The app will not receive any subsequent updates you make to a contact’s information, further protecting your privacy by preventing apps from tracking changes over time. This feature works only for conversation notifications and can be opted out of, so many apps don’t support it. With the Android 17 Beta 2 release, Google officially announced the EyeDropper API, which allows apps to request a color from any pixel on the display without requiring sensitive screen-capture permissions.
With Android 17 Beta 4, Google has introduced Background Audio Hardening, placing stricter limits on apps that try to play audio, request audio focus, or change volume while running in the background. Android OS verification will help you confirm that your device is indeed running an official, widely distributed Android build. The company says it developed this feature in response to bad actors releasing modified versions of Android that appear to be the real thing.

• Some other hardware was initially required, but those requirements have been relaxed or eliminated altogether.
• Depending on device, its long press may simulate a menu button press or engage split screen view, the latter of which is the default behaviour since stock Android version 7.
• Google engineer Patrick Brady once stated in the company’s developer conference that “Android is not Linux”, with Computerworld adding that “Let me make it simple for you, without Linux, there is no Android”.
• When enabled, adjusting the slider dynamically adjusts the brightness of specific elements in an HDR image, such as the sky or water.
• Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 introduced subtle background blur (as mentioned above) to specific parts of the Android UI, namely the notification shade, Quick Settings panel, and Recents screen.
• The most visible change to the screen recorder is the replacement of the pop-up dialog with a new toolbar.