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Mishaal Rahman
The first Android 15 beta is HERE! Android 15 Beta 1 is rolling out today to users enrolled in the Android beta program. Supported devices include the Pixel 6 and newer, as well as the Pixel Tablet and Pixel Fold. Here’s what’s new in Android 15 Beta 1, according to Google: (1/6) 8 comments
Mishaal Rahman
* Another Android 15 feature I first reported on is app archiving, which went live in DP2 but Google is now choosing to highlight in Beta 1. Android 15 includes OS level support for app archiving and unarchiving, making it easier for third-party app stores to support it (Google Play already does since last year). App store developers should check out the new PackageInstaller APIs while launcher developers should check out the new LauncherApps APIs to learn how to handle archived apps. (3/6)
Mishaal Rahman
* The TalkBack accessibility service in Android 15 now supports Braille displays that use human interface devices over USB and Bluetooth. (4/6)
Mishaal Rahman
* There’s also now an OS-level API for E2EE of contact keys so users can securely manage and verify other people’s contact information, enhancements to the NFC observe mode to allow apps to register a fingerprint so they can be notified of polling loop activity, inter-character text justification support, a new ProfilingManager class to collect profiling info from within apps, and additional changes to prevent malicious background apps from bringing other apps to the foreground. (5/6)
Mishaal Rahman
Android 15 Beta 1 is the first of 4 planned beta releases. Beta 2 will very likely be unveiled at Google I/O on May 14, while Beta 3 will happen sometime in June and Beta 4 sometime in July. Beta 3 is when Platform Stability will be reached. (6/6)
The Evil Chocolate Cookie
@MishaalRahman that is just my luck. I just finished paying off an older display on the installment plan just so I could have one to use with my phone over Bluetooth.
The Evil Chocolate Cookie
@MishaalRahman do you have any word on the corruption issue? I’m not installing squat until I hear about that, even though I want this thing so badly I can just about start hopping around right now. I played with developer preview one until someone alerted me of a horrible bug affecting the pixel seven line that caused the corruption thing anytime you rebooted your phone. |
Gregory's Server
* As I first reported, apps targeting Android 15 are now displayed edge-to-edge by default when running on Android 15! This means apps won’t have to call the edge-to-edge APIs to show content behind system bars in Android 15, though they should call those APIs to do so in earlier releases. To assist app developers in supporting edge-to-edge, many Material 3 composables handle insets for you.
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