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They did the same thing wit KitKat.
Getting ready for Android Raiders, with doubled security through two fingers fingerprint reader.
I'm holding out for Android Diet Mountain Dew
Android Oreo
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Re: Android Oreo
#92So according to the release the new features are: -Picture in picture (dual app onscreen) -Notification dots and "force-touch-like-feature" (my words, not Google's) to preview -Google Play Protect (an antivirus) [0] -Minimize unintentional overuse of battery from apps in the background -Faster boot speed -Support forAndroid Instant Apps -Over 60 new emoji (sic) Under the hood stuff, not in the release (thanks u/izaku…
I think -- better power management for background apps and instant apps are real features I'd care about. For the later, I always hate to install an app just to check it out and then uninstall it quickly. Thats too much inconvenience for me.
Re: Android Oreo
#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or even if just gets the chip manufacturers out of the equation, that alone fixes most of the problems. The OEM side is usually pretty easy / trivial in comparison. And there are a number of OEMs who would happily push updates but can't, because they can't get hardware packages from Qualcomm / Amlogic / Freescale / etc. That, more than anything else, holds back new Android releases on lots of hardware.
Supposedly the carriers are real pains as well. I've heard horror stories of months-long approvals processes on Verizon and AT&T ROMs. It's a game I wish they'd get out of entirely. There's no such thing as a useful carrier overlay.
Probably because they have to test the ROMs on their network in different regions, with different frequency bands, with roaming, etc. That work is tedious given all of the phones they support.
Re: Android Oreo
#94Nice Marketing coop for an OS where 50% of devices won't get updates.
I don't get it. They bring frequent major updates with such important features like 60 new emijis or antivirus software instead of just doing their homework and implementing the number one feature for an OS: Direct OS updates from the OS vendor and nobody else.
Don't tell me it's a problem and the driver situation is so difficult. This is just a bad excuse. They want to keep people buying new Android phones.
Re: Android Oreo
#95Has Google ever released a report on how much time it takes an average flagship device to get the latest android version? Even if you've paid $$$$ in getting Samsung Galaxy S8 just recently, you're not going to get Android O tomorrow morning. But that's definitely the case with iOS. That makes a huge difference in the world where Software updates play a huge role in performance and functionality than hardware update…
Vertical integration has its advantages. Also, due to people buying new phones every 6 months those seem to be the two things that disincentivze Android phone makers to not do those things.
Re: Android Oreo
#96Am I the only one who's really disappointed by the platform's shift in its stance on background execution? I was originally drawn to Android because it wasn't iOS. I wanted to develop on a platform where I could run a service in the background if the user wanted that. Apps that were bad stewards of battery life and phone resources were supposed to be scrutinized by users and removed if they were too poor. You can be…
Apps that were bad stewards of battery life and phone resources were supposed to be scrutinized by users
If HN allowed emoji in comments, I'd have a U+1F923 here. Since I can't do that, you're adorable. The users, eh? The users are supposed to be burdened with checking the wake status and radio activation schedule of their apps? How was that supposed to work, exactly?
Re: Android Oreo
#97A lot of people complaining about using a brand name here -- isn't Kitkat (the 'K' release) also trademarked?
That was a cross promotion, this probably is as well. Google is an ad company.
Yes, Oreo is trademarked, and Google has licensed it from Nabisco.
http://www.androidauthority.com/android-8-0-oreo-announced-7...
Re: Android Oreo
#98Wondering if the following feature is enabled by default:
"Wi-Fi Assistant
Auto-connects you to high quality open WiFi and secures your connection with a VPN back to Google."
I really do not want to tunnel my whole traffic through Google's servers.
Re: Android Oreo
#99Has Google ever released a report on how much time it takes an average flagship device to get the latest android version? Even if you've paid $$$$ in getting Samsung Galaxy S8 just recently, you're not going to get Android O tomorrow morning. But that's definitely the case with iOS. That makes a huge difference in the world where Software updates play a huge role in performance and functionality than hardware update…
Just like you have to buy an Apple phone to get Apple updates immediately, you need to buy a Google phone to get Google updates immediately. Pixel and Nexus rollout is starting nowish (and beta participants are already getting the OTAs).
This is really not a secret at this time anymore and should be taken into account when you succumb to Samsung marketing.
Everybody else will be probably 4-6 months late.
Re: Android Oreo
#100Am I the only one who's really disappointed by the platform's shift in its stance on background execution? I was originally drawn to Android because it wasn't iOS. I wanted to develop on a platform where I could run a service in the background if the user wanted that. Apps that were bad stewards of battery life and phone resources were supposed to be scrutinized by users and removed if they were too poor. You can be…
That might be good for power users, but for the average user it's a disaster. How many people actually read the app permissions when they install something? Most apps request background privileges and if you don't like that your only other option (until recently) was to not install the app.
Users blame Android when Facebook and other popular apps started eating all their battery by running in the background. Google's only choice was to aggressively punish these apps.
All developers think their app is the most important thing running on the user's system, and that is how we get into situations like this.