Episode 362 – Super Oreo

By | August 23, 2017

It’s a bird, it’s a plane…it’s Super Oreo!

Show Notes

  • Android News
    • Android Oreo Superpowers, coming to a device near you.
    • Introducing Android 8.0 Oreo
    • The Build Number format for Android has changed with Oreo to include the date of release.
    • Android Oreo greatly reduces Lock Screen unlocking latency.
    • Notification Channels in Oreo allows for developers to offer more granularity in showing notifications.
    • Android O will make you love notifications again.
    • Oreo offers changes to battery stats display.
    • Oreo better controls background execution limits.
    • Google adds support for multicasting/LTE Broadcast to AOSP.
    • Likelihood that Googlers use Android Wear in their normal lives.
  • App News
    • LastPass launches public beta with support for Oreo’s Autofill API.
    • Inbox now has an All Inboxes view.
  • In Other News
    • Verizon permanently throttling video on unlimited plans, as low as 480p.
    • Supreme Court asked to nullify Google trademark.
    • New New York law allows neighbors to sue over unwanted outdoor cameras.
    • How to clean fingerprints and such off your smartphone and tablet.
    • Jerry Lewis dead at age 91.