Google is accepted to advertise the abutting adaptation of their adaptable operating system, Android P, during their I/O developers conference on May 8. However, the aboriginal developer examination of Android P will likely be appear afore then in March. While we delay for DP1 to arrive, the rumors accept been calamity in on what Android 9.0 absolutely has in abundance for us.
Yes, 98.9% of Android users are still cat-and-mouse on Android 8.0 Oreo, but P, which could beggarly annihilation from Pie to Pineapple Cake or Pudding, adeptness be the aboriginal above software amend to abstain this alarming breach problem.
Why? Because Google implemented Project Treble into Android Oreo, which is advised to acceleration up the amend action for non-Nexus devices. All phones that barrage with Android Oreo or college will be appropriate to abutment this feature, which agency you could be attractive at over-the-air updates in weeks or months and not years like some accessories would take.
With that out of the way, let's dive appropriate into the appearance we could see.
1. Abutment for Notches
Currently, the abandoned Android phone with a cleft is the Essential PH-1, but it looks like it won't be abandoned for abundant longer. Rumors announce the Huawei P20 Plus will accommodate the cleft as well, possibly apartment their booty on a added defended adaptation of Face ID. However, with Google including abutment for notches, it agency abounding added phones will advance a agnate layout.
2. Abutment for Assorted Screens & Foldable Displays
Samsung has been accounted to be working on a folding Android smartphone for years, and added OEMs accept been accepting artistic with their devices, too. This job will become adequately easier aback Google is abacus in abutment for assorted displays in Android P.
Last year, ZTE appear their Axon M which brought aback Kyocera Echo's architecture of bifold screens absorbed by a hinge. While Android in its accepted accompaniment was able to administer this multi-display design, Android P looks to advance support.
3. Easier Implementation of Night Approach for Apps
With best flagship Android accessories use OLED displays, a accepted complaint from users has been the abridgement of a aphotic approach that converts all airheaded and settings to a atramentous background. Not abandoned would this save on array burning (thanks to how OLED displays appearance blacks), it's visually adorable in assertive conditions. While Android P won't accommodate a accurate aphotic mode, it will accomplish it easier for app developers to apparatus a night approach for their apps.
At first, abounding account outlets (including ourselves) appear on Google abacus a system-wide aphotic approach in Android P. This was acknowledgment to a acknowledgment to a Google user who requested the affection in November 2017. Unfortunately, this acknowledgment was misinterpreted.
Google eventually provided some description in the aforementioned affair tracker with accession acknowledgment that accurately denies a system-wide aphotic mode. Instead, Google has added a toggle for the night approach qualifier which makes it easier for app developers to actualize and assay night approach for their apps. While this qualifier has been there aback Android 2.2 Froyo, Android P will be the aboriginal to accommodate the toggle. So while there is still Substratum, there will not be any congenital aphotic approach support.
4. Accomplishments Apps Won't Accept Mic Access
It looks like Android P adeptness absolutely angle for "privacy," as it appears Google is abacus a few appearance to strengthen user protection. One such aegis is preventing abandoned accomplishments apps from application your microphone. While Android Oreo did bound accomplishments services, Android P is demography alike added accomplish to ensure that awful apps don't almanac your chat afterwards you knowing.
Discovered by XDA, back an app is installed, it is accustomed a UID, a different identifier which is never modified. Back the app, articular application the UID, enters into an abandoned state, Android's audio arrangement will anticipate any admission to the microphone to almanac audio. If an app attempts to accretion access, Android will accelerate it abandoned data.
While Android has alien aegis afore for this specific botheration (Android 6.0 Marshmallow blocked absence microphone permission), this added admeasurement improves the automatic action and bigger assure its users.
5. Accomplishments Apps Won't Accept Camera Admission Either
In accession to preventing abandoned apps admission to your microphone, Android P is additionally preventing admission to your camera. The action is agnate to the mic, utilizing the UID to assay apps. According to XDA, back the UID is idle, Android will accomplish an absurdity bulletin and stop admission if it tries to use the camera.
These two additions are all-important accomplish to apple-pie up Android's angel of actuality unsafe. While malware and vulnerabilities will still exist, by abacus this to congenital code, the boilerplate user transversing the ecosystem of Android will be a little bit safer.
6. Active Accent Back Your Alarm Is Actuality Recorded
Android already supports alarm recording. However, OEMs rarely accredit the affection on their phones because of aloofness and acknowledged issues. In cases area phones are able to almanac calls, Android P will accommodate an active accent which informs all parties that the chat is actuality recorded, according to XDA.
When Android detects the use of the alarm recording API, the arrangement will comedy a accent every fifteen seconds, alerting the added affair that they are actuality taped. The admittance of this accent makes Android's alarm recording API added in band with some states' two-party accord laws, which crave both parties to be acquainted of the recording for it to be legal.
7. Hidden Arresting Backbone Numbers
For those of you who like seeing your cellular networks backbone in decibel-milliwatts (dBm), you're not activity to be happy. Accession affection discovered by XDA, Android P will now acquiesce carriers to bind the afterwards amount of arresting strength.
While these numbers aren't about beheld by boilerplate users, they do accord added accurateness on your accepted signal. And this advice can advice acquisition the account of poor reception. The abandoned alleviation in the amount is that this limitation in Android P will be confided to carrier-branded accessories so apart phones will be unaffected.
8. Modifiable LTE Arresting Bars
If the missing dBm wasn't bad enough, according to XDA, Android P will accommodate the adeptness to adapt how LTE confined are displayed to users. One modification accessible is not acute dBm ethics to affectation max arresting strength. By acceptance carriers to adapt this, users could be presented with a artful LTE signal. And clashing the hidden arresting backbone numbers, this isn't bound to aloof carrier-branded phones.
9. Screenshot Editing
While this rumor is a little weaker than the antecedent ones, we still accept there is a acceptable adventitious of its inclusion. Within the latest adaptation of the Google app is a congenital screenshot editor. This affection was additionally aloof added to iOS 11, and it is archetypal of Google (and Apple) to archetype anniversary added to anticipate actuality larboard behind. Therefore, it isn't a amplitude to say that this affection will be congenital into the new adaptation of Android, acceptance users to adapt system-wide screenshots anon afterwards demography them.
10. Acute Acknowledgment for All Apps
Just like the screenshot editor, this is accession anemic rumor based on a contempo app addition. The beta adaptation of Google's Reply app shows a baby glimpse of a acute acknowledgment accession to added messaging apps.
With acute reply, apparatus acquirements is acclimated to assay admission letters and present you with accepted quick responses. No best do you charge to blazon out "Yes" or "No" to acknowledge to a bulletin — with acute reply, you aloof charge to accept the generated acknowledgment from the account of accessible options.
With a stronger advance advanced against apparatus acquirements affiliation in Android P, attending to see acute acknowledgment accessible to all apps and not aloof Google-built ones.
11. Use Your Phone as a Bluetooth Keyboard or Mouse
Thanks to the assay by XDA, it looks like Android P will let you use your phone as a Bluetooth abrasion and keyboard. According to XDA, the Bluetooth HID contour has afresh been added to Android P, which is a contour acclimated for ascribe accessories such as keyboards and mice.
This could accept abundant benefits, decidedly for OEMs attractive to claiming the desktop market. Companies such as Jide accept adapted Android into a desktop operating system, so with the admittance of this profile, you could use a book and phone for a adaptable desktop experience. Samsung and Huawei accept additionally included desktop abutment in their flagship devices, but currently crave a berth (for Samsung) or a cable (for Huawei) to implement. With the Bluetooth HID profile, Samsung and Huawei could eventually actualize a wireless adaptation of these products.
However, the better almsman of this accession would be Razer's Project Linda, which turns the Razer Phone into a trackpad for a laptop. Currently, the laptop (which is a concept) holds the phone in a cutout, which banned abutment to aloof the Razer Phone. With Android P, Razer could change this to a wireless solution, acceptance Linda to apparently abutment any Android P device.
12. Added Alarm Blocking
Currently, Android abandoned allows users to block calls from a specific phone number. Therefore, you charge aboriginal accept the exceptionable alarm to again block approaching calls. However, according to XDA, it looks like Android P will change this.
With Android P, numbers can be block based on assorted criteria. For example, numbers not in your contacts list, clandestine numbers, calls from pay phones, and numbers afterwards addition ID information. Additionally, if the alarm is an emergency, a assiduous notification will affectation allegorical the almsman that alarm blocking was disabled due to the call's emergency status.
The abandoned affair is that like some of the added changes for Android P, this affection may crave carrier approval. While we do apprehend best carriers will accommodate the feature, XDA's Mishaal Rahman speculates that some carriers may advantage it "to advertise you these alarm blocking appearance as allotment of an 'added value' package."
13. Congenital Abutment for Iris Scanners
While few phones advance this sensor, it looks like Android P will accommodate congenital abutment for iris scanners. According to XDA, there is a accomplish labelled "Biometrics Iris HAL," which would assimilate advice amid the OS and iris scanner. In the Android framework, there are several commits apropos iris scanning, including one permission which suggests third-party apps may be able to appeal admission to the iris scanner to abolish the lock screen.
While this doesn't agreement a new trend of smartphones including the sensor, it is a win for Samsung, which has included the sensor aback the Galaxy Note 7. Also, congenital abutment helps the custom ROM community, which will now be able to accommodate iris scanning abutment in ROMs as well.
Is That It for Android P Features?
With Android P, it looks Google is absorption on under-the-hood changes which advance the all-embracing acquaintance for the user. While there are rumors of a beheld overall, there has been annihilation accurate so far. Once we apperceive article for certain, we'll accomplish abiding to add it to this list.
We accept some time afore the alpha of Google I/O on May 8, 2018, so break acquainted to Gadget Hacks for the latest account and rumors about Android P. Are you aflame about Android P? What is a affection you achievement they include? Let us apperceive in the animadversion below.
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