With the first developer preview of
Android Oreo, we got a glimpse of some of the new features.
The Settings app in
Android Oreo (left) has gotten a facelift as you can see in this comparison with Android Nougat (right).
We'll just have to see how this all plays out once OEMs start rolling out their own versions of
Android Oreo.
And now, the team has taken the project beyond what any of us could have imagined by bringing full system - wide theme support without root for
any Android Oreo device.
That said,
Android Oreo brings a clean interface that puts the Google search and Assistant ecosystems up front, with some almost hidden features like quick shortcuts after holding down on an app icon.
Multi-window and picture - in - picture are features initially found on Samsung phones, and now
Android Oreo introduces them into the Pixel family.
Optimization for the new runtimes is also included for better performance and stability in apps designed for
Android Oreo.
It ships with
Android Oreo 8.1 out - of - the - box.
The stock
Android Oreo OS serves as the sole software agent in the form of Android One.
The upcoming Samsung handset will likely sport an Infinity Display and launch with
Android Oreo.
It's been over two months since Google officially released
Android Oreo and only a small subset of Android devices have actually received the update so far.
That might sound a bit odd considering that
Android Oreo has been out for a while now, but HMD Global says it's planning to issue an Oreo update in the near future.
But given that
Android Oreo is already in the beta phase, it's still possible that we might see an
Android Oreo release by the end of the year.
Both handsets drew harsh criticism from users due to the delay of
its Android Oreo firmware update.
But there's power from the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 platform it sits on and with an optimised Oxygen OS now sitting over
Android Oreo.
This is the OnePlus 5T Android update tracker, including the latest update news for OnePlus 5T and
Android Oreo announcements.
The Galaxy Note 8
Android Oreo update is now being rolled out by Verizon and Sprint in the United States some three days after AT&T became t...
Credit: AsusThe ZenFone 5Z will ship with
Android Oreo, but with Asus's ZenUI laid overtop.
It will miss out on
Android Oreo and instead arrive running Android Nougat out of the box.
We enhanced
Android Oreo (Go edition) for speed and reliability on entry - level devices, which means the average app is now 15 percent faster on devices running
Android Oreo (Go edition).
Google has optimized much of
Android Oreo behind the scenes to make your battery last longer, but there are a few things you can see.
Hence why the fact that
Android Oreo got support for the three most popular high - bitrate codecs around (aptX, aptXHD, & LDAC) was such a big deal.
Both devices run
Android Oreo, with a new skin ZTE is calling «Stock Plus.»
The Huawei P20 and P20 Pro will launch on
Android Oreo and come with Huawei's own custom interface, called EMUI.
A leaked firmware that recently surfaced suggests that the phone may receive
Android Oreo flavour soon.
It's a feature that's sure to be more useful on
Android Oreo tablets than phones, but on the giant screen of the Nexus 6P, the tiny window is definitely watchable.
Android Oreo is the most secure version of Android yet, so when you buy an
Android Oreo (Go edition) device, you'll be getting all the same security features.
Since existing OnePlus and Nokia phones lack a vendor partition, it means there is no reason for them to work to meet Treble's requirements when upgrading their devices to
Android Oreo.
All the other devices will not receive
Android Oreo and these timelines can also be altered without any prior disclaimer.
We show off on video
an Android Oreo ROM that is basically fully functional on the Huawei Mate 9.
The only detail we're not sure of if is there's a licensing cost that OEMs will have to sign up for, as there is with Qualcomm's aptX which is also supported in
Android Oreo's Bluetooth codec settings.
Samsung's flagships including the Galaxy S8, Note 8 and others are all going to receive the stable build of
Android Oreo, finally.
With all this information, we hope that the Indian units start seeing the light of
Android Oreo soon as well.
Canadians can now rejoice as the long - awaited upgrade to
Android Oreo for Samsung smartphones is en route.
As for
the Android Oreo specific changes, you will be happy to know that Project Treble support has also been added in this update.
Android Oreo features a slew of under - the - hood and behind - the scenes improvements to make your smartphone experience even better: things like background app limits, smarter Wi - Fi, and Adobe RGB and Pro Photo RGB color profiles.
Android Oreo brings some great new features to one of the most important parts of the OS: the notification shade.
(A leaked
Android Oreo - based MIUI Global ROM is available for the device.)
Now with
Android Oreo, OnePlus yet again have released an Open Beta for the community to test OxygenOS
Android Oreo on their devices.
Android Oreo, in general, offers a lot of useful features.
Devices including the Galaxy A8, Galaxy J3 Prime, Galaxy Xcover 4, Galaxy Tab A8, Galaxy Tab Active 2 and Galaxy Tab A 10.1 will receive
the Android Oreo update in the later part of this year.
One of the major areas that get updated with
Android Oreo is the notification system.
Another feature that could make this phone a must - buy is the likely inclusion of
Android Oreo software, which has yet to appear on the Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus, despite Moto's September 2017 commitment to delivering the big update.
The next generation
Android Oreo is still being gradually rolled out to flagship models and a lot of phones are on Android Nougat but Google is already preparing Android P for their upcoming Pixel 3 -LSB-...]
While it might not be as jam - packed with features as prior Android releases,
Android Oreo has plenty of features that make it a must - download, from picture - in - picture to notification changes that will help you keep annoying alerts at bay.
For
Android Oreo users, AdaptivePack provides Adaptive Icons for a great many apps that currently don't officially support Adaptive Icons.
The Android Oreo - powered BLU Vivo XL3 has launched in the U.S. via Amazon.
Last month's Android distribution numbers revealed that
Android Oreo was running on 0.2 % of Android devices.
The smartphone received EMUI 8.0 based
Android Oreo update (via OTA) earlier in February this year.
During a Reddit AMA last month, Essential revealed that
the Android Oreo update for the Essential Phone was under internal testing and that it will be made available as a public beta «within next several weeks».