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Guru3D.com » News » Google To Release Android 7.1 for Non-Pixel Phones in December

Google To Release Android 7.1 for Non-Pixel Phones in December

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/12/2016 09:10 AM | source: | 8 comment(s)
Google To Release Android 7.1 for Non-Pixel Phones in December

Google disclosed  several new features headed to Nougat within Android 7.1. While the recently-announced Pixel handsets will ship with their own version of Android 7.1 (including Google Assistant), this iterative update will eventually be made available to Nexus and other phones.

The most obvious new feature for end users is new support for GIFs and animations within the keyboard. Google says the Android keyboard will be able to interact with third-party apps to create and apply stickers, videos, and other expressive content. Android 7.1 also adopts a 3D Touch-style interactive tool that will let people access up to five secondary actions/settings that can be reached directly from the launcher.

What’s in Android 7.1?

Android 7.1 delivers the productivity, security, and performance of Android 7.0, along with a variety of optimizations and bug fixes, features, and new APIs (API level 25).

For developers, Android 7.1 adds new capabilities to help you drive engagement in your app and deliver an improved user experience, such as:

  • App shortcuts API — lets you surface key actions directly in the launcher and take your users deep into your app instantly. You can create up to 5 shortcuts, either statically or dynamically.
  • Circular app icons support — lets you provide great-looking rounded icon resources that match the look of Pixel and other launchers.
  • Enhanced live wallpaper metadata — lets you provide metadata about your live wallpapers to any picker displaying the wallpapers as a preview. You can show existing metadata such as label, description, and author, as well as a new context URL and title to link to more information.

Android 7.1 also adds these much-requested developer features to the platform:

  • Image keyboard support — expands the types of content that users can enter from their keyboards, letting them express themselves through custom stickers, animated gifs, and more. Apps can tell the keyboard what types of content they accept, and keyboards can deliver all of the images and other content that they offer to the user. For broad compatibility, this API will also be available in the support library.
  • Storage manager Intent — lets an app take the user directly to a new Settings screen to clear unused files and free up storage space on the device.

For carriers and calling apps, the platform includes new APIs to support multi-endpoint calling and new telephony configuration options.

Another tool called storage manager intent allows users to quickly access apps' memory settings to clear out unwanted or old files. Android 7.1 gives developers several new functions, as well, including the ability to adopt the Pixels' round app icons, and glean more data from active wallpapers. Google says it will release a developer preview off Android 7.1 in the near future to the Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, and Pixel C. The updated platform bumps up the API level to 25 and developers will have to adjust their apps accordingly. Google expects to release Android 7.1 to a wide range of devices, including more Nexus handsets, in the months ahead.

Get your apps ready

Android 7.1 is an incremental release, but it’s always important to make sure your apps look and run great — especially as devices start to reach consumers.

The Android 7.1 Developer Preview will give you everything you need to test your apps or extend them with new features like shortcuts or keyboard images. Included are the SDK with new APIs, build tools, documentation and samples, as well as emulators and device system images for running your apps on supported Nexus devices. We’ll also include a launcher and apps that support app shortcuts, and a keyboard and apps that support keyboard images.

If you want to receive the Developer Preview automatically, visit Android Beta and enroll your device. If you previously enrolled a device and haven’t unenrolled, your device will receive the update. If you already enrolled but don’t want to receive the update, visit Android Beta to unenroll the device as soon as possible.

Initially, we’ll offer the Developer Preview for Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, and Pixel C devices, extending to other supported devices by the end of the preview. At the final release of the Android 7.1.x platform, due in early December, we’ll roll out updates to the full lineup of supported devices — Nexus 6, 5X, 6P, 9, Player, Pixel C, and supported Android One devices — as well as Pixel and Pixel XL devices.

Coming to consumer devices soon

We’re working with our partners to bring Android 7.1 to devices in the ecosystem over the months ahead, so we recommend downloading the Android 7.1 Developer Preview as soon as it’s available. Test your apps for compatibility and optimize them to look their best, such as by providing circular app icons and adding app shortcuts.




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Glottiz
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#5344794 Posted on: 10/12/2016 09:18 AM
So now even Google's own devices need to wait long time to get latest updates. Android fragmentation is getting out of hand.

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#5344844 Posted on: 10/12/2016 10:35 AM
So now even Google's own devices need to wait long time to get latest updates. Android fragmentation is getting out of hand.

clearly yes, and more tracking at each release too...

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#5344845 Posted on: 10/12/2016 10:36 AM
So the S7 can look forward to Samsungs super quick release schedule and we should have it by say.... 2018? lol

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#5344886 Posted on: 10/12/2016 12:39 PM
Cyanogenmod voids warraties but its worth it :)

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#5344944 Posted on: 10/12/2016 03:35 PM
So the S7 can look forward to Samsungs super quick release schedule and we should have it by say.... 2018? lol


What are you even on about? 2019 earliest lol.

Cyanogenmod voids warraties but its worth it :)


Yeah, this. Now if it had a Smart Stay implementation in CM13 I'd be perfectly happy with it. What also irritates me is that they forgot to add the quick PIN feature on the lock screen. I have to press enter every time after inputting my PIN ugh.
Either way, I've been sitting on CM for the past 2 years on my S5. I don't regret voiding my warranty one bit, touchwiz may have nice features but it's terribly bloated.
Cyanogenmod + the S series having really good build quality and hardware is a killer combo.

Speaking of which, since Samsung is doing all they can to lock, encrypt and generally have sex with the bootloaders in their phones, I probably won't go for Samsung again. Android stands for an open environment, Samsung is not respecting that.
If I wanted a walled garden I'd have thrown my money at Apple.

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