Upgrading to Android O developer preview
Google has released the developer version of its next Android OS and this will be called just O. While not all Android O features have been released with the developer preview, this does give us an idea at what Google is focusing at with the next major build of its mobile OS. Some of O's most exciting features are better battery life, easier controls for notifications and picture-in-picture video for both phones and tablets.
- Battery life
- Notifications channels
- Snooze notifications
- Picture-in-picture
- Lock screen shortcuts
- Autofill system wide
- Wide-gamut color
- HiFi Bluetooth audio
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- Other changes
Google is enhancing WebView which will now enable multiprocess mode by default and a new API which allows apps to better handle errors and crashes. Android O now supports several new Java Language APIs, including the new java.time API. The Android Runtime is said to be much faster than before, with improvements of up to 2x on some application benchmarks.
Download Android O
To get started with Android O, download a system image and flash it to your device. Then read the Program Overview for timelines and the migration guide for steps to compatibility and building for O.
- Download a system image for Developer Preview 1.
- Manually flashing to a device.
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