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Wednesday, 13 March 2019

Android Q Beta with improved foldable phone features, Sharing shortcuts, Settings Panels and more released

Google has released Android beta for Android ‘Q’, the next major Android release, ahead of Google I/O 2018 in May, just like the past years. Google said that the next version of Android will bring  number of additional privacy and security features for users, as well as enhancements for foldable devices, Dynamic Depth format for photos, new APIs for connectivity, new media codecs and camera capabilities, NNAPI extensions, Vulkan 1.1 support, faster app startup, and more.  The first beta doesn't bring system-wide Dark mode as rumored, but you can enable the toggle in settings using ADB. It is enabled automatically for some, if it's enabled in Android Pie before updating. Battery saver in Android Q turns some system apps dark. Android Q is now available for Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL devices on the Android developer website here manually or you can enroll here to get the OTA update to your device. Beta 2 will be available in April, Beta 3 in May, Beta 4 (with final APIs and official SDK) in June and the Beta 5 and 6 in Q3 before the final stable release at the end of Q3 2019. New features in Android Q Support for Foldables ...