With the latest preview of Android O, we see the new TV Launcher experience is getting more polished. Many small tweaks have been made. After spending some time with the new launcher, it still feels like it lags too much on my Nexus Player, although that will hopefully be remedied in the final release. We’ll […]
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It’s time for Android O to start wrapping up. This means that Google is finishing the final touches and optimizing what code they’ve written. For Android developers, the now launched third preview for the upcoming release provides some certainties which will allow them to look closely at Android O for finished apps. This third preview […]
PSA: Android O Beta Blocks Sideloading on Android TV
Android O is focusing on a wide variety of issues to make the user experience better and more secure. One feature, uncovered by Android Police, blocks apps installing APKs until the user explicitly approves that application. Users still need to allow installing apps from unknown sources, but it would then give more control over which […]
Android O includes many useful features, showing its maturity as an operating system. Some of these include downloadable fonts and font resources. These two features will make it easier to add a unique style to your app. With an upcoming update to Google Play Services, developers will be able to quickly access over 800 of […]
Recommendations currently are not great. Many apps use the recommendation row on the launcher to push things that may seem popular, but things you don’t want. It gives you a bad experience and doesn’t help the content creators either. With Android O, this could change. Users may be given greater control over the kinds of […]
Wi-Fi has become a rather ubiquitous standard for wireless Internet communication, but it can often be more power-hungry and more complicated to implement than other wireless standards for nearby device communication. For example, using Google Cast may require your phone to message a router which then in turn messages your Android TV. There can be […]
Android O Beta Announced – System Images Posted Online (Nexus Player Image Available!)
It’s that time of the year again! Google has posted the first details about Android O. What does O stand for? Orange? Oatmeal? Oreo? These are all words. What did they add in? Taking a look at the API details page, there’s actually a lot of new changes. Snoozing notifications! PiP Arguments! Font resources! Adaptive […]