Android Nougat 7.0

Google launches Android Nougat 7.0 with some unmatched features

• 5 months after its beta release, Google Nougat is out and rolling on selected Android devices.

• This latest version of Android mobile OS, Android 7.0 Nougat is up for the users of Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 9, Nexus Player, and other Pixel C devices along with the General Mobile 4G

• Just after over-the-air rollout suggesting concerned users to update to Android 7.0 Nougat, Google made a couple of things available for those users who might not like to wait for the update notification.

PREFACE

All you need to is to hit straight on the Google’s Android Beta Program website on your Nexus smartphone or other supported devices.

• Signing in from Google account that is synced with the device.• And then, just tap on ‘Your eligible devices’ to find out your device and

press the ‘Enrol device’ button.

Once the process is completed, you can expect to receive an OTA update that will help you reap the advantages of fully fledged Android 7.0 Nougat OS

Updating to Nougat 7.0

Features of Android N

• As per utmost Android App Development Companies, the most exciting thing about the new Android 7.0 Nougat is that it is more useful on tablets.

• This one feature might snatch the exclusivity enjoyed by few Windows Phone users as running multiple app sides by side is possible with Android Nougat 7.0.

• On UI front, there is also a divider for resizing the windows. To crisp this feature, Nougat 7.0 UX offers a better multitasking experience as that of Microsoft Windows 10.

Multitasking

• One of the latest in the Android’s feature list is the advent of quick setting features with Nougat 7.0 update.

• It allows users to have a quick access to connectivity like wifi, Bluetooth, and other

RFID elements within single taps from the home screen.

• Nougat 7.0 takes a page from Cyanogen’s quick settings feature blended with a dash of Android’s stock UI.

• There is also an interesting feature of Quick Switch allowing users to toggle between the last used apps by simple double taps on the multitasking button.

Enabled Quick Settings and Switching

Enabled Quick Settings and Switching (Screenshot)

• Nougat 7.0 integrates the intelligence to blend unified app notifications wherein it combines notification from the similar app and gives quick access to reply to the notification itself.

• While one touch replies were priorly introduced with Hangouts, but the same is now widely used in the mobile app, at every possible stage.

• And there is where Google taps into incorporating one-touch reply, enabling Android 7.0 Nougat users to promptly reply to any of the notifications without the need of opening the app.

Updating notification pattern

Updating notification pattern

• One of the most frequently faced issues with the android OS is the way how Google handles its security.

• It is here where Android Nougat 7.0 adds choices for unified updates, dedicated file-based encryption, and feature to direct boot.

• Android being an open source comes with a set of its own vulnerability, dealing with a number of multiple security issues.

Security

• Now faster 3D rendering is possible with Android Nougat 7.0 as it ropes in native support for Vulkan API.

• This new set of API holds a potential to deliver better graphic experience flagship devices along with the other low-end devices.

• One more thing to rejoice for Android users is the way how Android Nougat 7.0 pioneers in becoming the first OS to offer native VR support.

Other prominent features

• Android 7.0 Nougat is bound to gratify Android users with smoother animation, a clean, neat UI, and other multitasking functionalities.

• The only thing that may provoke concern is the device security when it comes to updating the current version. Other than that, Android Nougat is bound to lure the Android users.

CONCLUSION