After a number of beta builds, Android Pie or ‘P’ was launched last year in August. After almost five months, we have officially received the first-ever leak for the upcoming Android ‘Q’. Spotted by XDAdevelopers and tested on a Google Pixel 3 XL, it missing a lot of features, however, this is an early build which gives a window for further enhancements and improvements in the upcoming OS.
The build was spotted in February 2019’s security patch that was recently rolled out by Google for Android Pie. It discloses a handful of features that we will be trying out soon after the Android Q launch later this year.
The first main feature is the Dark Theme that Android Q will exercise on the system and all apps. The mode can be easily turned off or turned on or it can be automatically set to turn on/off at schedule timing. The icons in both Dark and Light mode are pretty much the same with minor changes within the ‘Settings’ app.
What’s makes Android Q special is its privacy-oriented features wherein Google is preparing to provide all the information about the sensors, apps, and services being used by the user or any other potential hacker, etc. The Always-on display has received a tinge of design change with notification icons populating on the left side of the status bar instead of at the screen’s center.
Furthermore, the system sends out notifications to users whenever services such as location, camera, etc are used as mentioned under the ‘App Permissions’ section in the Settings app. Other changes include swipe to the left on notification pane to dismiss notifications, no Android Beam for transferring files, no WellBeing app which might be in development for Android Q since Google introduced it last year only and there’s no chance it will let go this feature.
We don’t know what the ‘Q’ in ‘Android Q’ stands for as of now. Although we do know that it will be some kind of delicacy and that there are plenty of names hovering on the internet that could possibly be ‘Android Q’. Stay tuned on True-Tech for more updates on the upcoming ‘Android 10.0 Q’.
