The update also brings native support for custom themes via Substratum and more under - the - hood changes such as stricter
background app limitations.
Android Oreo brings notable enhancements such as picture - in - picture mode, support for an Autofill API, notification channels and snoozing, stricter
background app limitations, and more.
The update brings your standard Oreo feature additions such as picture - in - picture mode support, Autofill API, notification channels,
background app limitations, and more.
That means picture - in - picture mode support, the strict
background app limitations, notification channels, and even that annoying «app is running in the background» notification that you can thankfully still hide using an app.
Those Samsung - specific changes are in addition to standard 8.0 platform features such as picture - in - picture mode, support for the Autofill Framework, notification channels, stricter
background app limitations, and also native support for OMS — the theme framework behind Substratum.
Android Oreo brings a ton of useful features such as better battery life / memory usage thanks to strict
background app limitations, a picture - in - picture mode, notification channels, quicker boot times, and an Autofill API for password managers.
In the Android Oreo Compatibility Definition Document, Google specifically states that OEMs are not to tamper with
the background app limitations.
Not exact matches
Broadcast
limitations in the new version mean that (with a few exceptions)
apps in the
background can't react to broadcasts (things happening on the device) that don't specifically target them.
This time around it comes in the form of
background limitations, so as long as users implement these then some
apps won't be able to initiate certain
background functions, thus using up less battery life in the process.
Android O, Google's upcoming software release, most notably brings support for notification channels, picture - in - picture mode, autofill managers, and
background limitations on
apps.