The new Android N release is not far. As confirmed at last year’s I/O, Google will now release major new Android updates yearly, following the path established with Lollipop. So for this year, we know we’ll see the Android N developer preview at I/O
, followed by monthly updates until the full Android 7.0 release in October.
Here are all the confirmed, rumored and expected Android N features.
Multi-window mode
The first Android N feature to be confirmed was multi-window mode, with the confirmation coming, obscurely enough, via a Reddit AMA with the Pixel C team. Of course, you can already get a version of stock multi-window mode in Android Marshmallow, but it’s not perfectly polished.
Better tablet support
Android N tablet features could include: more functional multi-tasking, not only a multi-window feature, a real push for tablet-optimized apps, customizable nav buttons, DPI switcher, stock floating mini-apps and tablet-specific System UI Tuner features.
Moving to OpenJDK from Java APIs
Android N will quit Java APIs. It’s still Oracle code, but OpenJDK is, as the name, suggests, part of the open-source Java Development Kit. , Google will officially be making the switch to OpenJDK in Android N. As Google confirmed: we plan to move Android’s Java language libraries to an OpenJDK-based approach, creating a common code base for developers to build apps and services.”
The change should make development for Android N that much simpler and external changes will be negligible.
Rumored Android N features
Android N name
The Android N name is the biggest game of the year. Android N's official name is yet to be selected and it might be interesting name. You can have your names and suggestion for Android N name, simply pick your favorite dessert that starts with an “n” and place your bets. The firm favorite currently is Android 7.0 Nutella.
Stock stylus support
Samsung may have hinted at stock stylus support in Android N by planning to retire several of the main S Pen features from its Look API. The Samsung developers page makes the notation that these features “will be deprecated in Android N” – a term used to describe a soon-to-be-obsolete feature. The natural assumption is that these stylus features will appear in stock Android 7.0.
ChromeOS integration
This one is a peculiar one. Last year The Wall Street Journal “confirmed” that Chrome OS would be killed off, Google responded by saying it was fully committed to Chrome OS and the platform was “here to stay” but that it is looking at “ways to bring together the best of both operating systems.” It’s highly likely that we’ll see at least some implementation of Chrome OS and Android compatibility in Android N.
New messaging app
There’s a rumor doing the rounds that Google will be introducing an all-new messaging app with Android N to replace the largely unpopular Hangouts SMS/MMs integration. The new app will be based on the Rich Communications Services (RCS) platform, which allows for much more than just talk and text to be shuttled around, including video chat, file sharing and instant messaging. Google still not confirms it.
Expected Android N features
Dark Theme will return to Android
The Dark Theme that appeared temporarily in the Android M preview builds vanished again to widespread dismay and still hasn’t made it back into an official Android Marshmallow update. Considering it’s such a popular feature request and AMOLED displays look set to take over the display market, we can only assume it will sneak back in as an Android N feature much like stock multi-window mode.
Improved Smart Lock for Passwords
Android Marshmallow introduced Smart Lock for Passwords, a basic Google password manager that can store your app passwords so that any time you re-install an app you will be automatically logged in. Combined with Android’s revitalised app backup, the idea is that the whole process of setting up a new device is seamless. The only problem is that not that many apps support Smart Lock for passwords yet so its value is still largely underutilized. With any luck, Android N will see a lot more apps supporting the feature.
MOAR battery optimization
Battery optimization is and always will be one of the most important aspects of any Android release. Lollipop introduced a stock Battery Saver Mode and Marshmallow introduced Doze Mode and App Standby. Android N will likely refine these features and hopefully allow Doze to work even when it’s in your pocket.
Security and app stability will Enhanced
With the appearance of granular app permissions in Marshmallow, Google took a major step in the right direction: allowing users to choose the app permissions they were comfortable with on an app-by-app basis and reject those they felt were unreasonable.
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