Android Q highlights and new feature experience: very good privacy protection

On March 14, Google released the first developer beta of the next generation of the Android operating system, currently codenamed Android Q. Google will introduce more details about Google Q. in the upcoming Android I amp O 2019.

"We put users' privacy and security first and bring more comprehensive protection features, including the management of location rights and restrictions on applications' access to sensitive information," a Google spokesman stressed in introducing Android Q. This sentence, which sounds like an Apple slogan, has now become an important direction of Android Q.

However, now that we have launched the first developer preview, we might as well try it and take a look at the highlights and new features in Android Q.

Support for folding devices

At this year's MWC, Huawei and Samsung have launched amazing folding devices-- the Mate X and the Galaxy Fold. This means that there has been a major breakthrough in the form of mobile phones that have not made any progress for years, and this foldable device can act as both a phone and a tablet.

Hardware and software support are closely related: since the advent of the computer graphical interface in the 1980s, the mouse has gradually become standard for computers; in 2007, Apple equipped it with a stripped-down version of Mac OS (later iOS) to complement the multi-touch technology on the iPhone, which established the form of mobile devices for more than a decade. Today, the future form of handheld devices has come to the fore, and related software support is indispensable.

Android Q's support for folding screens

One of the highlights of Android Q is that it took the lead in supporting folding screens and extending the battery life of folding devices. To support this hardware form, the Activity part of Android Q API has been modified to support Multi-Resume. In addition, Google has changed the way Resizeable Activity properties work to help developers manage how APP is displayed on collapsible and external screens.

Privacy and security

Privacy and security have always been inadequate for Android. API,app, the more open Android system, can achieve more functions, such as floating ball, background polling, etc., but it also brings opportunities for rogue / malware developers.

This has been improved on Android Q. Now, when an APP is getting the location of the device, it will have a special corner mark on its icon to tell the user, "this app is tracking you."

Permission prompts in Android Q

Android Q also allows users to have more fine-grained control over app permissions (location, camera, microphone, etc.), and can specify when APP can access these permissions. Options include "always", "only once" and "when this app is used".