What you need to know about Android P Beta 3?

Google I/O provided the first glimpse of latest products from Google. Google showed its most recent smartphone operating system, Android P. Android development services have been indulged in a lot of discussion surrounding Android P Beta 3 which we will view here in detail.

Android P Beta 3

Google has finally revealed Android P Beta 3 which comes with different bug fixes and Google has declared that it is the near-final behaviour. As per it, this is the version of Android P that needs to be polished. For the Android app developers, the Android P Beta 3 is the same thing which Google released a fourth developer preview of this Android OS. However, it isn’t exactly clear that this Android P version has loaded with new features. It is rather aimed at fixing bugs as well as improving stability. Hence, owing to this, if you are currently considering signing up for this version but want a quick look on it before it gets released to the public, read below.

Latest Features

1. Improvised Audio Controls

Android has been lambasted by many for the way it has been handling audio but now Google has brought significant changes to Android P when it is about audio controls. For instance, the volume rocker of the phone will also control the media volume by default rather than merely the notification volumes which were the case in previous versions of the Android.

2. Changes in Navigation Bar

One of the most significant changes that you will see in Android P is the changes that have been made in the Navigation Bar. It has allowed you to utilize the Home button to access recent apps easily. Owing to its updated Home gesture, you can easily see the home button duly replaced with a simple small pill-shaped icon right at the screen’s bottom. You can simply swipe up in order to access the apps or see all the apps which are open. It also serves as a perfect slider in order to assist with navigation. In case you have decided to utilize the updated Navigation Bar with the new home button gestures, you will certainly notice that the Overview icon that won’t appear any longer. You can also see the Clear All icon missing in this latest navigation setting as well.

3. Improvised Notifications

Among the greatest changes which affect most of the users will arrive in the form of improvised notifications. Google has specifically wanted to make notifications a bit more useful which means that you can easily do more without even opening the full app. Now using the notifications, Google will provide suggestions for smart replies and allow you to attach stickers and photos along with typing your own replies. Google has enabled this with its new “MessagingStyle” notification style which isn’t a surprising change. Any Android app development company that develops an app can easily utilize this great feature to ease the usage of its app.

4. Slices

Being similar to widgets, the Slices provide the ability to the mobile app developers to utilize its API within the Android in order to create contextual suggestions which are based on the use of the users. For instance, if you are searching for Uber, then an option will appear on your screen that allows you to book any car with ease without even opening the app.

5. Machine Learning Feature – ML Kit

Even though ML Kit isn’t specific to Android, but it’s the latest feature that makes the Android P quite user-friendly. By utilizing the ML Kit, the mobile app developers can easily use the machine learning tasks of Google within their apps. ML Kit also allows the developers to utilize the camera for the purpose of text recognition, face detection, landmark recognition as well as other types of recognition features.

6. Improved Security

Google is quite used to add new security features and functionalities in every release of Android and similar to this tradition, it has delivered the same. Android P features a plethora of new options to make your smartphone much more secure.

The most exciting and interesting security update is related to the encryption. Android P will now be utilizing and performing client-side encryption. Any type of data encryption or decryption which takes place will now be performed on the phone and will also require authentication from the smartphone like PIN, pattern and password. Since Google is backing up all the information of the users to the cloud, this particular change will make it quite difficult for the hackers to get access to the user information from the computer.

Every time the user accesses a network, the device essentially shares its own unique MAC address with the particular network. Android P provides the latest feature which will allow the user to create and deploy randomized MAC addresses for every network that the user access. Even though Android P is creating random Mac address for every network, this particular address won’t continue to alter every time the user access the network. There are other security features which are appearing with Android P which includes unified User Interface for fingerprint authentication, user notifications which appear when the third-party app is utilizing any old APO and encrypted network traffic in case of third-party apps.

7. Better Privacy

Google hasn’t been touted as having best track record concerning the user privacy. However, the company is constantly working in order to improve this in Android P. This latest operating system will actually restrict access to the microphone, the camera as well as other sensors of the phone. Whenever an app is idle, or it is running in the background, it won’t be able to access any information using the sensors of the phone, excluding GPS. If an app requires access to any sensor while it is running in the background, it has to show a consistent notification to the user on the phone.

Conclusion

With all these latest additions and features, Google has embarked on providing its user with more authenticated and seamless experience. Android P Beta 3 offers a promising version of Google which encapsulate all the requirements of the users of the Android that they have been looking for. An app development company has to hire Android app developer who can gauge the future possibilities of these features and help the company to develop state-of-the-art applications.

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