Android 9 Pie: Everything You Need To Know

Android 9 Pie Update, Release Date, Features

Pie, whether it’s pumpkin, apple, or blueberry, it is always delectable. The 9th version of Android is called the baked dish, Pie, so get ready to grab another slice. At last, Google has made the most recent version of Android available. ‘Android Pie’ is the 9th version’s name. Google Pixel and Pixel 2 smartphones will get this new version first.

It was first released as a developer preview on March 7, 2018, and released publicly on August 6, 2018. Here is everything you need to know about Android 9.

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Android 9 New Features:

There are so many features added by Android in this version. Some of them are as follows:

• Gesture navigation
• The redesigned app overview screen
• New look for quick settings
• Optional Dark/Light themes
• Digital Wellbeing
• Adaptive Brightness
• Adaptive Battery
• App Actions and Slices
• Improved notifications
• Improved Do Not Disturb mode

AI-Infused Delight: A Smarter, More Intuitive Experience

Android 9 Pie is powered by artificial intelligence (AI). This AI helps in general quality of life improvements. App Actions is a built-in function in the App Drawer. This App action feature suggests actions based on your usage of the smartphone.

For example, if you call your friend at the same time every day, expect a button to appear in the App Drawer that will directly start a call with your friend. If you plug in your headphones – the app actions feature will offer your most played music playlist in Google Play Music. This can save you a few clicks! It predicts what you are about to do, so you can quickly get to your next task.

Adaptive Battery:

This is a very important feature as some Android users struggle with battery backup. The Adaptive Battery feature uses your app data to learn how you like to use your phone. Then it closes all other apps that you no longer use, causing less battery drain.

Adaptive Brightness:

Now your phone can learn how you use to set brightness levels at different times of day and night. So you don’t need to change it manually. The adaptive Brightness feature does it all for you.

Slices:

Slices is one of the best features of Android Pie. It brings relevant parts of your favorite apps to the surface. For example, If you search for Uber on your smartphone, there will be options available to book your car, the nearest car distance, estimated time, etc without opening the app.

New Ways for Navigation:

This is one of the biggest changes in the Android version’s update. There is a small pill-shaped icon on the bottom of the screen instead of the traditional 3 navigation buttons.

You have to swipe up from the bottom to see recently used apps. A full swipe will open the app drawer. To quickly swap back to the app you were last using, you have to swipe the right pill-shaped home button. Pressing it once will get you to the Home page. Pressing and holding it will open Google Assistant. The old Back button is still there.

[Update: Some phones have still 3 navigation buttons in the Android Pie Version. You can change this in Settings.]

Dashboard:

In the dashboard, you can see how many notifications you get, how much time you spend in apps, and how often you check your phone. All this data is available in charts and easy to understand.

App Timers:

The ‘App Timers’ feature is useful in the current scenario of the world. As many people are getting engaged with smartphones and losing their important time, this feature helps you to set limits on your app usage. When you reach that limit, app icons grey out to remind you of your Goals!! You can’t use these apps after that time limit.

Improvements to existing tools:

There are some refreshed old tools for you in Android Pie. Google added a zoom option in text selection mode. So you can zoom in and select text more correctly and it is smarter now. For example, if you select the address you’ll see the Google Maps option which can direct you to that address.

After getting screenshots, there will be options to crop, edit, or draw over the image. Android 9 Pie also improves on notifications. It allows users a quickly reply directly from notifications for selected apps. You can also attach photos and stickers in replies. Notifications slightly look different with different fonts and cleaner designs.

No more accidental Screen Rotations:

Currently android offers a screen orientation lock option. But in Android Pie, you can ‘pin’ a screen to a specific orientation so switching between apps gets easier. You simply need to tap the icon to “Pin” the screen.

Multi-Camera Support:

Nokia introduced some smartphones that have dual sight features on the camera. Android Pie will make a similar feature on almost all Android smartphones. It means many developers can now make apps that can use Dual-Sight camera features.

Notch Support:

The notch is trending in the market. However current versions of Android don’t offer native support. Android Pie will support the notch and make the user experience more flawless.

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