
Stuff to-do:
Copy Menu
Share Menu
Edit task details
Dependent tasks support
Drag to reorder
Home screen widget
Photo support
Due date support
Alert device when due
File list support (open list from FS, save, copy, create)
Go to file list when click on appbar app title
Swap refresh and clean AB btns
Confirm delete or add undo
Don't just ignore on-save exceptions
Retain state on rotate
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Could you add a Google Keep sync feature?
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Could you add a Google Keep sync feature?
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Like I said in the first post, I don't want to load it with features you can find in other tasks. Besides, there seems to be no Google Keep API. Why don't you use Keep app itself? It's supposedly good.
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Like I said in the first post, I don't want to load it with features you can find in other tasks. Besides, there seems to be no Google Keep API. Why don't you use Keep app itself? It's supposedly good.
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Thanks for clarification.
Google has come up with another new version of Android, 8.1. The 8.1 update is only available as a developer preview, and as you would have guessed, only for handful of devices of course (Pixel and Nexus 5X/6P sets). BTW, it's called Android 8.1.0 actually, but it would suffice if you and us call it 8.1 until -- and if -- Android 8.1.1 drops by.
Even though a small increment of 0.1, the update still packs a punch. One can argue that an addition of 0.1 isn't really a small increment by any means, given that Android OS used to change its name in 4.x builds. But anyway, let's check what's new in Android 8.1 Oreo, right away.
1. Fixed search bar in Settings app
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2. Moves is now Gestures in Settings app in 8.1
3. Notification shade is a tad transparent
4. New Setup menu
5. Navigation buttons now dim out a bit automatically
Whenever you hit either of the three navigation buttons (Back, Home and Recents), the buttons would turn white/black as per background, and then would subtly dim out after few seconds on 8.1 to take away attention from the buttons and let you focus on the content above it.
Awesome!
6. Wi-Fi Always on is gone in 8.1
Google had removed this particular option called 'Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep' from the Pixel 2 already, and much like other Pixel 2 features that have been included in the Android 8.1, the decision to remove this option has been given effect into 8.1 too.
7. New Power Menu, and Recently opened apps
8. Bluetooth: 'Pair new device' option has list of Available devices
9. Ringtone selector is no more a pop-up thing, use full screen
Which one is your favorite feature in Android 8.1?
Here are some new features in Android 8.1 from developer's point of view, that Google itself has brought out for attention in their 8.1 announcement blogpost.
Android Go memory optimizations and targeting: Devs can target the devices with low-RAM (<1GB RAM) easily suing these parameters. helpful for the Android Go program.
Neural Networks API:*This is a part of Google's TensorFlow Lite, wherein they are bringing AI to Android.
Autofill enhancements:*Now you can even have custom save dialog in the Autofill settings, that was introduced with Android 8.0 for the first time.
Shared memory API:*Apps can perform much faster if they are coded to use common data by using SharedMemory feature.
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Hello!
A succint presentation first of all:
I am a power user who likes to browse the internet desktop style, this means I use custom desktop user agent (X11; Linux x86_64). I operate in landscape most of the time and use a reduced screen dpi value for sites and apps to think my screen is a lot bigger (at times I reduce it to actual desktop monitor levels). Take a peek:
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Been using Chrome for some years already, with the usual root user user agent hack and many flag optimizations. It still is a great browser imho, but it is starting to seriously stink. If I do recall correctly with the v62 update the address bar tab switching slide left/right thing received an animation which degraded its performance from flawless instant into slow piece of crap. Also at that point or some version later my keyboard's Enter/Go key started turning into Next in some search fields where it shouldn't (this is nothing major as the ALT key forces normal operation). In the recent v71 they removed the homepage links to Bookmarks :crying: and Downloads. When I downgraded from v71 to a previous version, the browser deleted all the files it had in his download history from my device's Download folder (this is super bad and a serious violation of privacy). With the very latest update which for now I am going to uninstall, they have added another stupid animation to the page search engine which of course cripples it considerably when using it in pages with a lot of content. As an example, when searching for a device in the Batteries and chargers' section at lygte-info.dk the search was instant before that upgrade downgrade, now it takes many orders of magnitude more time, i.e. it's a slow piece of sh1t.
It's going downhill or so it seems to me. What a waste of development efforts.
In essence, my question is what are the possible alternatives. I like good bookmark management (with folders and search function) and cloud syncing. I despise explicit and/or slow interface animations, I despise unnecessary crap getting in the way of my high FoV. The more flexibility and options the better.
C'mon, say something.
Web browsers for Android phones
Unfortunately, the details you mention as being important to you are rarely mentioned in reviews and my own selection criteria are different, but maybe, one of the following comes close to what you were looking for?
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cmcm.armorfly
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brave.browser
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cake.browser
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ecosia.android
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.emmx
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ghostery.android.ghostery
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ksmobile.cb
http://Dolphin.com/download/, http://Dolphin.com/support, http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.generaliglobalassistance.mobileprotection
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiwibrowser.browser
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.libertyvaults.qwant
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.focus
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.vrbrowser
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mi.globalbrowser.mini
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.browser + http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.touch, http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.mini.native
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hsv.powerbrowser
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloudmosa.puffin
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sec.android.app.sbrowser
http://Tenta.com, http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tenta.android
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.transsion.phoenix
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hawk.android.browser
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.UCMobile.intl
http://play.Google.com/store/apps/details?id=mark.via.gp