Episode 362 – Super Oreo

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.

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