Google has already unveiled the latest version of Android, known as Android P. The tech giant is yet to spill the beans on what P stands for! So as of now you are free to make your own guesses, however, confine them to the confectioneries alone☺.
Our team of Android app developers was excited to play with the Android P developer preview 1 and they just got a glimpse of the features that the final version of Android P would bring. Here’s what we have to share with you.
Our developers in the current developer preview 1 observed few UX/UI touch-ups and it is expected that Google would add still more new features and deal with some over the course of months. Few more developer previews are on the line till the final version is released. Let’s take a note at how the interface changes included in Android 9 Preview 1 differs from the features of Android Oreo.
In Android P, the volume panel is positioned on the right of your screen and appears quite sleek and modern. It consists of two discrete elements:
If you long-press any of these two elements then you will be taken to the sounds menu immediately.
You will see a major overhaul in the Quick Setting tiles which now features teal-coloured circular icons. Furthermore, a big gap of several pixels separates the pending notifications from the quick settings. Our Android development experts found the new tiles a bit ugly, to be honest, and we hope that this change does not find its way to the final version of Android P.
Well, call it a shock or surprise… the clock status bar clock has witnessed a major overhaul. It now rests on the top left part of the screen, which used to be in the top right corner since times immemorial. It appears that Google has made an attempt to build equilibrium between the two sides of a display with the notorious notch present. Otherwise, once you clear all the pending notifications the left one would remain unpopulated.
If you are finding this new change too awkward to accept then you can give your feedback to Google developers so that users are eventually allowed to choose the clock position as per their discretion.
Google brings back the prominent white background, once seen in the first-gen Google Pixel/Pixel XL, with the default launcher of Android P – the Pixel Launcher P-4623511. No doubt the white background appears old-fashioned when compared to the visually appealing dock of the current Pixel stock. We very much wish that this change does not make it to the final version.
Do you find the monochrome icons of Android Oreo boring? If yes, then you would be happy to know that the Android team has iterated the main settings menu with colorful hues to sport lively icons. Some of our Android developers believe that they are going to miss the overall serious tone of the previous iteration. At the same time, few developers feel that the colorful icons in the settings menu appear way more playful.
Currently, if you disable auto-rotation of the display from settings and then you have to go all the way to settings to enable it if you want to view something in a different orientation, right! Not anymore, as in Android P, a rotate icon will appear in the navigation bar. The screen will rotate once you tap the icon; otherwise, it will disappear in few seconds.
Now you can see messages as threads in your notifications. Usually, you would be able to see the last two messages at a time in the notification shade. This means that you would not need to leave your current screen in order to keep up with the events occurring in the thread. This is a welcome move by Google, which we think would be liked by most of the users.
In case you do not like the hardware shortcut for screenshots, here is good news for you. Google is including useful features in stock Android; screenshot button is added to the power menu which will pop up if you simply hold up the power button. Tapping the screenshot button in the power menu you can quickly snap your screen now.
As shown in the figure above, you can expect the final version of Android P in mid-August which conforms to previous Android releases. Here’s a tentative breakdown of what you can expect from future Android P developer previews:
Android P is shaped by the long long-termtiatives of the platform; however, in Preview 1 you can witness incremental improvements to the operating system. Being an Android app development company we expect more experimental overhauls and visual changes in the future previews and the final version.
By the way which changes you liked the most in Preview 1? What do you think “P” in Android P stands for? Please do feel free to share your views and wild guesses by leaving your comments below; we would love to hear from you. Also stay tuned for further updates about the features included in the final version.
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