WEBVTT 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:01.520 Thanks for watching Techquickie. 00:00:01.520 --> 00:00:05.920 Click the subscribe button, then enable notifications with the bell icon so you won't miss any 00:00:05.920 --> 00:00:07.440 future videos. 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:11.400 So what's your favorite dessert that starts with the letter P? 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:12.800 Pecan pie? 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:13.800 Peppermint patty? 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:14.800 Pop tart? 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:19.060 Well, we don't know which one Google will pick for its newest mobile operating system 00:00:19.060 --> 00:00:24.040 codenamed Android P, but we do know some of the features you'll be able to look forward 00:00:24.040 --> 00:00:28.440 to once it hits the phone in your pocket, or the one you're looking to buy. 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:31.760 Let's start with one of the things you're likely to notice as soon as you pick up your 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:33.880 phone, notifications. 00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:38.900 Android Oreo introduced the ability to reply to a message directly from its notification 00:00:38.900 --> 00:00:40.680 instead of opening the app fully. 00:00:40.680 --> 00:00:44.920 But P will take this one step further, showing images in line. 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:48.720 So if one of your friends is a narcissistic Instagrammer who keeps sending you photos 00:00:48.720 --> 00:00:52.960 of his or her dinner, you can now feign excitement more quickly than ever. 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:57.820 And on the subject of images, you'll now, finally, also be able to draw and mark up 00:00:57.820 --> 00:00:58.320 your screenshot. 00:00:58.440 --> 00:01:02.300 If you want to call someone's attention to a certain part of the screencap. 00:01:02.300 --> 00:01:06.120 And you also get an option to take one just by holding down the power button if you don't 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:08.620 like having to press down two buttons at once. 00:01:08.620 --> 00:01:12.960 And certain apps can take better advantage of newer phones that have a dual camera setup, 00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:17.380 enabling functionality like depth detection and more realistic AR experiences. 00:01:17.380 --> 00:01:20.220 The visual related changes don't stop there either. 00:01:20.220 --> 00:01:23.940 If you stumble upon text that's a little too small to read comfortably, there's now 00:01:23.940 --> 00:01:27.420 an iOS-like lens zoom feature. 00:01:27.420 --> 00:01:28.420 And there are a number of new features. 00:01:28.420 --> 00:01:31.120 The new system animations and visual accents. 00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:35.420 So you might notice a bit more color on items that could use it, like different sub-menus 00:01:35.420 --> 00:01:39.200 in the settings app, but also a bit less in others. 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:43.420 Battery saver, for example, still shows an icon letting you know it's on, but it no 00:01:43.420 --> 00:01:47.620 longer turns the top and bottom of your screen that distracting shade of red. 00:01:47.620 --> 00:01:52.920 And Android P also features smarter adaptive brightness, now adjusting the backlight level 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:57.780 based on typical usage patterns, instead of relying solely on how dim your surroundings 00:01:57.780 --> 00:01:58.300 are. 00:01:58.420 --> 00:02:02.240 And speaking of battery saver, let's move on and talk a little bit more about what's 00:02:02.240 --> 00:02:03.560 under the hood. 00:02:03.560 --> 00:02:07.860 If you do like the power sipping mode, you can now configure it to kick in earlier if 00:02:07.860 --> 00:02:10.040 your phone's battery isn't the greatest. 00:02:10.040 --> 00:02:13.920 But you shouldn't be spending as much time waiting around for your battery draining tasks 00:02:13.920 --> 00:02:18.420 to complete anyway, since the usual tweaks to the run time are present, with Google hoping 00:02:18.420 --> 00:02:21.960 for fastest ever load times with minimal memory usage. 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:27.120 And while we're on the subject of making things quicker, let's talk about gestural navigation. 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:32.520 Gone is the triangle-circle-square paradigm that Android users have gotten used to. 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:38.080 Now Android P has a single home button that you can tap, hold, or swipe to bring up your 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:43.100 app drawer or recently used programs, similar to iOS, which Google was hoping will make 00:02:43.100 --> 00:02:47.300 it easier for users to bring up frequently used or currently running apps. 00:02:47.300 --> 00:02:51.900 And if you ever get curious just how long you use those apps for, Android P provides 00:02:51.900 --> 00:02:56.980 a breakdown of app usage, and how many notifications each one sends you, allowing you to keep up 00:02:56.980 --> 00:03:01.580 tabs on just how bad your addictions to Netflix and Snapchat really are. 00:03:01.580 --> 00:03:06.560 Now onto something a little more exciting, Android P's indoor positioning feature. 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:10.140 This could come in handy the next time you're in a large indoor facility like a shopping 00:03:10.140 --> 00:03:11.680 mall or an airport. 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:17.460 You see, the new Wi-Fi standard 802.11 MC will be able to measure the trip time of your 00:03:17.460 --> 00:03:23.100 Wi-Fi signal to and from an access point, which lets it triangulate your position indoors. 00:03:23.100 --> 00:03:25.520 It does require hardware support. 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:26.520 But with the right device, it could actually be used for a lot of other things. 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:26.620 So let's take a look. 00:03:26.980 --> 00:03:52.100 And finally, we'd be a bit remiss if we didn't talk about a rather important security 00:03:52.100 --> 00:03:53.100 tweak. 00:03:53.100 --> 00:03:56.780 Android P no longer allows apps to access your camera or microphone in the background. 00:03:56.780 --> 00:04:02.320 Now, although that's comforting news, it really makes me wonder what they may 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