At the Google I / O, the annual event of the search giant dedicated developers in San Francisco, Google has given us our first look at the next version of Android . After Android Lollipop, we have the right to Android M ! Besides its name, Google gave us a lot of juicy details about the latest version of its mobile operating system.
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Google claims to have fixed thousands of bugs, and is returned to basics by adding quality to Android M . The new version of the OS is made of an improvement over the permissions of applications to make them more intuitive and providing users the ability to allow or deny specific permissions within an application. You can even revoke access to specific authorization by diving into the settings.
The feature only works with apps that have been updated to use the new licensing model, but Google will provide tools for developers to do that.
Custom tabs in the Chrome Web browser allow you to add buttons and menu items websites for the browser allows the browser tab to "look" to an application. This data is pre-extracted by the mobile application.
M also allows Android users to pay and unlock their smartphone with a simple fingerprint. It also has support for Android Pay - another novelty announced during the keynote, allowing you to simply pay and safely shop with your smartphone with an NFC chip - like apple pay.
The operating system also focuses on improving autonomy. Google also adopts charging by USB-C M. Android Google said the devices will be capable of being charged three times faster with USB-C, and can charge other devices.
This is just a preview of some of the new features that Google revealed on stage. M Android Developer Preview is available from today for all developers. It will be available for the Nexus 5, the Nexus 6, 9 Nexus and Nexus Player. Android M will meanwhile available for the public in the third quarter of 2015.
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Google claims to have fixed thousands of bugs, and is returned to basics by adding quality to Android M . The new version of the OS is made of an improvement over the permissions of applications to make them more intuitive and providing users the ability to allow or deny specific permissions within an application. You can even revoke access to specific authorization by diving into the settings.
The feature only works with apps that have been updated to use the new licensing model, but Google will provide tools for developers to do that.
M also allows Android users to pay and unlock their smartphone with a simple fingerprint. It also has support for Android Pay - another novelty announced during the keynote, allowing you to simply pay and safely shop with your smartphone with an NFC chip - like apple pay.
