Google is releasing Android 16, the latest major update to the mobile and embedded operating system. As always, the rollout begins with Pixel devices. Completed to its expected timeline, the major release marks the availability of the source code at the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). You can examine this code at cs.android.com. Edge-to-edge Highlight features include progress-centric notifications, the ...
Google is releasing the first iteration of the next major update of its mobile operating system, an Android 16 Developer Preview. Its Preview 1 is now available for testing against apps. The system is planned to launch in Q2 of 2025 – see a timeline further below. Note this is for developers only – the Android 16 Developer Preview releases ...
Google has announced the second beta of Android 15, the next major version of Android, which is due for official release in the autumn. A number of features for the planned release have been highlighted by Google, including the use of Private Spaces, improved large screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture (PiP) changes, security measures to make intents safer, and some new fonts ...
Google has updated Flutter – its mobile UI toolkit for creating embedded graphic components from a single codebase via native Arm code – to version 3.13. The latest release sees performance improvements to its Impeller graphics renderer, APIs for foldable devices (for example, reporting the physical size, the device pixel ratio, and the refresh rate of the display), supporting wide-gamut ...
With Beta 3, Google has reached “Platform Stability” for its forthcoming release of the Android 14 mobile operating system. The Beta 3 contains accessibility features such as non-linear font scaling, privacy upgrades (partial photos/videos access), new animation support in gesture navigation, and to “further align” with the OpenJDK 17 LTS release. Also, in terms of security changes, apps targeting Android ...
Displays modules which can be custom-configured using standard Android apps or user-developed APK file, manufactured by Dwin are now available from Review Display Systems (RDS). The integrated DMG10600T101-33WTC intelligent display modules is based on a Rockchip RK3288 Arm-based SoC, with a 32-bit Cortex A-17 core running an Android operating system. There is a 10.1-inch IPS TFT LCD with WSVGA resolution ...
Google has announced a further upgrade to Flutter, its mobile UI toolkit for creating embedded graphic components from a single codebase via native Arm code. The release adds improved support for trackpad input, improved text selection, the capability to understand Scribble handwriting input, more consistent presentation for Windows desktop and support for more Material Design 3 components. Version 3.3 of the ...
Google has begun rolling out Android 13, the newest version of the mobile OS, to its own Pixel devices. It will be available for devices from the likes of Samsung, Motorola, Nokia, OnePlus, Sony and Xiaomi “later this year”. According to Google, the main thrust of Android 13 is towards privacy and security, developer productivity and improvements for tablets and ...
Google has announced the second Beta of its Android 13 mobile operating system. It says the release concentrates on “core themes of privacy and security” as well as developer productivity. For example, it’s added a new permission for sending notifications, a privacy-protecting photo picker (letting you select the exact photos or videos you want to share), and more detailed permissions when ...
Google has started rolling out Android 11, beginning with Pixel, OnePlus, Xiaomi, OPPO and realme phones. Access to the latest major version of its mobile and embedded operating system will widen to other devices “over the coming months”, says Google. Features of the release include support for use of ‘Bubbles’, a new notifications section, built-in screen recording and new media ...
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