Guru is now eligible for FIOS and Jere settles his bet.
Show Notes
- Android 7.0 Nougat
- The Complete Nougat Changelog.
- Multi-window support.
- Notification enhancements and design changes.
- New JIT/AOT compiler that improves battery and performance.
- Doze on the Go enhances Doze to save battery when on the go.
- Project Svelte deprecates several lesser used background features that are only used by older apps.
- Improvements to Data Saver give users control over how apps use cellular data.
- Vulkan integration
- A new Quick Setting Tile API to define new tiles.
- Number blocking API
- Call Screening service
- Multi-locale support
- New emojis
- Webview is replaced by Chrome in 7.0 and above as well as allow selecting the Webview implementation
- Geolocation API will require SSL.
- Accessibility Enhancements
- Direct boot improves device startup times.
- Key Attestation allows for verification that key pairs stored properly protect sensitive information your app uses.
- Apps can customize the behavior of their secure (HTTP, TLS) connections safely.
- APK Signature Scheme v2 introduced, supports faster app install times and more protection against unauthorized alterations to APK files.
- New APIs for requesting access to specific external storage directories, simplifying the steps taken to grant access.
- VR Support
- Print Service enhancements add additional information about printers and printer jobs
- Virtual files, allowing access to cloud storage files even if they do not have a direct representation.
- Regular quarterly maintenance releases.
- Improved system backup coverage
- Android News
- App News
- Google bringing Wifi Assistant, once exclusive to Project Fi, to All Nexus Devices.
- In Other News
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