Android Q: Android 10 highlights and availability date

Google revealed more about the features of Android Q, or Android 10, during the keynote at its annual developers conference this year. io19 Earlier this week, Google also officially made the third beta of Android Q or Android 10 available to more smartphones from several manufacturers.

Google said that with the unveiling of the tenth version of Android this year, Android Q, decades have passed since the launch of the first version of the now most popular operating system for smartphones, which it said now has more than 2.5 billion active devices running it. Google added that many Things have changed since the first release, as smartphones were just an idea then.

Google confirmed its continued focus on developing Android in cooperation with its partners, in order to make smartphones more useful, by improving users’ control over privacy and the data they wish to share, in addition to providing tools that help balance phone use and the user’s life. Google summarized its focus in Android Q or Android 10 focuses on innovation, privacy, security, and digital well-being.

These are the most prominent features of Android 10 or Android Q revealed by Google:

– Support for foldable phones that support 5G

Google said that the current year 2019 witnessed many new trends in the smartphone industry, including foldable phones (such as… Galaxy Fold AndHuawei Mate), and networks Fifth generation 5GTherefore, the new version of Android, or Android Q, officially supports smartphones with foldable screens, so that the system supports multitasking and running more than one application together on the same screen, in addition to supporting movement between the two phone screens while folding or unfolding the phone.

Google also said that Android 10 is the first operating system to support 5G technology, which allows developers to build richer and faster applications and games that provide a better experience, in addition to supporting more augmented reality (AR) technologies.

– Live captions for audio and video

Among the new features announced by Google in Android Q, or Android 10, is a feature Live Captionwhich provides “text” captions when playing audio or video directly, based on machine learning techniques on the phone itself without the need to connect to the Internet, and it is a feature that works with the default audio and video playback application in Android, or when playing video from YouTube or podcasts. From the application Google Podcastsor any other application, including when the user records his voice on the phone.

Google said that the new feature makes content more accessible to people with disabilities, including the deaf and hard of hearing, and is also useful for any user when playing video or audio in crowded places, or where it is difficult to play audio.

– Android Q support for Smart Replies feature

Also relying on machine learning techniques on the device itself, Android 10 supports the Smart Reply feature, which allows the user to make suggestions and smart replies to respond directly to alerts, in addition to predicting the next action according to the alerts. For example, when a message arrives that includes a link to an address, he will find… The user clicks a button below it in the notifications area to open the address in the Google Maps application.

– Focus on security and privacy

Google is working to provide approximately 50 new features in addition to a number of changes to security and privacy in Android Q or Android 10, the most notable of which are:

• A new privacy section in Settings includes clear privacy controls.
• More transparency and control over sharing geographic location data with applications, as the user can share the geographic location with applications only while they are in use, in addition to getting alerts when an application uses the geographic location in the background, so the user can prevent the application from doing so.
• Android Q provides more protection for private information such as serial numbers.
• A new, faster way to provide security updates, in the same way that Google updates applications, without the need to restart the device, which provides the user with greater security by obtaining security updates as soon as they are available.

Focus mode support

To improve the use of smartphones, Google said that digital well-being tools will receive a new feature, which is Focus mode, which allows the user to identify applications that he considers distracting and disable them completely to focus on his tasks without distraction.

Providing new parental control tools

In order to help families find a better balance with technology, Google said it will integrate the features provided by the application Family Link In the new version of Android Q, it provides families with better control over how their children use smart devices, in addition to providing new features such as the ability to set times for using the application and reward time.

Android Q supports Dark Theme

Android 10 officially supports dark mode. pic.twitter.com/u89nlZRTcm#AndroidQ

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Android 10 or Android Q brings the feature of supporting dark mode or black theme at the operating system level, so that the user can convert the interface in all system screens and applications through an icon or button in the quick settings menu, so that the interface turns from white to black, which is what… It provides greater eye comfort, in addition to extending battery life, especially in phones with screens OLED.

A new system for navigating through gestures

Android Q, or Android, offers a new way to navigate between applications, which is the method that relies on swiping or swiping on the screen (gestures), with the removal of the Back button, so that the user can now swipe from both sides of the screen to return or go back, with the ability to move between applications through Swipe up from the Home button.

When is Android 10 officially available?

The third beta version of Android 10, or Android Q, is now available for trial for users of all Pixel phones (including the Pixel 3), in addition to a number of smartphones from a group of smartphone manufacturers, including:

• Xiaomi through its Mi 9 and Mi MIX 3 5G phones.
• ZenFone 5Z from Asus.
• Essential Phone.
• Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
• LG G8 from LG.
• Nokia 8.1.
• OnePlus 6T.
• OPPO Reno.
• realme 3 Pro.
• Xperia XZ3 from Sony.
• SPARK 3 Pro from Tecno.
• Vivo X27, Nex A and Nex

We advise against installing the trial version on phones that the user primarily relies on. Google is expected to launch the final version of Android 10 or Android Q during the third quarter (from September to December) of this year 2019.