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Android Oreo 8.0 features

Whats new in Android Oreo 8.0? You Should to know about  1. Background limits Battery life is always a big concern, which is why Google often makes improvements with new iterations of Android. The latest version of Android Oreo is no different, with Google increasing the automatic limits on what apps can do in the background in a number of key areas (broadcasts, background services, and location updates, for instance). “These changes will make it easier to create apps that have minimal impact on a user’s device and battery. Background limits represent a significant change in Android, so we want every developer to get familiar with them,” reads a Google blog post. 2. Picture-in-picture Google is also expected to introduce new picture-in-picture functionality, which is probably one of the most useful changes incoming. This feature would allow users to continue watching videos on a small virtual screen while getting stuff done within other apps. Google also...

History of Android OS

Android (Operating System) Android  is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on the Linux Kernel and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. In addition, Google has further developed Android TV for televisions, Android Auto for cars, and Android Wear for wrist watches, each with a specialized user interface. Variants of Android are also used on game consoles, digital cameras, PCs and other electronics. Initially developed by Android Inc., which Google bought in 2005, Android was unveiled in 2007, with the first commercial android device launched in September 2008. The operating system has since gone through multiple major releases, with the current version being 8.1 (Oreo), released in December 2017. Android has been the best-selling OS on tablets since 2013. As of May 2017, it has two billion mon...

List of phones Getting Android 8.0 Oreo update

List of phones Getting Android 8.0 Oreo update Earlier this year Google announced Android O and it recently confirmed it as Oreo and started rolling out the final update for its Pixel and Nexus devices. Moreover, Google has been working closely with various handset maker including Essential, Huawei, HTC, Kyocera, Motorola, HMD Global Home of Nokia Phones, Samsung, Sharp, and Sony to launch or upgrade new/existing devices to Android 8.0 Oreo by the end of this year. Talking about the features, the Android 8.0 Oreo comes with array of features including Background limits, Picture-in-Picture (PIP), Snoozing individual notification, Autofill framework, Wide-gamut color for apps, Font resources in XML, Adaptive icons, Companion device pairing, Keyboard navigation, AAudio API for Pro Audio, WebView enhancements and many more. Today, in this post I have listed down the list of smartphones company-wise that will get Android 8.0 Oreo update sooner or later. Not...