We’re back with our weekly roundup, this time focusing on how the latest Android Q beta version features will impact Android app development. Android Q marks a significant milestone as Google unveils the beta version for Android app developers. With a staggering 24 versions of the Android operating system released to date, Google’s ongoing commitment to enhancing OS performance remains evident. Let’s delve into the implications of the new Android Q beta for app developers and explore the exciting features it brings to the table.
Let’s see what the expectations of Android Q for Android App development are. This time Google comes up with pretty significant updates and also excellent features. Till Google never come with beta versions for a long time. But in 2019, Google expectations of Android Q seems to be an exception as Android Q Beta has been released with its first preview for the users. Android Q Beta offers more privacy, Smoothness, and flexibility to the latest generation of foldable devices.
What all the release dates of Android Q
- The Android Q developer beta test version 1 released on March 13, 2019
- The Android Q beta test version 2 released on or around April 1, 2019
- The Android Q beta test version 3 released on or around May 1, 2019
- The Android Q beta test version 4 released on or around June 1, 2019
- The Android Q beta test version 5 and six released may be available on July 2019
- The Final Release will be available on August 2019.
Trending features of Android Q app development?
- Android Q gesture navigation
- Foldable Screen displays
- Bubbles multitasking
- Dark mode
- Google night sight
- Improved Security
- 5G data
- Face ID authentication
Android Q gesture Navigation?
Google is continuing to experiment to improve its gesture-based navigation. Google finally says that to reach slide-out menus by using entirely gestural navigation will be able to tap and hold near the edge of the screen. And also allows the quick swipe from either side of the display to continue to trigger a final action.
Android Q foldable screen displays?
One of the best features of 2019 by Google is Foldable screens which let developers build their apps set for the big, folding screens of the top-tier phones with back end changes to on-resume and on Pause. Even that supports multi-resume and inform your app when it has focused. This update will help the user to manage the application on foldable and large screens.
Android Q Bubble multitasking?
This is the most novel new feature inside Android Q. Bubbles are built into the notification system. They float on the top of other app and follow the user wherever they go. These bubbles can be expanded to reveal app functionality, and information can be collapsed when not being used.
Android Q Night Sight pixel mode?
Google Nigh Site is a marquee feature of its Pixel devices which helps the user to take a good picture even in the nighttime. Google is changing Night Sight to the camera carousel. This modification makes it so users can efficiently swipe to it from the Viewfinder. Google announced a new Pixel 4 with an improved camera hardware system.
How Android Q provides Improved Security?
Google knows the security issue that Google apps are facing. So Google now announced in I/O 2019 that Android Q has come up with some of the improved security and privacy features, how third-party apps access their location, shared files, photos, videos, and many more.
For this, Google introduced Google’s most significant push for improved security and privacy inside Android Q is Project Mainline. How this Project Mainline Works? When an Android device is running Android Q, Android developers will be able to push out security and privacy updates, OTA to the devices without requiring a full system updates.
How Android Q supports 5G data?
As everyone knows that 5G is rolling in the UK and US, an also other parts of the world. Google also want to take advantage of the faster speeds and made some choice updates to Android Q to harness and use these increased speeds efficiently, for this, Google used the new set of APIs that will detect your connection speed and quality. It will also be able to decide how much data to send to certain apps and also allows the users to keep better tabs on how much data they are using.
What is Face ID Authentication for Login and purchases?
Next best feature in Android Q beta test version is Facial unlocking for logins and purchases. How this works: which is very similar to the current fingerprint method, the only difference is here you use face and not the finger.
What is Dark Mode? How to activate Dark mode?
Google has come up with the option to apply dark mode across the entire UX of Android, which means that your phone UX can be as dark as you want. How does it activate in Android Q? Two ways to do:
- Just go to quick settings and select Dark theme
- Turn on battery saver mode.
It will automatically turn on Dark mode as it uses less power-intensive.
Summary
Google is getting ready with these excellent features to the market and make the things done smartly than before.
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