Android 14 revelation: new back gesture, support for AV1 decoding

CTOnews.com October 1, the official version of Google Android 13 has been released, and major manufacturers are upgrading their devices to the latest systems. At the same time, the news of Android 14 also came.

Mishaal Rahman, senior technical editor at Esper, delves into some of the features you can expect to see on Android 14. Rahman said Google could launch the predictive return gesture that it is currently testing.

As you can see from the figure, this gesture will remind the user when App exits, and the back gesture will return to the desktop, giving the user a better sense of whether or not to go back.

CTOnews.com learned that this feature is already available in AOSP Launcher3 in Android 13, but can only be enabled in developer options. Mishaal Rahman expects this feature to be widely available in Android 14.

In addition, as Google promotes codecs on more devices, Mishaal Rahman expects Android 14 to support AV1 decoding natively. In addition, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 may also support AV1 decoding, so we can expect AV1 decoding in 2023 to become standard on Android's flagship phones.

Google has previously announced that it will introduce satellite connectivity in Android 14, which is also the latest hot technology, including Huawei and Apple, and Google is not willing to lag behind.