As the Google I/O is coming nearer we can always expect new release of world’s most popular OS, of course Android.
And heading to that May’s event, Google has just released the new Android Q Beta for developers.
We still don’t know whether it will be Android 10 or some decimal with Android 9, but one thing is for sure that we do have new Android version name starting with latter Q.
In Android Q there are lots of minor improvements and enhancements with newer release, but there are some major enhancements as follow:
- Support for Foldable Devices.
Android Q will support Foldable devices natively. We have already see some cool devices from Samsung (Samsung Galaxy Fold) & Huawei (Huawei Mate X) and many more to follow from other top brands in future, so it is obvious from Google to make Android suitable to adopt these new category of Android Devices.
- Privacy Protections in Android.
As the mobile users are increasing at a rapid pace, the data privacy is becoming a major topic for any tech giant to consider.
We have already seen Facebook having hard time in recent past due to user data leaks and misuse.
It is important to have more protection within your Android device which not only helps you to know what data you are allowing to the apps, but also makes you aware the kind of data can be used by the apps.
In Android Q it enables users to give apps permission to see their location never, only when the app is in use (running), or all the time (when in the background).
Earlier it was like you give permission once and app can use the location at any given time whenever app needs it whether your app is in foreground or in the background, but now it is more user controlled.
- More Privacy Protection in Android Q
In Android Q, the OS gives users even more control over apps, controlling access to shared files.
Users will be able to control apps’ access to the Photos and Videos or the Audio collections via new runtime permissions.
For Downloads, apps must use the system file picker, which allows the user to decide which Download files the app can access.
- Sharing ShortcutÂ
In Android Q Google is making the process of sharing content like a photo with someone in another app quicker and easier with Sharing Shortcuts, which let users jump directly into another app to share content.
- More for developers
There are more things for developers to look forward to in this new release of Android Q Beta with many new apis and advancements in the existing apis. For detailed information please follow the link:
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/03/introducing-android-q-beta.html
It will be interesting to see when Google announces the final version of Android Q, but even more interesting thing will be to see what name Google uses this new sweet of Android.
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