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get much better than dunking an Oreo into milk it just adds a little
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that's why Google went with the name Android Oreo for the eighth version of
its mobile OS that it's rolling out dunking your smartphone into some
exciting new features so then let's pull
the newest version of Android apart and have a taste of what's inside I'll stop
that now starting out is the significantly revamped notification
system which you can now organize into channels the basic idea here is to group
notifications by category and customize
how your phone gets your attention on a per category basis for example if you're
using a messaging app like Google Hangouts you can choose to only show
some chatter from an unimportant group silently while telling your phone to
vibrate light up and even override do not disturb when you get an angry ping
from your boss asking where that next Techquickie script is and while we're
on the subject of notifications Oreo offers iOS style notification badges
that appear on app icons if they want
your attention although you won't get a number showing how many notifications
you have they will be drawn in different colors to match the app icon instead of
that jarring lurid red that you always get on the iPhone here's another one if
you've been using a Google pixel you've probably noticed how it uses round icons
as opposed to the variety of shapes you might see on other Android devices with
Oreo app developers can now create adaptive icons that your device will
automatically adjust into a circle square or rounded circular square
looking thing depending on your system settings another big visual change is
picture-in-picture that's right the feature that was once a huge selling
point for sports fans looking to invest big-screen TV for the living room is now
coming to your pocket the goal
is to enable users to carry on let's say
a voice chat for example while looking up something pertinent in the background
sadly but maybe unsurprisingly though you'll need to shellow for YouTube read
if you want to watch youtube videos with the feature but the changes to Oreo
aren't all visual one of the most
notable under the hood improvements is to battery life management Google is
promising again but no really it's a lot
better this time but although the effectiveness of these power
improvements remains to be seen one thing we are sure of is Oreos ability to
automatically re-enable your Wi-Fi if you're close to an own network keeping
you from burning through your data if you turned it off to avoid stupid
pop-ups about joining cat lady house Wi-Fi when you were out and about last
but not least if you're an instant messaging aficionado Android stock
emojis don't look like weird blobs anymore so there's that though at the
same time Google also apparently decided to use a blob like octopus as a version
mascot anyway Android Oreo is available for
these pixel and Nexus devices and non-google phones and tablets we'll be
getting it in the coming months no word yet though on whether we'll be getting a
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