Google officially announced major release and the 17th version of the Android mobile operating system on Thursday. It is currently in beta release for public and the final release of Android 10 is scheduled for release in Q3 of 2019.
Android New Logo is rollout for Android 10 (codenamed Android Q ). Google is introducing new Android logo with a modern and accessible look. Android logo features the Android robot and ‘android’ text in black color. Google changed the text color from green to black as green color.
What is the major change in Android mobile operating system?
Android Q is now Android 10. Google breaking the 10 year history of naming Android releases after desserts.
Why Google not using the names foods for Android 10?
Google stated that these names were not “inclusive” to international users. It means aforementioned foods not being internationally known and it was difficult to pronounce in some languages.
What are the new features available on Android 10?
Android 10 introduced a revamped full screen gesture system, Google Assistant, bubbles and dark theme features.
- Gestures such as swiping from either side edge of the display to go back swiping up to go to the home screen, swiping up and holding to access Overview
- Swiping diagonally from a bottom corner of the screen to activate the Google Assistant
- Swiping along the gesture bar at the bottom of the screen to switch apps.
- Bubbles can be used to present content from supported apps in pop-up overlays.
- Android Q includes a system-level dark theme. Third-party apps can automatically engage a dark theme when this mode is active in Android 10
What are the changes at Platform side?
Platform optimizations have been made for fordable smartphones, including app continuity when changing modes. Android Q allow changes to multi window mode to allow all apps to run simultaneously rather than only the actively-used app running, and all others being considered “paused and additional support for multiple displays.
Native support has been added for MIDI controllers, the AV1 video codec, the Opus audio codec, and HDR10+.
Which devices are supported with Android 10?
Google stated the lists of supported devices are pixels of Google and many other device those are listed in Google official website.
Android Q Beta is now available on a range of popular devices from our top device maker partners and opens this link to check in details.
Android Q Beta Supported Devices are listed as bellows:
- ASUS ZenFone 5Z
- Essential Phone
- Huawei Mate 20 Pro
- LG G8
- Nokia 8.1
- OnePlus 7 Pro
- OnePlus 7
- OnePlus 6T
- OnePlus 6
- OPPO Reno
- Realme 3 Pro
- Sony Xperia XZ3
- TECNO SPARK 3 Pro
- Vivo X27
- Vivo NEX S
- Vivo NEX A
- Xiaomi Mi 9
- Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 5G
- Google Pixel 3
- Google Pixel 3 XL
- Google Pixel 2
- Google Pixel 2 XL
- Google Pixel
- Google Pixel XL
What is Bubbles feature in Android 10?
Bubbles is small circular with floating alerts on top of whatever it is you’re currently doing on your Android device. It is similar to Facebook Messenger’s Chat Heads. Users will have to approve each app that wants to use Bubbles as a notification method, so your screen shouldn’t be overrun with alerts from every app you have installed.
Find the list of all new features in android 10
- GESTURE NAVIGATION
- BUBBLES!
- DARK THEME
- SHARING SHORTCUTS
- DEPTH INFORMATION FROM PHOTOS
- PARENTAL CONTROLS
- LIVE CAPTION
- FOLDABLE SCREEN SUPPORT
