Android 2 beta 14 has already been released, learn about its news

Android 14

Android 14 builds on core themes of privacy, security, performance, productivity

The second beta version of Android 14 was recently presented and in its announcement, Google has revealed a little more about what awaits us for this future launch of the popular mobile platform.

One of the main changes that stands out from this beta 2 of Android 14 is that the main structure of the platform includes “Health Connect Storage”, previously available as a separate package through Google Play.

Health Connect provides centralized storage of fitness band data and other devices related to the health of the user, and organizes the joint access of different applications to the health data.

It is mentioned that access to Health Connect settings now will be provided via the regular platform configurator, For example, through your privacy settings, you can control what health data certain apps can access. In addition, Health Connect has added support for saving information about the route traveled during the training process (the user determines the period of time for which the list of waypoints will be saved).

HealthConnect

Health Connect is an on-device repository for user health and fitness data.

Another of the changes that stands out in the new version are the improved means to confirm access to location information, since one has been added new section to the dialog that requests confirmation of access to the location with information about when the application is transmitting data about the location and details where you can get more information about access to the transferred data.

In addition to this, it is highlighted that in the second beta of Android 14 the support for the recording (HDR), has been extended with the ability to receive additional information from the camera, allowing images to be saved in the "Ultra HDR" format, which uses 10 bits per channel for chrominance coding. The platform automatically provides HDR output when HDR support is enabled in the application manifest or when Window.setColorMode is called. For separate rendering of Ultra HDR using OpenGL or Vulkan, the gainmap class can be used

On the other hand, it is also noted that the camera extension set updated to provide the ability to use algorithms that are more time consuming and computationally intensive for image processing, for example, to improve the quality of images taken in low light.

for headphones wired connected via USB, the ability to apply sound formats without quality loss has been added (lossless). The AudioMixerAttributes class has been added to the API, allowing you to send audio directly to the device, without mixing, adjust volume, and process effects.

Se restricted the types of apps that can display full screen notifications when the screen is locked. These notifications are designed to draw attention to information that requires an immediate response, such as an incoming call or an alarm, so permissions to display these notifications will now be limited to apps for making calls and displaying alerts.

It has also been improved handling of animation signaling the transition between different screens in the app with a swipe gesture that changes the content.

En Android Studio already has a built-in smart assistant Studio Bot, which can generate typical constructs when writing code based on a text description of the task, helping to fix bugs and give recommendations on Android development techniques. In addition to the bot, the new version offers Live Edit mode, which allows you to immediately reflect changes made to the code and interface in the application under test and running on the device.

Of the other changes that stand out:

  • Added new components to animate bottom and side screen switching, as well as call quest. Added an API to create your own transition effects in the app.
  • Features have been added to predict delays in image processing, get information about processing progress, and quickly get a preview image before the final image is complete.
  • A more streamlined and energy efficient SurfaceView preview mode has been implemented.
  • Support is provided for using the camera's built-in scaling and cropping capabilities for streamed RAW images.
  • Implemented a periodic (once a month) display of notifications warning about changes by apps that have access to location, methods of data transfer to third parties (for example, displayed when the app starts using location data when displaying ads).
  • Added hardware accelerated rendering capability to the buffer, implemented through the HardwareBufferRenderer class.

Finally it is worth mentioning that Android 14 is expected to be released in the third quarter of 2023. If you are interested in knowing more about it, you can check the details In the following link.

To evaluate the new functionalities of the platform, a preliminary test program has been proposed. Firmware builds are ready for Pixel 7/7 Pro, Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro, Pixel 5/5a 5G, and Pixel 4a (5G) devices.


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