Developers have been playing around with Oreo since May, so by the time it’s ready for your phone, there should be tons of apps able to take advantage of all the new stuff. So whether you’re got a xel or are playing the waiting game, here are our 8 favorites features in Android Oreo: For one, the slide-out menu is gone, so all return navigation is done via the back button. It also steals a bit from its partners with a suggestions tab at the top, the organization is more more condensed logical (for example, data usage -Fi are bundled into Network & Internet). It makes navigating the app much more pleasant should cut down on the number of times you need to search for something you can’t find. en you pull down, you’ll see more icons in the status bar, including battery percentage, -Fi SD card status. It’s a subtle change, but a good one. so has added more functionality to notifications. ng-press on one you’ll get an option to disable notifications for that app rather than just silencing them. And when you swipe right you’ll also see a new clock icon that lets you snooze it for 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or an hour. Again, this is a subtle change, but it’ll go a long way toward helping us keep the shade clutter-free. st like you can choose which ES channel you want to watch on your TV, notifications channels let you select which type of alerts you want to get from each app. For example, message apps could only send you notifications for messages from people in your contacts lists, or you could opt to only get audible alerts for certain system processes. It has the potential to make notifications way more manageable on Android Oreo. Now, when you try to load an official A or an app from an unknown source for the first time you’ll have to give explicit permission from the app itself, not just for the file. That means an app won’t be able to install anything without your permission the chances of one of them surreptitiously installing a piece of malware on your phone is significantly lessened. imarily for video playback, the feature puts a tiny floating window on your screen that will continue to show what you were watching while you work in other apps. It’ll stay on top of whatever you’re doing until you either maximize it or close it. It currently only works with a few apps at the moment, but it’s surprisingly watchable, even on a phone. And it’s not limited to videos. is testing for directions in Maps, we can’t wait to see what developers have in store for the feature. Over in the notification settings there’s a new “low notification dot” toggle for each app that lets you choose whether to show an unread icon on the accompanying home screen app. Tap it you can see what awaiting alerts you have clear them right on the spot. It won’t tell you how many unread norifications there are, but hey, we’ll take what we can get. Over in the notification settings there’s a new “Show badge” toggle for each app that lets you choose whether to show an unread icon on the accompanying home screen app. Tap it you can see what awaiting alerts you have clear them right on the spot. It won’t tell you how many unread norifications there are, but hey, we’ll take what we can get. is making it easier in Android Oreo by opening up an autofill A. So, if you use a password manager, it’ll be able to integrate a secure autofill method right into the password field, letting you quickly log in to whatever app you’re using. ile it’s not live yet, both 1ssword stss have already demonstrated how it will work within their apps, it looks incredibly fast effortless. As AgileBits describes it, “ke all great technology, it feels like magic.”
