Android 11 — Everything You Need To Know About The Latest Operating System
It’s always exciting when Google rolls out a major mobile OS update. Right from the time Android was launched, it has been evolving in its features and functionalities. With its recent releases, it showed us what convenience is and before we could get to fully experience the awesomeness of the current Android generations available in the market today, here comes the next version.
Yes, for those of you who are still living under a rock, Android 11 update is here and has packed in some of the coolest features we’ve always wanted.
So, just like the latest software upgrade, let’s keep this write up simple, sweet and to the point. Let’s dive into the features right now.
Cool Android 11 Features
Conversations
Ever felt your conversations with the same person were all over the place? Like you talk to your friend about something on Instagram, share a link on text messages, a photo on WhatsApp and still feel disconnected? Well, the new update brings in the Conversations feature, where you can control and respond to conversations across several apps from one place. Mark a conversation important and it even shows up on your lock screen so you have no text unread.
Bubbles
Another convenient feature designed to keep us connected with people who matter is Bubbles. This feature allows you to multitask and work on other things and still respond to messages. All you have to do is pin important conversations so they appear over other screens on priority. When they respond, the bubbles would go ting and you can respond in return. Once done, go back to what you were doing.
Screen Recording
Are you a YouTuber or a social media influencer? This feature is dedicated to solving your concerns. For all your walkthroughs and tutorials, you don’t need an additional app to record your screen. A screen-recording app is built right into Android 11 and you can now record your screen and mix sound from your phone’s mic. How cool is that?
Screengrab Sharing
If you’re someone who constantly takes screengrabs of funny and interesting memes to add them to your collections or send them to your friends, this feature is for you. With this feature, you can grab images and text from apps and instantly share them across several applications.
Predictive Text
In a meeting but still want to respond to messages? Smart messages are the deal. Android 11 picks up the mood and context of the text and suggests you options so you could simply select one as your response. It picks up even emoji’s. Can you imagine!
Voice Your Command
We’ve always been telling voice search is the future and Android 11 seems to nail this statement. With this version, you can now command your phone to navigate and control your phone. What’s better is you can use your voice for command execution even when you’re not connected to the internet.
Connected Devices Management
Android 11 is all about being futuristic. If you have connected devices in your home, you can now use your phone to control and manage all such devices in your network. From changing channels to controlling room temperatures, your Android 11 can do it all. Home automation redefined. It even connects to your car’s Android 11-powered devices wirelessly.
Media Controls
To change your output preferences, you don’t have to pause playing your favorite song. All you have to do is switch devices and seamlessly experience Android 11 taking care of the switch.
Your Data. Your Consent.
With Android 11, you have the control of the data that your apps use. You give them the permission to access your location, contacts, camera and more. Based on the app, you can either give them complete permission or limit their permissions. You could also reset permissions for apps you hardly use on your phone.
What This App Means To Existing Apps In The Market
If you notice, what’s been prioritized in a disguised fashion by the developers of Android 11 is seamless user experience. They are keen on the fact that users should get more things done with minimal steps. If you close an app and switch between two apps just to respond, you are going away from what you were doing in the first place. And the developers didn’t exactly want this.
That’s why features like Bubble, Conversation management, output preferences and more have been brought in to help you stay wherever you are and still respond to people who matter to you.
This has to be the biggest takeaway for all the app developers out there as with this update, what should also upgrade is your app’s relative user experience. Regardless of whether you’re a fintech app, social media app, on-demand app or a travel app, your user experience parameters should fall in line with the convenience benchmarks set on Android 11.
This means, your app should also focus on tightening voice search and offer refined and precise details of what your users seek through a voice search or command. A powerful language processing tool, matching algorithms and other associated tools need to be deployed on your app for this purpose.
More Crucial Information You Should Know On Android 11 App Development
● The privacy of users’ data has been given top priority. Application usage statistics have been encrypted to prevent unauthorized access by other apps on your phone.
● Android 11 does away with consistent permissions from apps. When you deny permission for an app twice, Android 11 understands that you don’t intend to grant access and commands the app to stop asking you again.
● The latest software update makes available large datasets which need to be accessed by media players and ML (machine learning) algorithms as cached copies. This drastically reduces data redundancy.
● App termination statistics and details are another value addition in development perspectives, where app developers can know in a greater detail the reasons for their app crashes.
● To reduce the time taken to install larger files, Android 11 has come up with an option to install just how much is required to launch an app and stream rest of the data on the go in real-time.
● Android 11 is designed for neural networks and machine learning algorithms. So, if your startup or an app is based on these technologies, the update is just for you.
● Wait, the 11th iteration is also gradually becoming 5G ready.
Wrapping Up
Android 11 is loaded with features and we must laud the levels of detailing developers have paid attention to. They have listened to our concerns, shortcomings, minor inconveniences and made it a point to fix them when the time comes.
That’s what happens when you work with the best minds in the industry just like X-Byte Enterprise Solutions. To get your app developed from pros, reach out to us today. And yes, grab the latest Android update and experience the convenience.
