(ThyBlackMan.com) Google’s Android 8.0 Oreo is finally here after many rounds of testing. The Android O features revealed by Google give a clear picture of how mobile devices will look like in 2017 and beyond. Android’s ecosystem is growing, especially with the advent of several devices including Android-powered smartphones, tablets, Chromebooks and smart speaker Google Home. What Google lacks is a perfect synchronization. Fortunately, with the new Android 8.0 Oreo features, Google is bringing some serious improvements, tweaks and everything the mobile operating system needed.
1. Integrated printing support
If you’re an Android user and ever tried printing documents by connecting your device to a printer, you know how problematic it is.
To take prints, you have to download your printer-specific plugins from Play Store, but if your phone is powered by Android Oreo, things have become easier and simpler than ever.
Google has partnered with Morpia and it means that the latest version of the operating system will support the default print service which is certified by Morpia and a majority of the printers worldwide are compatible with it. Morpia-certified printers are among the 97% of the printers sold worldwide.
2. Project Treble
This one is going to be a game changer, at least for smartphone makers. In simple terms, the Project Treble is a way through which Google will separate the device manufacturers’ customizations from the core operating system. As a result, releasing system updates on Android devices will become faster and easier. According to Google, every new phone launching with the Android Oreo will be supported by this feature.
3. Picture-in-Picture
This is one of the biggest steps by Google and it will be making a huge impact on the company’s product line. Picture-in-Picture mode makes Android more productive in nature. The feature enables a multitasking by allowing you to use two apps at once. In the company’s official blog, Google highlights how the user is able to enjoy video chat while accessing other features of the device. This is not a new concept, but it’s new for the platform.
In simple terms, you can use applications like Google Maps, Duo and video in Chrome in picture-in-picture mode, and even after closing the app with the home button, the app will pop-out in a window so you can multitask.
4. Autofill
A large number of password managers available on Play Store, and there are many for desktops as well. When it comes to managing passwords on Android, such applications don’t always work accurately and most of the time users have to simply copy and paste their passwords in the required fields. The new Android 8.0 Oreo brings a dedicated Autofill feature. Once you’re done setting up your phone to support this feature, every time you open an app that requires login fields to be filled, Android Oreo will automatically retrieve the password from the database and you can simply authenticate the login with your pin or fingerprint. If you’re using any of the well-known applications for password management, fortunately, Oreo will allow third party developers to use the Autofill API for application development.
5. Wide-gamut color for apps:
Display quality is increasingly being improved in the smartphone and tablets. The support for color profiles largely depends on the device’s manufacturer. Some of the recently launched device support wide-gamut color and many third party applications get benefitted due to this.
Now, with the arrival of Android 8.0 Oreo, this feature is coming to the smartphones. An average user wouldn’t care much about it, but professional photographers and graphics designers who develop or use imaging applications will be enjoying it. The feature is device specific, so the devices with wide-gamut color display capabilities will be able to get Oreo’s support for embedded color profiles including AdobeRGB, Pro Photo RGB, and DCI-P3.
Google’s Android Oreo is little away from show-off, but it brings many things the Android ecosystem needed. The company has taken care of both the necessities and innovation with the latest update.
Regarding its release, Google says: “by the end of this year” a majority of handsets will get Android 8.0 Oreo. The companies including Essential, HMD Global Home of Nokia Phones, General Mobile, Huawei, Kyocera, LG, Motorola, HTC, OnePlus, Samsung, Sony, and Sharp are scheduled to release updates or launch devices with Oreo.
Staff Writer; Corey Shaw
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