Sure, you have a wider range of accent colors and
wallpaper options now — it's nice to be able to choose whether your background image is painted directly on the tiles or draped behind them — and little things like animations have been tweaked, but by and large this is the same old Start screen, with options galore for minimalists and info - hounds alike.
Not exact matches
Room
options now include: Deluxe, Spa, Great Room, eXtra Bedroom and SkyView - which equate to fancy names (and higher prices) for new
wallpaper and furniture.
The Start screen also has more
options, and it can
now share your desktop
wallpaper.
The Android 8.1.0 official upgrade brings the following new changes with the new OS: new
Wallpaper - based theme, new Power Menu just like on the Pixel 2 phones, battery levels
now can be seen on the Bluetooth settings screen, revamped Settings page, a new Oreo Easter Egg, the Keep Wifi On During Sleep
option will be removed, from
now on Apps will only show a single notification alert per second, «Apps Using Battery» notification dismissal is supported in Oreo 8.1, Semi-Transparent Quick Settings panel, and more.
Now click on
Wallpaper to select from the available
options like Static
Wallpapers, Live
Wallpapers, and Photos.
Now you can find the
Wallpaper option that can be tapped and selected accordingly.
Under settings the first
option pop's is the «Start + Theme», which
now allows adding of background photos as
wallpaper on the home screen.
Other people looking to experience parts of Android 6.0 have a few
options though, including the new official
wallpapers, the new boot animation and
now the new Google Now Launcher a
now the new Google
Now Launcher a
Now Launcher app.
The Android 8.1.0 OS upgrade comes with the following major changes: new
Wallpaper - based themes for both light and dark ones, battery levels for connected Bluetooth devices, improved Power menu, redesigned Settings page, a new Oreo proper Easter Egg, Keep Wifi On During Sleep
option has been removed, all apps will
now be able to make a single Notification Alert per second, the «Apps Using Battery» Notification can
now be dismissed, and more.