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Android O wants to make your phone twice as fast

Ready for Android O? Google kicked off its annual developer conference, Google I/O 2017, with a first taste of its forthcoming software for lg screen replacement , tablets, watches and Android TV.

If you're hoping for a ton of crazy features that make the OS look and feel completely different, it's time to temper your expectations. Like Android 7.0 Nougat, Android O focuses mostly on the nuts and bolts of making the software work better, faster and save battery.

This is all good, though. It means your battery should last longer and your device should speed up everything from navigating around to processing really complex photo tasks.

But don't worry, there are still some goodies in here, like a cool picture-in-picture feature that will make multitasking much more convenient; a much easier copy/paste that actually seems way cooler than it has any right to be; and password autofill in Chrome for Android that's going to save you time and typing.

One day, O will have a sweet dessert name (Oatmeal cookie? Orange sherbet!?). But it's early days, and this is an early look at the benefits that Android O will bring.

If you want to see it for yourself, you can check out Google's Android O public beta.

Here we go, starting with the flashiest stuff first.

Picture-in-picture

Let's say you're watching a YouTube video and suddenly remember something you need to do. Normally, you'd have to exit out of the video and open Google Keep or your notes app to jot the reminder.

In Android O, you'll just press the home button and the video shrinks into a movable window. The clip keeps playing while you open up Keep to write your note, or do anything else on the phone. You can reopen the YouTube video, or swipe the thumbnail away when you're done.

It's picture-in-picture (PIP), and if you've ever used a recent Samsung Galaxy Samsung replacement Parts , you may already know about the feature.

You'll be able to play around with the PIP a little, like adjust the size or park it on the side of the screen to get it out of the way. You'll also be able to opt out if you don't like it. One PIP will work at a time. If you have a PIP window already running and press Home again, you won't get a second PIP window, you'll go to the Home screen.

Picture-in-picture will work with the likes of Google's Duo calling app and Netflix at first; support for Maps will come later. I'm really excited about a Maps PIP because it means you can navigate in a tiny thumbnail while you do other things, like check your email, browse Facebook or text.


by phoneparts | 2017-05-18 12:02