Android 10 is Finally Here; Starts Rolling Out to Pixel Phones

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If you lot've been keeping up with the latest in the world of Android, yous would know that Android Q has officially been named Android 10. Yep, no more than dessert names starting with this release, which was accompanied by an Android rebrand to include our favorite robot into the logo itself. Well, e'er since that day rumors of Android 10 arriving on 3rd September had been making rounds of the Net and they were true.

Android 10 is finally amongst us. Long live dessert names. The latest release of Android is already rolling out to Pixel smartphones while you're reading this, with a boatload of new features. It includes my favorite feature – the dark mode. Yes, at terminal.

All of the Pixel smartphones, including the original Pixel/Pixel XL (yeah, three years later and they are notwithstanding supported) and the budget Pixel 3a/ Pixel 3a Forty should run into Android 10 update notifications popping up correct virtually now. We take an eye out for that notification on our Pixel 2 Xl and are continuously hitting the 'Cheque for update' push, only with no luck and so far.

New Features

Starting off, ane of the highlights of Android 10 is that it offers native support for what could exist the side by side large trend in smartphones — foldables. This means it volition support app continuity and help manage how apps shrink or expand when opening/endmost a folding phone. I've already told you that organization-broad dark manner is in tow here, with better location and privacy settings – bringing in more granular controls for those who are nitpicky about this stuff.

Google is also offering a new fullscreen gesture navigation organisation with Android x. Yes, the pill however remains the default simply yous could cull to switch to the newer iOS/ MIUI-style gestures. One of the most interesting features introduced in Android x will accept to exist alive captions. At the tap of a button, you'll be able to encounter live captions for videos, both online and offline, which is great.

Digital Wellbeing was an essential part of the Android nine Pie release and well, information technology has at present been expanded to include a new Focus Mode with Android 10. It lets you lot temporarily cake apps for a distraction-free experience. The notifications volition at present also be clubbed together on the footing of priority for a clutter-free notification shade. Other features we know have been introduced with Android 10 are smart replies, scoped storage, audio amplifier, and near chiefly, delivery of updates via the Play Store — which volition result in a faster and more efficient update mode.

If you lot desire a closer look at all the cool new features introduced in Android x, yous can head over to this landing page on Android's official website.

Apart from all the new features, here's a fun fact – Android 10 was going to be named "Android ten Queen Cake" before Google decided to chuck its dessert nomenclature for Android releases. So, if you lot are still fun so you could cull to telephone call it Queen Block or Quince Tart, which is still the internal name for this iteration.

Android x is currently rolling out to the entire Pixel lineup, only nosotros can expect to encounter a number of Android One smartphones get-go receiving the update past September terminate. The company with the near number of Android 1 phones in its portfolio, HMD Global, has already released a timeline for Nokia phones. Essential Phone didn't receive Android 10 update on the aforementioned day, as concluding twelvemonth, which is sad. Anyhow, tell united states of america what'due south your favorite Android 10 feature in the comments beneath.