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­(original title: Google reveals Android P is named Pie, begins rollout to Pixel phones)

On August 7, Google announced that the official name of the latest mobile operating system Android P is Android Pie, and it has released the latest source code to the Android open source project (AOSP). Today, Google has pushed the official version of Android 9.0 Pie system update to Pixel devices.

­currently, Android Pie only supports Pixel phones. During the beta testing phase, Android P is available for Sony Xperia XZ2, Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S, Nokia 7 Plus, Oppo R15 Pro, Vivo X21, one plus 6 and Essential PH-1. Android Pie will be available to these devices and all eligible Android One devices by the fall, Google said. Google added that it was working with "many other partners to push or upgrade devices to Android 9" this year. Android Pie will no longer support Nexus devices.

­the new features are the first to see

­Google points out that Android Pie incorporates "a lot of artificial intelligence assistance to make mobile phones smarter, more convenient and more responsive to the special needs of users."

­Android Pie provides a series of new features, such as Built-in support for bangs, adjusted Quick setup panel, notification bar with rounded corners, support for inline reply (quick reply to SMS directly in the notification interface), intelligent reply in notification, consistent user interface for fingerprint authentication, privacy enhancement features that limit application background execution, adaptive battery and adaptive luminance (supported by Google DeepMind), App Action that predicts the user's next action, App Slices that displays the user interface of some applications in Google search results and Assistant Intelligent Assistant, and BiometricPrompt API that prompts the user for biometric authentication through system management dialogs And a multi-camera API that allows users to simultaneously access streaming content from two or more physical cameras.

Among them, the adaptive battery function is particularly interesting, it can record the most commonly used applications by users, and give priority to the allocation of power for these applications. Like the adaptive battery, the adaptive brightness function uses artificial intelligence technology, which can automatically adjust the screen brightness according to the user's preference and environment.

­Google also uses examples to explain how App Actions predicts users' next actions based on background information. "suppose it's Tuesday morning and you're getting ready for work, App Actions will advise users to use Google Maps to navigate to work or play audio books from Google Play Books. When you put on headphones after work, users may see options such as calling your mother or opening your favorite Spotify playlist."

­App Slices will not be available until "later this fall". This function can display information about users' favorite applications when needed. For example, if a user types Lyft into a Google search, the user interface of the ride-hailing app appears in the search results, showing the price and estimated arrival time for taking a taxi home.

­the new Digital Health (Digital Wellbeing) series will be available to Pixel phones (this fall) and other devices (later). This range of features include a Dashboard that records the usage time of a user's device, an App Timer that sets a usage limit for some applications, a no-disturb mode that blocks screen pop-ups, and a Wind Down that turns on luminous and do-not-disturb modes before going to bed and sets the screen to gray. We can now try digital health features on Pixel phones through the beta version of Android Pie.

­Android Pie also introduced a new system navigation feature, in which a single home button borrows from Apple's iPhone X. Swiping from any direction shows a full-screen preview of the most recently used application, and users can jump back to an application by clicking the preview. The Smart text selection feature (Smart Text Selection), which recognizes the meaning of the text selected by the user and recommends related actions, is now also available in the recent application preview.

­various privacy and security improvements are also worth mentioning. Android Pie introduces protected acknowledgment Action (Android Protected Confirmation), StrongBox as the new KeyStore, built-in support for DNS over TLS, web security configuration that blocks all plaintext traffic by default, and restricts idle application access to microphones, cameras, and all SensorManager sensors.

Finally, Android Pie brings us 157 new emoticons. (cherish Chen)

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