In recent weeks we have witnessed dozens of news about Android N. The new member of the great family of the most used software in the world continues to give a lot to talk about and with each new correction or update that occurs in it, we are getting to know more features about this interface. Little by little, some users are unraveling more specifications of it thanks to the installation of beta versions on their devices. This also allows us to know all the failures present in the first stages and also helps developers to correct everything that, in the long term, can harm millions of terminals once it appears on the market officially.
A few hours ago, the second preview of the system. Next we tell you what it consists of, what are the new functions that it incorporates and that will be added later to the software, and also, what bugs are corrected with respect to the latest tests of Android N that have been coming out progressively. All this, aimed at paving the way for developers to soon launch the most stable version of an interface that, as we have mentioned on other occasions, is already present in more than 1.000 million terminals around the world.
Change in the appearance of emojis
This element, although it may seem insignificant, has drawn criticism from thousands of users for being objects with little visual appeal and far from a more human appearance. The entity in charge of the design of these characters, is once again Unicode, which has launched a ninth generation composed of 38 icons rather they try to satisfy a little more the demands of the public with new gestures such as taking selfies or animals.
Vulcan 3D
With the new preview, we already see this function installed as standard, which in previous versions was optional. With this interface, it is sought, on the one hand, an improvement in the appearance of icons and applications with the arrival of 3D and, on the other, a optimization of games in the field of graphics and visual effects that are compatible with this new format.
Stability improvements
During the last months, the versions of Android N that users already had available, were characterized by a high degree of instability that prevented a normal execution of the most basic tasks of the operating system. With the new update, errors such as unexpected closings of the WiFi connections or work in the role of multiscreen.
Application management
On the other hand, we find more discreet improvements focused on a simpler handling of the software such as the possibility of introducing Shortcuts to elements such as the calculator, changes in the visual appearance of the indicators battery and, the most prominent, the possibility of obtaining information from a tool by sliding it towards the bottom of the desktop or the ability to uninstall it if we move it up.
How to get it?
If you want to know yourselves everything that this preview can give of itself, you can access it if you have an account gmail and accessing Android Beta Program. Currently, the devices that can support this version are all models of the Nexus series from the 5X to the most recent terminal launched by Google, Pixel C.
What we already know
To these functions that are aimed at improving the execution of the operating system for the future, others that we already know are added. Among them we can find the multi-window mode and the possibility of activating it with the scrolling apps through the screen, configure the priority that we grant to the different notifications that we can receive from applications in areas such as messaging, the option that the «Settings» menu shows previous information about each parameter or also, the number blocking phone number that we do not want to be contacted.
As you have seen, little by little we continue to have more pieces on the Android N puzzle that began to form some time ago. As the launch date of the same approaches, we are witnessing new improvements focused on the one hand, to improve the operation of the software and on the other, to satisfy in a certain way, the demands of the users in aspects such as the customization capacity. or improving the management of resources. After learning more about what is new in the second preview of the green robot system, do you think that this will help to achieve greater stability of the interface that allows to leave behind the important errors that Android has dragged in its latest versions and that in some cases, They have not been corrected, or on the contrary, do you think that there is still a lot of time and development to be done before we are facing a more sophisticated operating system that manages to be more effective when it comes to working on millions of tablets and smartphones? You have more related information available, such as all the phases that this platform goes through before reaching the general public so that you can give your own opinion.