Apr 15, 2017
Google gave the Settings menu of Android a huge revamp with Nougat. Now, with Android O, the company is once again giving the Settings menu a huge makeover. For this redesign, Google has taken a
Apr 14, 2017
Android has long struggled with high latency for audio. Due to this, professional audio apps were never possible on the platform. Google has been trying to solve the issue since Lollipop and has made great
Apr 13, 2017
Google completely revamped the notification panel of Android with Nougat, and with Android O, the company is further building on it to make it more feature rich. Apart from being able to snooze notifications, Android
Apr 12, 2017
Android OEMs have been aggressively pushing the display quality in smartphones with their flagship handsets every year. Not only do Android devices feature high-resolution displays, they are also color accurate. However, due to the
Apr 11, 2017
Android O will mark the end of apps that draw over System UI as Google is deprecating the UI used by such apps. Instead, it will now be offering developers with a new 'TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY' API
Apr 10, 2017
Since the release of Android Lollipop, Google has been relentlessly working on improving the efficiency, performance, and battery life management of Android. With Marshmallow, the company introduced Doze and with Nougat, it introduced an even
Apr 9, 2017
For an OS meant for smartphones and smart devices, Android can surprisingly fail at some very basic tasks. This includes the ability to set a custom ringtone or notification sound which is unnecessarily complex in
Apr 8, 2017
Google first debuted Picture-in-picture support in Android with Nougat last year itself. Back then, however, the feature was limited to Android TVs only. With Android O, Picture-in-picture will be available for
Apr 7, 2017
Taking a cue from iOS, Google is introducing native support for notification badges in Android O. While many Android launchers have been able to replicate this functionality for quite a while now, it was wonky
Apr 6, 2017
With Android O, Google will make it easier for your device to automatically connect to known Wi-Fi networks. A new feature in Android O, currently hidden and disabled in the developer preview, will automatically
Apr 5, 2017
In Android Nougat, Google gave the Quick Settings a major overhaul both in terms of their look and functionality. With Android O, Google is once again tweaking how Quick Settings tiles work. While the Quick
Apr 4, 2017
This is not a feature per se but a new Autofill API introduced by Google in Android O will allow password managers to work more elegantly in the OS. Using the API, password managers will
Apr 3, 2017
Google completely revamped the notification settings in Nougat, and with Android O, it is further tweaking things for a better user experience. Aside from Notification channels, Google has also introduced the ability to snooze notification
Apr 2, 2017
Since Marshmallow, Google has used the hidden System UI Tuner menu to hide useful customisation options in the OS. The first Developer Preview of Android O is no different and hides some interesting customisation options
Apr 1, 2017
Audio has always been one of Android's key weakness. After years of work, Google has finally gotten around to get the audio latency to respectable levels in Nougat. With Android O, the company has
Mar 26, 2017
Earlier this week, Google surprised everyone by releasing the first Developer Preview of Android O. Unlike Nougat, Android O is not as feature packed as Android Nougat. Instead, it comes with plenty of minor enhancements
At first glance, it might look like that Android O is not packed with as many new features as Nougat was. While the OS surely lacks as many headlining new features as Nougat, it still
Mar 25, 2017
Autofill API is among the major new API being introduced by Google in Android O. As the name suggests, the API will allow password managers and similar apps to easily fill login information in other
