Being based on the latest Android version 8.0, most key of Oreo features like picture - in - picture mode,
improved background app limiting and notification updates are all there.
Not exact matches
Pay attention to how you spend each minute of your workday and look for areas where you can
improve; I recommend installing a time - tracking
app that will run in the
background, gathering data on your activities each day and reporting it back to you.
Uber said it restricts
background location tracking to five minutes after a trip ends, and that the change is meant to
improve precision of the
app.
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improved Multitasking that gives users the ability to switch between their
apps in a more visual and intuitive way, and iOS 7 pays attention to which
apps you use most and automatically keeps your content up to date in the
background;
Android Nougat brings in some nifty features such as multi-window support to run two
apps side by side,
improved notifications pane with inline replies,
improved data saver to restrict
background data, more tweaks to doze mode for extended battery life and more.
According to an Uber spokesman, this feature was added to
improve the rendering on the Apple Watch
app, so that when the
app renders in the
background on your phone it can also be sent to your watch.
Developers will be able to import existing learning models from different AI platforms and run them locally on PCs and devices running Windows 10, speeding up real - time analysis of local data like images or video, or even
improving background tasks like indexing files for quick search inside
apps.
By closing
apps running in the
background, you'll get
improved performance and battery life — that's the idea, anyway.
With
improved Multitasking in iOS 7, developers have the ability to enable any
app to multitask in the
background with a new API.
Android P sees further refinements to Doze,
App Standby, and
Background Limits that should
improve battery life.
This Android Marshmallow update brings a pack of features to the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, which includes various bug fixes, a new
app drawer design, better stability, greater control over
app permissions and
improved battery life thanks to the OS» Doze mode that kills all
background processes when the device is sleeping and prevents
apps from waking up the device when its display has been off for a while.
To
improve the battery life of Android devices, Google plans to reduce the
background activity of
apps in Android Oreo.
Note that this is different than Android's stock Battery Optimization feature — these two things really work together, but
Background Execution Limits is designed to better control resources (like RAM and CPU cycles) for an improved overall experience, especially as apps start to «pile up» in the b
Background Execution Limits is designed to better control resources (like RAM and CPU cycles) for an
improved overall experience, especially as
apps start to «pile up» in the
backgroundbackground.
All our favorite features from EMUI on phones — tight control over
background apps for
improved battery life, handy tethering features, display tweaks like «eye protection» mode and direct control over screen density — remain intact.
Improved the reliability of Groove Music playback in the
background,
App - V, video playback and Remote Desktop.
To help
improve that situation, and perhaps marginally extend battery life, Google is rolling out a small update to the Android Wear
app, now at version 2.8, to increase readability by using a darker
background.
In addition to user - facing changes, Xiaomi implemented several under - the - hood fixes to
improve apps load on MIUI 9, which includes better
background memory management, dynamic resource allocation, and more.
The first build of Windows 10 for phones introduces full size
background, the first universal
apps (Photos), Expandable Action Center,
Improved speech - to - text, and Interactive notifications.
Android Oreo is mostly designed to
improve the security and functionality of its devices, and it takes quite a few cues from iOS in doing so — Oreo focuses on limiting what
apps can do in the
background, gives
apps tools for creating adaptive icons, adds wide - gamut color support for third - party
apps, audio and WebView enhancement APIs, and more.
We can also see battery improvements with the
improved background limits, the
app's functionality like implicit broadcasts,
background services, and location updates will be automatically limited in the
background.
Microsoft is planning to throttle the amount of power that
background apps can use to
improve battery life in Windows 10.
This will not just save battery, but will also
improve performance since the
background processes and
apps will not be hogging the RAM anymore.
These new features and tweaks include full - size
background image for Start screen, more number of quick actions in Action Center, interactive notifications, an enhanced speech - to - text capability and an
improved Photos
app.
Google said that Android P continues to refine Doze,
App Standby, and
Background Limits — all power efficiency features currently available in Android Oreo — to further
improve battery life.
To
improve functionality between Uber's
app and the Apple Watch, Apple allowed Uber to use a powerful tool that could record a user's iPhone screen, even if Uber's
app was only running in the
background, security researchers told Gizmodo.
In addition to that, Android 8.0 Oreo will take better care of
apps that are running in the
background, so that they don't start draining your battery, and notifications are also
improved here.
The
app itself will be
improved with a faster «Guide», brand new Leaderbord, better
background music controls, and more.
The more notable Android O features include
improved battery life, which Google plans to achieve by limiting what your
apps do in the
background.
Among the highlights in that release were improvements to battery life by limiting what
apps can do in the
background,
improved Bluetooth audio, categorized and snoozed notifications and platform support for autofill features.
At the current time, Android O will bring forth
improved picture - in - picture, adaptive icons, autofill, more control over notifications, limits on
apps running in the
background which should help out battery life immensely,
improved Bluetooth audio quality, and more — at the moment.
Google released final Android O APIs in the previous Developer Preview, so it is encouraging developers to test their
apps against these mature hooks to make sure that, when Android O is publicly released in the next few weeks,
apps take advantage of new features like notification channels,
background location limits and an
improved implementation of Doze.