Thursday, October 13, 2016

Google has revealed the list of Nexus devices receiving Android 7.1, Developer Preview coming out this month – ITbukva (press release)

Google showed the list of Nexus  devices receiving Android 7.1, Developer Preview  coming out this monthlast week, Google announced the smartphones Pixel and Pixel XL running Android 7.1 Nougat. While many of the features of their first devices were mentioned during the presentation, the new version of Android has not received proper representation, according to ITbukva.com.

well, today Google fixed that by presenting Android 7.1 through its official developer blog. He has also published a list of devices receiving it, and fortunately it includes some older Nexus models, for which support would have ended. But Google decided to do the right thing and not allow them to stay on 7.0 today and forever.

We’re talking of course about the Motorola Nexus 6 and HTC Nexus 9. They will get Android 7.1 along with the 6P Nexus Huawei, LG Nexus, 5X, Pixel C, Asus Nexus Player, as well as supported Android devices One. First older devices that will taste 7.1 will be 6P Nexus, 5X and Pixel C.

the Developer Preview of Android 7.1 will be released by the end of this month for three devices, spreading to the rest in a few weeks. The final release should drop in early December. As before, if you want to get the Developer Preview, make sure that the device was in the Android Beta program.

7.1 Android will have some features that were originally planned (and announced) by Google for release 7.0, such as Daydream support VR and seamless updates. Both of them require compatible hardware, so you won’t see them on old or new devices preloaded with Android 7.1.

in addition, the new version of Android comes with app shortcuts API that allows developers to place important actions for their apps directly to the launcher, instantly bringing users deeply in the application.

Round app icons will also be, apparently, because developers can create them to match the appearance Pixel. The extended metadata of the Wallpaper is also embedded, as it is the intention of the Storage Manager, which allows the user to add the app directly into the new screen settings to clean up unused files and free up storage space.

the Keyboard will receive the support of the image. This means that you will be able to enter custom stickers, animated gifs and images directly through the keyboard of choice, as soon as she implements this new functionality. For the operators, and the caller application are new interfaces that support multi-endpoint call and the new configuration settings telephony.

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