Android Oreo: 8 Things you must know about the OS that will power your next droid
- Google's Vitals project will be ensuring that Android Oreo is faster.
- Google has big plans to improve your device's battery life once it runs Android 8.0 Oreo.
- One of the fun changes that the new OS iteration brings is a new set of emojis.
FollowBattery life
Google has big plans to improve your device's battery life once it runs Android 8.0 Oreo. It plans to add some limits to what an app can do in the background. This will ensure the apps don't suck out power from your device when you aren't using them.
Faster performance
Google's Vitals project will be ensuring that Android Oreo is faster. So, to begin with, the upcoming Pixel devices could boot faster than before.
Picture-in-Picture video
iOS users already enjoy this feature on the iPad, and now Android will bring it all its users. This feature means, you can watch YouTube video or a video call even as you move from app to app.
Notification channels
Android Oreo brings a new feature that lets you customise categories of notifications from apps. This essentially means, you will be able to filter notifications from conversations in messaging apps.
Adaptive icons
This means, developers will get multiple shape options that can automatically shift based on homescreen theme.
New emojis
One of the fun changes that the new OS iteration brings is a new set of emojis. Blobs are gone and you can expect roughly 60 new emojis.
Smart text selection
Android Oreo brings Smart Text Selection that can pull out addresses, business names and other selections by automatically selecting the entire amount of text just by tapping on it. Machine learning will power this feature.
Hi-Fi Bluetooth audio
Wireless audio comes at the cost of poor sound quality. Android Oreo plans on brining high-quality Bluetooth connections to fix it.
