5 features that make Android 9 Pie Awesome

Android users have another reason to be happy as Google announced the ninth edition of the Android mobile operating system called Android 9 Pie. This version has created a wide range of features with artificial intelligence to provide users with a more personalized experience. This latest version of the Android operating system is named as usual in its concept of dessert theme.

Android released its final version, but initially, Android 9 Pie is not compatible with all phones. This feature-rich version will specifically support smartphones manufactured by the manufacturers that participated in the Google Beta program for Android 9 Pie.

Here are the following manufacturers that participated in the beta version:

-> Oppo

-> Nokia

-> Xiaomi

-> Sony

-> One Plus

If you have a recent Google Pixel smartphone, you will have an update by air to download soon or wait for the notification to update.

Go to Settings> System> Advanced> System update and click on the "Verify update" button.

Android 9 Pie has new features that will leave Android users with the new level of automation and user experience:

Intuitive navigation

Navigation is one of the main elements that determines the user's experience and contributes to the success of an application. Google has presented the slight changes in the navigation factor. Android 9 Foot allows you to replace the three traditional buttons: Home, Back and Overview with the new gesture navigation button. This navigation gesture will allow users to move anywhere around the device, as in the iPhone X. In this interface, the overview button is removed and the Back button appears.

The configuration of the navigation gestures is not predetermined for now, and the user must do it manually:

Settings> System> Gestures and toggle the "Swipe up on the Start button" option.

Accessibility

Android 9 Pie has brought innovation in accessibility and introduced a new "accessibility menu" that has done some actions such as taking screenshot, browsing easier and interesting. Along with this, Android Pie has brought the "Select to talk" feature. To achieve this, they integrate OCR support for S2S into the camera that allows users to access text in a more transparent manner. Users must select text when using the camera, and then the text will be highlighted and read aloud.

Android 9 Pie has the function "Sound Amplifier" that allows users to adjust the sound or audio in more than 100 settings dynamically.

Adaptive battery and brightness

Adaptive Battery is the most important achievement for Android. In this function, Adaptive Battery learns the usage patterns of the individual application. Collaborated with the Deep Mind alphabet team in London, Google has developed this function. Primarily prioritize your applications and direct the power accordingly.

According to Guardian, "users of Android P beta Programed in Google Pixels have found an increase in battery life in the region of 20%, which augurs well for Android smartphones." Along with this, Google has incorporated AI in the brightness control that automates the brightness level of the screen according to the situation.

Digital well-being

The term digital well-being refers to Google's addiction tools against smartphones. It is classified into four elements: Control Panel, Application Timer, Do Not Disturb (DnD) and Reduce Wind.

Android 9 Pie comprises the control panel that allows users to track the time they are spending on their phones and applications. The application timer makes it easy for users to set time limits for the use of applications for specific applications. The Do Not Disturb (DnD) feature will silence both audio and visual alerts. The Wind Down feature allows your phone to be ready for bedtime, and the screen fades in grayscale.

New in the media

Android Pie 9 has brought a lot of new features in the media, such as the Bluetooth multiple connection, the sound delay report, the HD audio, the high dynamic range (HDR) videos and the volume memory configuration for each Bluetooth device. Along with this, Android 9 Pie addressed the problem of image storage and supported HEIF images that improve the compression of images and reduce the amount of storage required.