Android 14 was officially released as part of today’s Made By Google event. It makes its “out-of-the-box” debut with the new Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro handsets, which also launched today.
Welcome to Android 14
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The biggest news isn’t smartphones, watches, or earphones. Android 14 release. Its source code is Android open source project. The release of Android 14 was scheduled for early September, but was postponed following the release of additional public betas at the beginning of summer.
Coming soon to countless Android devices from major manufacturers, including: samsung, honor and xiaomithrough small and prominent companies such as: no technology and technoand countless Android-based projects, including community-maintained projects. Lineage OS or Huawei’s harmony OS.
Google’s VP of Engineering, Dave Burke, covered many of the new features in Android 14 that are relevant to developers and manufacturers, including the major changes they need to test and how to improve existing apps, libraries, games, code engines, We’ve highlighted potential updates to the service. .
I want to highlight some of the features that will have an immediate impact on consumers moving to Android 14, so I’ll leave the developer-level changes to Burke’s blog post.
Things to be careful about
Users have new options to make their devices their own, and non-linear font scaling helps those who need larger fonts on screen. The heading appears smaller than the text to prevent the comically gigantic proclamation “Dewey Defeats Truman.” Uploads the entire screen before the news article is displayed.
Manufacturers developing custom versions of Android (such as Samsung’s OneUI and Oppo’s ColorOS) are now getting new tools to help with localization and language support, improved code for displaying Ultra HDR images, lossless audio over USB, It features camera enhancements that allow better integration of new camera routines. — Low-light photography and computational image improvement are particularly sought after.
Other features, such as graphics features and tools, are used to create new user experiences. Just as manufacturers use camera extensions to connect their own rendering tools and post-processing software, what can be seen on screen is improved through custom meshes, hardware buffer support, and reduced draw latency. will be done.
Changes are also required to support large-screen Android devices such as tablets. Device support for Android is increasing, and following the tablet-only Android 12L update, tablet changes are being built into the core of Android 13 to provide an upgraded experience.
Android 14 brings more multitasking options, system apps tailored to larger screens, improved letterboxing for apps that don’t have full-fledged tablet mode, and an enhanced taskbar for better app navigation. .
This is the future of your phone
As more manufacturers roll out Android 14-based devices, many of these features will be improvements and additions used to promote updated devices.
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