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Though many technology magazines and websites havementioned about Android N in their articles and blogs,some developers are still confused on what does newAndroid have on offering? This article lists down somesignificant feature changes that Android N is going topossess.
Support multitasking with multi-windows on thescreen
This means that you can check your email in between the movies withoutclosing any window. This feature allows uninterrupted multitasking on all
devices running on Android N. It also allows you to set the size of aparticular window by shifting the divider between the apps. Allow the
more dominant app to be bigger than the secondary work app.
That’s true; the much desired feature by Android users is incorporated inthis new Android. Multi-window support means the ability to show and
run two apps on the same device. These two apps can appear eitherside-by-side or one-above-the-other in mobile phones or tablets.
Redesigned notifications
Reply to messages in notification itself
While you notice an incoming message in notification, you click on it toreply. This redirects you to the respective app. Android N has advancedthis process by allowing the user to reply to a message without openingthe window of actual app. This feature is very useful for shortconversations.
Grouped notifications
Android N has a new way of organizing notifications to make it look cleanand tidy as they appear on the mobile screen. Alerts and notifications fromthe same app are bundled together and displayed in the form of notificationshade. You can view individual notification from the same app byexpanding it. Android N has a new template which developers can use withsmall changes in their code.
DozeThis is a battery saving feature of Android 6. It allows your device to stopall the background activities when it goes into idle state. In Android N,this feature is advanced to restrict network access and defers jobs andsyncs. This continues till the time screen is turned on again.Add a littlebit of body text
Just in Time Compiler (JIT)
Android N will have JIT complier in addition to AOT (Ahead of Time) toimprove the runtime performance of apps. System updates and app
updates are faster to implement with JIT.
In short, Android N promises to improve user’s experience and make itsmoother. Apart from multi-window support, redesigned notification, JITand doze features as mentioned in the article, Android N has a lot more
to offer with Vulkan API and data saver features to name a few.
