All u need to know about ANDROID P

Google dropped a bombshell on us today—the first Android P Developer Preview. Widely expected to release this month, the first Android 9.0 builds are now available for the Google Pixel, Google Pixel XL, Google Pixel 2, and Google Pixel 2 XL. Unfortunately, support has been dropped for the Google Pixel C, Google Nexus 5X, and Google Nexus 6P. Android P Developer Preview 1 brings a plethora of changes to the mix, and in this article we’ll be diving in to list most of what we’ve found on the surface level.

What’s New in Android P Developer Preview 1 for the Google Pixel and Pixel 2 series

Summary

Here’s a summary of all of the changes below in bullet point format. We recommend you take a cursory glance at this, but scroll down to see screenshots/videos and a description of each new change.

User Interface changes in Android P Developer Preview 1New UI for settings/quick settingsNew notification style for messagesNew transition/notification expansion animationsUpdated Pixel Launcher with voice search icon and more prominent dockBattery saver no longer shows orange warningAlways on display shows battery info and centers notificationsNew Easter Egg.About phone screen now shows additional info in a popup window.Quality of Life changes in Android P Developer Preview 1Built-in screenshot editor.Screenshot button in power menuText selection zoom (like iOS)Battery saver can now be scheduled.Do Not Disturb has been simplified down to a single modeVolume buttons now control media volume by defaultAdaptive Brightness is now much more useful as it actually changes the base brightness levelHotspot can be turned off automatically if no devices are connectedRotation can be locked to landscape modeMulti-Bluetooth HFP/A2DP supportIndividual Wi-Fi networks can now be set to metered/unmeteredPrivate DNS (DNS-over-TLS)Vibration controls in Accessibility SettingsAccessibility option to disable all animationsSysTrace tool is now built-inRecently posted notifications are now shown in notification settings

UI Changes

Material Design 2?

Although it doesn’t have a name yet (we strongly believe it will be called Material Design 2), Android’s user interface has received a fresh coat of paint. The most notable areas where Android P has made changes are to the quick settings tiles (now vertically paginated rather than horizontally) and to the settings pages, but there are also more minor changes to the status bar that we should take note of.

As you can see in the screenshots above, the icons in settings all have distinct colors now. In comparison, the settings icons in Android Oreowere a dull, muted gray color. The quick settings toggles, meanwhile, are all now rounded and are blue when enabled. Unfortunately, we’ve lost the ability to expand quick settings tiles within the notification shade.

If you look at the status bar, it looks like the clock has been shifted to the left. This may be in preparation for more devices with a display notch(…maybe the Google Pixel 3?), but I like the idea as it makes the status bar icons/text seem more evenly distributed.