1. Android 8.0 Oreo: Google
Android OS for Mobile
Apps and Everything Else
Android 8.0 Oreo - World Smarter, faster, more powerful
and most powerful OS for mobile and everything else is
released as 26th version. Features, Updates, Downloads,
Compatibility here is everything for you.
11/20/2017
I-verveInc
By-i-verve.com

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On March this year, a technological milestone was achieved that ended a long
era, the era of windows dominance in the OS market. Google’s Android
surpassed Microsoft Windows to become the most used operating system,
according to web analytics firm StatCounter.
While combining all the devices might still make you think Android is fighting
a tough competition, looking more closely on its niche market will tell you a
whole different story. With a growing community of around 2 billion active
users, the undisputed king of the mobile operating system has a share of
87.5% in mobile OS market.

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The number of devices supporting the OS has been increasing since its
inception. The mobile companies which used to have their own operating
system have shifted to using Android on their devices. And the ones who
haven’t have lost their share in mobile handsets too. For instance, consider OS
Bada. It was Samsung’s own operating system but was discontinued by the
company looking at the growth potential of Android.

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Other big players who refused to shift to Android have lost their market share
in the handsets segment too, and among the biggest losers are Nokia and
Blackberry.
Android in News
Nokia, after keeping itself away from Android for so many years and making
failed attempts to revamp its sales with Windows Mobile OS, finally decided
to rectify its mistakes by adopting it for some of its models. Nokia has
confirmed that its upcoming flagship phone Nokia 9 will have the latest
Android version Android Oreo.
Some big brands who are counting on Android for their latest products
include Lamborghini. Yes, you read it right! The luxury car maker has come
up with an Android phone, called the Alpha – One.

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Android has a bright future in the wearable device segment too. Latest news is
coming from the Italian fashion brand and watch-maker – The Diesel. It is all
set to launch its first Android Wear watch under the name Diesel on Full
Guard.
Also, Microsoft is coming up with a host of new features this September for
its Office apps for Android. These new features will provide better security
and enhanced user experience on all three apps (Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint).
Android Releases its newest Android 8.0 Update: Android Oreo
A few daysback, in August21st, Google unveiled its latest version of Android –
Oreo. The new version has brought many major improvements and lots of
new cool features. It is also believed to be the most secure version of the
operating system and is being seen to have taken a leap in the security area.
Android 8.0 Oreo Upgrade: Availability
The upgrade is now available on Pixel devices. And according to an article
published by android central, it will be available for Nexus 6 and Nexus 6P
from 5th and 11th September respectively. A non-Google flagship device user
will have to wait a few months to receive the upgrade.
What makes Android Oreo Powerful of All Android Versions?
Highlights For the users: Android Oreo – Better UI
1. Refurbished File Manager
We all have experienced that the File manager available on Android gives us a
really tough time in browsing the file we want. This is the reason apps like
Solid Explorer and FX File Manager are so popular. In Android Oreo, you will
see the file manager being given a better look, although if you used one of the
above file managers, you’ll still find it lagging in a few features.

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2. Autofill Framework
Just the way Chrome auto-fills the information on the fields like the name and
address, in the same way, Oreo has been provided withan Autofill Framework
now. This allows apps to create and manage their own list of auto-fill data. By
default, if you have saved your passwords on Google Chrome or with Smart
Lock, it will fetch that data from there.
3. Picture-in-picture mode
If you’re a fan of Nougat’s split-screen mode, you’ll definitely like this one.
Picture-in-picture is a feature that will allow the apps (like the video playing
apps) to be viewed on the top of any other app. currently, this works with
YouTube, YouTube Red, and VLC app.

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4. Arrow key and tab navigation
If you have used a mouseon your android devicebe it your phoneor a TV, you
must have realized how difficult it is. The OS considers the mouse as a touch
and hence it doesn’t go well with it. Oreo will identify a mouse and will
interpret inputs from it accordingly. This feature is especially useful for
Chromebooks and Android TVs.
You will also experience better navigation from keyboards also since users
can now press Meta+Tab keys to navigate from one cluster to another – here
clusters can mean: side panels, navigation bars, main content area and other
child elements.
The above figure contains 5 Navigation Clusters.
Android Oreo: Stability

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5. Background Process Restrictions and Limitations
The big issue of battery drain during standby is going to end with this version
since Google has put limits on Background process execution on apps. This
will restrict the apps on performing processes in the background that eats up
a lot of battery.
Background limitationsincludelimits imposed on apps for implicit broadcasts
and location access. With these restrictions, Google has indeed shown that it’s
going to be strict against apps which have been responsible for battery drains.
6. Rescue Party
This feature is designed to fix the problem of repeated rebooting which
happens when an app starts crashing continuously. Rescue Party is the name
given to the feature which automatically takes the charge when it sees an app
crashing more than 5 times in 30 seconds or system_server crashing more
than 5 times in 5 minutes and will follow a series of step to fixing this issue. If
the issue doesn’t get fixed with this, the feature will prompt a request for
factory reset – which is a panacea in these scenarios.
Android Oreo: Notification Changes
7. Snooze Notifications
This one is something you’d like the most if you are fed up of receiving
constant notifications, especially from messaging apps. The cool new
notification panel allows you to snooze an app’s notification by swiping it to
the right and tapping the clock icon. It will come right back once the snooze
time is over.

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8. Channel Notification
With Notification Channels, apps can create categories of different
notifications if they want. Also, once the app has categorized its notifications,
you can control the visibility and priority of individual categories.
9. Notification Dots
Notification Dots will make your app icons resemble more like the ones in iOS.
The dots on the icons will represent a new content that in the app. You can
long press the dot and preview the information as a notification and swipe it
away to mark it as “Read”.

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Android Oreo: Connectivity
10. New Bluetooth codec’s
The problem that Android had with Bluetooth seems to have resolved with
this. Google has added a few codec’s that include Sony’s LDAC codec which
streams a better audio quality over Bluetooth. Though, to make sure it works
as anticipated, you’ll have to buy a Bluetooth speaker/headphones which
supports LDAC.
11. Wifi Aware & Automatic Turn on
Wifi Aware is added in Android 8.0 Oreo which will enable a user to detect
another user which has the same version or higher. After detecting, the users
can share data without the need to be on the same Network.

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One exciting feature that this version has is, Wifi Assistant which on being
switched on will automatically detect a strong public wireless network and
will switch to that connection.
Other Changes in Android 8.0 Oreo
12. Settings Menu Redesigned
The first change that you will notice on your device is the Settings menu which
has been given a subtle dark gray text on white background look. To our
surprise, the side navigation menu introduced in the Nougat was gone. The
redesign has been done to make the Settings area simpler and more
straightforward.

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13. More granular storage control
Managing your phone’s storage will be a lot easier now since the new storage
menu will not just display the basic categories of storage space but will be a
lot more detailed now. Upon selection of a category, you will now see how
much storage space has each app utilized.

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14. Overlay sticky notification
Google has added sticky notification features which will pop-up every time an
app tries to draw some information from other apps. This is a decisive step
towards increasing security. Although this feature was there in the Nougat,
the notification won’t go away in this version until the overlay remains there.

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Development Highlights for the Android Developers
1. Supports latest Java APIs – Oreo supports the latest Java APIs with
optimized runtime:
 java.time from OpenJDK 8.
 java.nio.file and java.lang.invoke from OpenJDK 7.
2. AAudio API – This will help you deliver high performance and low latency
audio. The API uses streams to read and write the data.
3. Font support in XML – You can now define your fonts directly in XML files.
Now you don’t need to worry about this.
4. Adaptive Icons – The shape of an app icon will now be available for display
according to the mask selected by the device which will give way for a better
UI.
5. Project Treble – With this, Android has become more modular. The
customization’s created by manufacturers (like the TouchWiz) will now be a
separate entity, allowing for a swifter upgrade.
6. Wider Spectrum of Colors – Developers will now get a wider palette of
colors. This feature will help imaging apps developers a lot.
7. Multi-process mode – This has made a separate process for web content
access for an app. This will help in reducing crashes and errors in an app.
First-hand Experience on Android Oreo
Android 8.0 Oreo Review: Whether you use a Pixel or a Nexus phone, you will
witness the boot time to have reduced to less than half or even lesser. Apps
have performed significantly faster. Another big improvement you’ll notice is
increase in battery life.

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The new version has recently been launched and hence does have some bugs
that are needed to be fixed. The two most common problems that have
usurped the android forums are the Bluetooth connectivity issue and the
annoying “App Running in Background” Notification. We are expecting these
to be fixed very soon.
There might be some exploits in the new version as well; one easiest thing
that you can do to makesure your devicerunssmoothly and your confidential
information is not lost is not downloadingany apps from “Unknown Sources”.
This is highly recommended to check Android Oreo Compatibility.
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Companies in USA. It has made several android applications for Startup to
Enterprises, the latest one being Revshield. It is an android app that records
the usages of CPU, Hard disk space and memory data utilized by software and
send alert email to clients providing this information.
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