Google has released the final preview update of Android P. This is the last preview milestone before the official launch of the Android P operating system. Beta 4 includes a release candidate build that has the final system behaviors and the official Android P APIs. It also includes everything developers need to finish testing before … continue reading
The Android Development Team has begun rolling out the third Android P beta. According to the company, this beta release is very close to what the final version of the upcoming operating system will look like. Android P Beta 3 features the latest bug fixes and optimizations for stability and polish. The preview released yesterday … continue reading
Google is looking to improve biometrics in its upcoming operating system Android P. The company announced developers can start using the BiometricPrompt API to integrate biometric authentication into their apps. According to Google, biometrics are an important part to keeping users safe. Apps and devices typically utilize knowledge factors, possession factors and biometrics factors for … continue reading
Google has announced the second beta release of its upcoming operating system Android P. This update includes the final Android P APIs, the latest system images, and updated developer tools to prepare for the consumer release. This beta release utilizes machine learning in many of its new features, according to the company. In collaboration with … continue reading
Google provided more insight into upcoming developer features on day two of its annual developer conference I/O. With the beta release of Android P, the operating system is getting a new “Jetpack” designed to accelerate development. Android Jetpack is “the next generation of Android components” and features benefits of the support library to a bigger … continue reading
Google’s annual developer conference, Google I/O’18, kicked off today with a focus on bringing AI-powered features across the Google platform. The company also announced the beta release of Android P as well as a cross-platform collection of APIs for deploying AI-based featured with developers’ apps. “We’re at an important inflection point in computing, and it’s … continue reading
Google has announced that the developer preview for Android P will include built-in support for DNS over TLS. DNS over TLS is a new DNS protocol the Internet Engineering Task Force created to provide the latest protections for security and privacy. It uses the TLS protocol to create a secure connection to the server and … continue reading
Google has announced cryptography changes in Android P. The company plans to deprecate some functionality from the BC provider in order to avoid additional costs and risks. In the later release, it plans to remove the deprecated functionality entirely. “In a previous post, we announced that the Crypto provider was deprecated beginning in Android Nougat. Since … continue reading
Google has announced the first developer preview of its upcoming operating system Android P. The release of Android P is just a baseline build for developers. The company says it will have a lot more features to announce at its developer conference Google I/O in May. The preview features indoor positioning with Wi-Fi RTT, display … continue reading