Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it is impossible that you have not heard of the newest flavor of Android, Android O. the latest version is already offered for download as designer preview develops for supported Nexus as well as Pixel devices. In situation you own a Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Pixel or Pixel XL, you should inspect out our guide on exactly how to set up the latest Android O designer Preview. Android O includes a great deal of new features as well as changes; here’s a listing of 8 of the very best new features we love.
1. Notification Badges:
All the other mobile operating systems have had some type of support to screen notification counts. iOS has notification badges, as well as Microsoft Windows Mobile has online tiles. Thank God, all my prayers are lastly answered! It only took Google 10 years to add native support for notification counts(so much for being a smartphone!). starting with Android O, Android individuals can now enjoy native notification support.
This feature is, ironically, dubbed Notification badges (*cough* iOS *cough*) as well as it can be configured on a per-app basis by visiting the information panel of any type of app. app designers have to opt-in to support this new features, as well as as of the time I compose this article, no third celebration or system app support this feature. Hopefully, we’ll see more designers supporting this function in the near future.
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2. custom Lockscreen Shortcuts:
When compared to other OEM’s application of Android, stock Android has always been fairly light on features. For example, Samsung had multi-window method before stock Android supported it. But, Google has been catching up fairly quickly in recent times, as well as the latest addition is ‘custom lockscreen shortcuts.’
So far, Android does not enable you to make any type of modifications to the lockscreen shortcuts. You are stuck with what includes the OS. starting with Android O, you can select an app or a settings shortcut of your option to show up in the lockscreen shortcuts. quite impressive!
3. quickly add custom Ringtones:
Android has always supported custom ringtones. There are countless apps on Play store to trim long mp3 tunes as well as set them as default ringtone, notification tone or alarm tone. Without an app, it’s rather troublesome to add custom ringtones even if you have a short ringtone file. You requirement to produce special folders in your interior storage as well as then location the mp3 data inside it for it to appear in the ringtones list. starting with Android O, things are about to get easy.
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Selecting Ringtone File
Shows up in the list
A nifty bit shortcut ‘Add ringtone’ is now offered in the ringtone picker as well as you can just tap on it to add any type of ringtone you have on your phone easily.
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4. possible support Themes:
Oh, come on, Google. Bring it on already! In the last version of Android, Android N, Google teased us with a night(or dark) mode style in the designer preview as well as Beta versions. however they ultimately eliminated it in the official production roll out of Android N. typical Google, *sigh*. In Android O, too, they have a similar option.
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Inverted
There are two options: Pixel as well as Inverted. The Inverted style looks really, truly white. The reason why we added the word ‘possible’ is beacause, Google has not officially revealed any type of style API. So, just like many things Google does, this choice might likewise quickly be eliminated down the line.
5. Redesigned settings App:
Android N already saw some significant modifications in the settings app. For some reason, Google has decided to totally upgrade the look as well as feel of settings app, again. below are a few screenshots:
This time, Google has approached to style the settings app like other OEMs. The settings are now categorized on a higher level which results much less top-level settings. Its just half the size of the present settings app availble in Android Nougat.
6. more Informative Notification Shade:
This is little however a extremely welcome change. When you pull down the notification, your present network status, wifi condition as well as batter condition are neatly shown at the top of the notification shade, right next to the settings shortcut.
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7. new Pixel Launcher:
The Pixel launcher has likewise got some nice updates. It’s still not what I am expecting for – custom icon pack support. however the new version is definitely much better than the old Pixel Launcher.
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Below are a few modifications we have noted so far:
Support for landscape mode.
Swipe anywhere on the house screen to pull up app drawer, not just the dock.
Navigation secrets go dark when you pull up the app drawernull
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