After weeks of rumors of a new Android version, Google has finally made Lollipop’s successor, Android M, official. The official version will not rollout until later this year, but the search giant is making the prerelease version available today.
Google hasn’t said what the new Android version will be just yet, but is going into a lot of detail on what the new firmware upgrade will bring to the OS.
As with every Android version, Android M is bringing with it a whole host of new improvements. Google’s Sundar Pichai says the company has “gone back to the basics,” and is improving the overall performance and quality of Android.
Dave Burke, vice president of Engineering at Google, says that the company has been observing what manufactures put in there software. That said, the plan is to bring a lot of those features into the Android OS with this new release.
One of the largest improvements coming with Android M is a improved app permissions system. In the past, users have been worried about what permissions ask for. Now, users will be able to deny or accept those permissions, such as location services or camera access, on a case by case basis. There are currently eight permission categories available to apps right now, and the apps, from now on, will ask for them as they need them. In its current state, the app asks users to approve all permissions that it needs upon installation. In other words, Android M will handle app permissions similar to the way iOS has been handling them for years now.
Android M will also bring with it a better browsing experience for its Chrome browser. Google is introducing a new feature called “Chrome Custom Tabs,” which will let app developers insert webviews directly into their apps, no longer forcing users to switch apps. Features you can find in Chrome, such as automatic sign-in, autofill, and saved passwords, are now all available tools for developers to use within their apps.
Google is also making Android’s built-in app-linking system much more fluent, too. Users can access content much more directly and will no longer get stopped by a dialog box. If you open a Facebook link, you will be taken directly to that link in the app over being asked if you want to use the Facebook app.
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