Android 10 brings a lot of changes to the Android ecosystem. The re-branding ends the era of dessert names and Google has officially gone all-in on gesture controls. However, despite these new directions, Android remains the same OS we all know and love.
Google’s big themes for Android 10 were gesture controls, additional security, and enhancing existing features. The update as a whole feels a lot like a continuation of Android Pie. However, there is still a marked difference between Android Pie and Android 10, compared to Android Marshmallow and Android Oreo.
These are the top Android 10 features you should know
We’ve already gone over the entire OS in our Android 10 overview video (above) and all of our articles (just below). We recommend reading and viewing those so we don’t have to rewrite the wheel here. You can also check out the Easter egg instructions here, and Google has its own Android 10 features page as well. If you’re interested in the big rebranding that came with the launch of Android 10, David Imel took a trip to Google to learn all about it and you can read it here.
Finally, this Android 10 review is based off the software update that landed on the Pixel 3a. Your Android 10 experience may differ from device to device.
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I thought it would be cool for us moto G 3 users to share our opinions of what we all expect from android P to bring.. new features, more UI changes? Is there more that can be added to android software to make the update worth it? Are we reaching the end of the innovative era, and all we will see from now on are little, unimportant changes?
Is project treble going to stop fragmentation since android 8? Guess we'll discover it this year. Share your thoughts
When it's out, OEMs that don't want to support Treble would ship with Nougat (Google could prevent that by forbidding this practice) or Tizen OS (customers would be unhappy with Tizen) but that wouldn't work so Treble will eventually be supported on all new Android devices.
Android P might be the one Android release to finally support themes/at least a built-in system dark theme.
And let's start guessing Android P's name: Popsicle? Or how about Pie?
Pez will finally have a working "feed me breakfast in bed" button.
The EMUI 9 Product Manager Q&A gave users the chance to have their questions addressed by the product manager of Honor's EMUI. With a lot of users posting great questions, I pulled some of the most interesting answers from Honor.
Question:
When will Magic UI come to the Honor Play?
Answer:
So far, we have already finished some open Channels markets HOTA push (the Android P/Android 9.0/EMUI 9.0 update) for the products of Honor Play. Detailed information is as follows:
Release Schedule
Question:
When is EMUI 9.0 coming to the Honor 8 Pro?
Answer:
Thank you for showing your interest for Android Pie, we would like to inform you that our software team has confirmed the compatibility of device with EMUI 9.0/Android Pie and expected to be released the final version of EMUI 9.0/Android Pie in batches tentatively by end of Apr'19. We request you to kindly stay tuned to our official pages, HiCare App for more information. We appreciate your understanding and patience.
Question:
Will the headphone jack will be present in upcoming Honor phones?
Answer:
Although many smartphones abandon the 3.5mm headphone jack. our research shows that the headphone jack is still popular among most of the users. That’s why we still keep it on the slim and compact HONOR View20.
Question:
Are you unlocking the bootloader on all your devices from now on?
Answer:
Thank you for supporting Honor products. Honor used to provide users with corresponding unlock codes to meet personalized requirements due to the usage of different ROMs. However, due to possible problems caused by such unlocking, such as system built-in function failure, device freezing, and power consumption increase, bootloader unlock codes has been ceased for devices launched after May 25, 2018.
Limited bootloader unlock codes were provided for qualified Honor developers.
Question:
How is Magic UI different from EMUI? Going forward, should we expect to see much more differentiation between EMUI and Magic UI? Will Magic UI be a separate brand in future?
Answer:
Magic UI will be the system UI for all HONOR smartphones in the future. To satisfy consumer demands for better user experience, the system will be continuously improved with regards to design and features with the young generation in mind. Magic UI aims to provide intelligent user experiences for HONOR’s users. The system will be adopted by all HONOR smartphones in the future.
As we all know, Android Q is the 10th version of Android OS, and Google will release it in the third quarter of this year 2019. Google has a unique naming convention comes from "sweet dishes" for Android OS; ranging from Cupcake to Pie. So, the buzz of Android Q is everywhere, and many suggestions are emerging from the letter 'Q'.
Some of them are:
Quiche
Quark
Quesito
Quail Egg
Quinoa
Quesadilla
Quince
Comment down which is your favorite and would be the name of next tremendous Android Q.
Hey Developers, I am interested in your opinions.
I have an app published on Google Play. Its minSDK currently is set to API 16, which is Android 4.1. To ensure compatibility, I left off some of newer design features that are not included in the androidx packages. In the past few days, I read about some apps that are dropping their support for Android Kitkat with API 19. I personally have been looking forward to this for a few months now, knowing that I can get rid of ensuring compatibility with these old devices, as there several times were unexpected problems, and my testing capacities are quite limited.
I checked out my Developer Console to see how the Android versions of my app users are distributed, and the installations on devices with Android from API 16 to API 19 in the past 180 days made 8% of the total installations number. As I am rather new to app development, I'm highly interested about your opinions, how long I should keep supporting pre Lollipop Android?
Regarding monetarization, I use in app purchases. So only a small amount of the users pays for the app.
Thanks in advance!