Android O

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Android "O"
A version of the Android operating system
Android O Preview Logo.png
Developer Google
Latest preview 8.0.0 DP3 / June 8, 2017; 39 days ago (2017-06-08)[1]
Preceded by Android 7.x "Nougat"
Official website www.android.com
Support status
Preview

Android "O" is the codename of an upcoming release of the Android mobile operating system. It was first released as an alpha quality developer preview on March 21, 2017. The second developer preview was released on May 17, 2017, and it is considered beta quality and the third developer preview was released on June 8, 2017 and finalizes the API.[2]

History[edit]

On March 21, 2017, Google released the first developer preview of Android "O",[3][4][5] available for the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus Player, Pixel C, and Pixel smartphone devices.[6] Google is scheduled to release a total of four developer previews; the second, considered beta quality, was released May 17, 2017,[7] followed by further previews in June and July. A final, official release is scheduled for the third quarter of 2017.[8]

DP3, which finalizes the release's API to API level 26, was released June 8, 2017.[2] DP3 also changed the camera UI, reverted the Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity levels in the status bar back to Wi-Fi left, added themed notifications, added a battery animation in Settings: Battery, a new icon and darker background for the Clock app, and a teardrop icon shape for apps.[9]

Features[edit]

User experience[edit]

Notifications can be snoozed, and batched into topic-based groups known as "channels".[10][11] Android "O" contains integrated support for picture-in-picture modes.[12][13] Adding a custom ringtone, alarm or notification sound is simplified.[14][15] The "Settings" app features a new design, with a white theme and deeper categorization of different settings.[16] Android TV features a new launcher.[17]

Platform[edit]

Android "O" will add support for Neighborhood Aware Networking (NAN) for Wi-Fi based on Wi-Fi Aware,[18] wide color gamuts in apps,[19] an API for autofillers, multiprocess and Google Safe Browsing support for WebViews, an API to allow system-level integration for VoIP apps, and launching activities on remote displays.[3] Android Runtime (ART) features performance improvements.[3] Android "O" contains additional limits on apps' background activities in order to improve battery life.[20] Apps can specify "adaptive icons" for differently-shaped containers specified by themes, such as circles, squares, and squircles.[21]

Android "O" supports new emoji that will be included in the Unicode 10 standard. A new emoji font was also introduced, which notably redesigns its face figures to use a traditional circular shape, as opposed to the "blob" design that was introduced on Android "KitKat".[22][23]

The underlying architecture of Android is being revised so that low-level, vendor-specific code for supporting a device's hardware will be separated from the Android OS framework using a hardware abstraction layer known as the "vendor interface". Vendor interfaces will be required to be forward compatible with future versions of Android; due to these changes, OEMs will only need to perform their necessary modifications to the OS framework and bundled apps to update a device to a future version of Android, while maintaining the same vendor interface.[24]

The operating system will offer a tailored distribution for low-end devices known as Android Go, which will be used on all devices with 1 GB of RAM or less. These devices will ship with platform optimizations designed to reduce mobile data usage (including enabling Data Saver mode by default), and a special suite of Google Mobile Services designed to be less resource- and bandwidth-intensive (such as YouTube Go). Google Play Store will also highlight lightweight apps suited for these devices.[25][26]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://developer.android.com/preview/index.html
  2. ^ a b "Android O Developer Preview 3 launches, finalizes APIs". Ars Technica. Retrieved 10 June 2017. 
  3. ^ a b c Bohn, Dieter (March 21, 2017). "Google releases Android O to developers, promising better battery life and notifications". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved March 22, 2017. 
  4. ^ Lardinois, Frederic (March 21, 2017). "Google launches the first developer preview of Android O". TechCrunch. AOL. Retrieved March 22, 2017. 
  5. ^ Ruddock, David (March 21, 2017). "Google announces Android O: Focus on power management, notifications, and more". Android Police. Retrieved March 22, 2017. 
  6. ^ Crider, Michael (March 21, 2017). "Android O Developer Preview Supports Nexus 5X and 6P, Nexus Player, Pixel and Pixel XL, and Pixel C". Android Police. Retrieved March 22, 2017. 
  7. ^ "What’s New in Android: O Developer Preview 2 & More". 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2017-05-20. 
  8. ^ "Program Overview". Android Developers. Google. Retrieved March 23, 2017. 
  9. ^ Li, Abner (2017-06-08). "Here’s everything new in Android O Developer Preview 3 [Gallery]". 9to5Google. Retrieved 2017-06-13. 
  10. ^ Gartenberg, Chaim (March 21, 2017). "Android O will give you even more control over notifications". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved March 22, 2017. 
  11. ^ Davenport, Corbin (March 21, 2017). "Android O feature spotlight: Notification Channels give more controls over notifications to users". Android Police. Retrieved March 22, 2017. 
  12. ^ Garun, Natt (March 21, 2017). "Android O brings picture-in-picture support so you can watch YouTube while hailing a Lyft". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved March 22, 2017. 
  13. ^ Whitwam, Ryan (March 21, 2017). "Android O feature spotlight: Picture-in-picture video for all devices and new windowing features". Android Police. Retrieved March 22, 2017. 
  14. ^ El Khoury, Rita (March 23, 2017). "Android O feature spotlight: Easily add custom ringtones, alarm sounds, and notification sounds". Android Police. Retrieved March 24, 2017. 
  15. ^ Statt, Nick (March 23, 2017). "Android O will make it easier to add custom ringtones and notification sounds". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved March 24, 2017. 
  16. ^ Amadeo, Ron (March 23, 2017). "Hands-on with Android O—A million new settings and an awesome snooze feature". Ars Technica. Condé Nast. Retrieved April 14, 2017. 
  17. ^ https://developer.android.com/preview/api-overview.html#tvlauncher
  18. ^ Whitwam, Ryan (March 21, 2017). "Android O feature spotlight: Neighborhood Aware Networking (NAN) mode for WiFi". Android Police. Retrieved March 22, 2017. 
  19. ^ Ruddock, David (March 21, 2017). "Android O feature spotlight: Android will support wide color gamut profiles in apps". Android Police. Retrieved March 22, 2017. 
  20. ^ Carman, Ashley (March 21, 2017). "Android O will limit what apps can do in the background to save battery life". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved March 22, 2017. 
  21. ^ Crider, Michael (March 21, 2017). "Android O Feature Spotlight: Adaptive icons give devs and OEMs easy shape masks, extra effects". Android Police. Retrieved March 21, 2017. 
  22. ^ "Google redesigns emoji (again) for Android O". GSMArena. Retrieved 19 May 2017. 
  23. ^ "Google I/O 2017: Android O to Bring Redesigned Emojis, Full Support for Emoji 5.0 Characters". NDTV. Retrieved 19 May 2017. 
  24. ^ "Google’s “Project Treble” solves one of Android’s many update roadblocks". Ars Technica. Retrieved 12 May 2017. 
  25. ^ "“Android Go” will strip Android down for ultra-low-budget phones". Ars Technica. Conde Nast. Retrieved 19 May 2017. 
  26. ^ "Android Go could help make Android O a runaway success". Engadget. Retrieved 19 May 2017. 
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