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Click the subscribe button, then enable notifications with the bell icon so you won't miss any

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So what's your favorite dessert that starts with the letter P?

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Pecan pie?

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Peppermint patty?

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Pop tart?

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Well, we don't know which one Google will pick for its newest mobile operating system

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codenamed Android P, but we do know some of the features you'll be able to look forward

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to once it hits the phone in your pocket, or the one you're looking to buy.

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Let's start with one of the things you're likely to notice as soon as you pick up your

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phone, notifications.

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Android Oreo introduced the ability to reply to a message directly from its notification

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instead of opening the app fully.

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But P will take this one step further, showing images in line.

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So if one of your friends is a narcissistic Instagrammer who keeps sending you photos

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of his or her dinner, you can now feign excitement more quickly than ever.

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And on the subject of images, you'll now, finally, also be able to draw and mark up

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your screenshot.

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If you want to call someone's attention to a certain part of the screencap.

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And you also get an option to take one just by holding down the power button if you don't

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like having to press down two buttons at once.

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And certain apps can take better advantage of newer phones that have a dual camera setup,

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enabling functionality like depth detection and more realistic AR experiences.

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The visual related changes don't stop there either.

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If you stumble upon text that's a little too small to read comfortably, there's now

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an iOS-like lens zoom feature.

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And there are a number of new features.

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The new system animations and visual accents.

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So you might notice a bit more color on items that could use it, like different sub-menus

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in the settings app, but also a bit less in others.

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Battery saver, for example, still shows an icon letting you know it's on, but it no

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longer turns the top and bottom of your screen that distracting shade of red.

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And Android P also features smarter adaptive brightness, now adjusting the backlight level

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based on typical usage patterns, instead of relying solely on how dim your surroundings

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are.

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And speaking of battery saver, let's move on and talk a little bit more about what's

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under the hood.

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If you do like the power sipping mode, you can now configure it to kick in earlier if

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your phone's battery isn't the greatest.

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But you shouldn't be spending as much time waiting around for your battery draining tasks

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to complete anyway, since the usual tweaks to the run time are present, with Google hoping

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for fastest ever load times with minimal memory usage.

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And while we're on the subject of making things quicker, let's talk about gestural navigation.

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Gone is the triangle-circle-square paradigm that Android users have gotten used to.

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Now Android P has a single home button that you can tap, hold, or swipe to bring up your

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app drawer or recently used programs, similar to iOS, which Google was hoping will make

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it easier for users to bring up frequently used or currently running apps.

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And if you ever get curious just how long you use those apps for, Android P provides

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a breakdown of app usage, and how many notifications each one sends you, allowing you to keep up

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tabs on just how bad your addictions to Netflix and Snapchat really are.

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Now onto something a little more exciting, Android P's indoor positioning feature.

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This could come in handy the next time you're in a large indoor facility like a shopping

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mall or an airport.

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You see, the new Wi-Fi standard 802.11 MC will be able to measure the trip time of your

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Wi-Fi signal to and from an access point, which lets it triangulate your position indoors.

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It does require hardware support.

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But with the right device, it could actually be used for a lot of other things.

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So let's take a look.

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And finally, we'd be a bit remiss if we didn't talk about a rather important security

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tweak.

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Android P no longer allows apps to access your camera or microphone in the background.

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Now, although that's comforting news, it really makes me wonder what they may have

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been watching or listening to up until now.

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And it does nothing for the usual vast majority of Android users who will be left behind when

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Android P rolls out sometime later this year.

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