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Android 9 Pie Released With Gesture Based Navigation System, Adaptive Battery: How to

Android 9 Pie Released With Gesture-Based Navigation System, Adaptive Battery: How to 3d2q45

By Jagmeet Singh | Updated: 7 August 2018 13:12 IST

Android 9 Pie has debuted as the public release of Android P 326f4r

Highlights

Android 9 Pie has been officially released
This comes as the successor to Android Oreo
The new platform includes a gesture-based navigation system

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Android 9 Pie, the next iteration in the Android family, has now been officially released. The latest Pixel 2 XL.

The new Android 9 Pie platform, the successor to iPhone X last year and omits the traditional three-button navigation.

How to Android 9 Pie 5g5y57

As we mentioned, Android 9 Pie is initially rolling out to Pixel devices, including the Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, and Pixel 2 XL. The update is already live as an over-the-air (OTA) package, and you can manually check its presence on your Pixel device by going to Settings > Software updates.

Android Pie is limited to Pixel devices for now

Google has additionally announced that companies participated in the Beta programme, namely Essential, HMD Global, OnePlus, Oppo, Sony, Vivo, and Xiaomi, will receive the update by the end of this fall. Notably, the Essential PH-1 has Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S. The company led by Sundar Pichai is also working with a number of OEMs to bring Android 9 to their devices later this year.

What's new in Android 9 Pie 6m2l38

Among other great features, Android 9 Pie brings a new system navigation that operates using a single home button - similar to how the iPhone X works. You can swipe up the home button to get into the Overview and view full-screen previews of your recently used apps. There is also an enhanced Smart Text Selection feature that works recognises the meaning of the text you've selected to suggest your relevant actions such as opening Google Maps to see the reviews of a place or open Gmail to write an email. You can also swipe to switch between multiple apps. Additionally, you can press and hold the tiny home button to activate Google Assistant. The new navigation system replaces the bar available at the bottom with three buttons for back, home, and overview.

Android Pie's gesture-based navigation system

In addition to the new navigation system, Android Pie has various machine learning inputs to enable features such as Adaptive Battery and Adaptive Brightness. Both features offer a personalised experience. Further, there is an App Actions feature that predicts what you'll want to do next based on your context and display that action right on your device. For instance, if you usually use Google Maps to navigate to work, the feature enables your device to automatically show you Google Maps navigation option when you're preparing to commute to your work. The new Android version also includes an upgraded Do Not Disturb mode that allows you to turn off all visual interruptions.

Security in Android P is also touted to be largely improved over Android Oreo. There is an improved security model for biometrics as well as privacy improvements such as TLS by default and DNS over TLS to protect web communications.

At Google Play. Once you've accepted the invitation after g up, Digital Wellbeing features will appear in the Settings menu of your handset.

Digital Wellbeing features on Android Pie

It is worth noting here that similar to Google's attempt, iOS 12 already offer a glimpse of the tools that are likely to reach the masses sometime in September.

Google also announced App Slices at I/O 2018 that are designed to highlight rich, dynamic content from apps directly in the search bar and in places such as Google Assistant. However, similar to Digital Wellbeing, this has been kept for future. Google is apparently waiting for third-party app developers to implement certain changes to enable the slices functionality on their apps.

Apart from the major new features, Android P brings enhanced messaging notifications that include conversations, photos, stickers, and smart reply options. Text selection has also been improved with a Magnifier widget that helps s precisely position the cursor or the text selection handles by viewing zoomed text through the draggable pane. Display cutout is also a part of Android Pie to notches.

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