Android P Developer Preview Teasers Already Begin to Appear Online

Merely 0.7 percent of Android users accept hopped onto the Oreo train but this slow adoption is non slowing down Google's efforts to tease Android P. Organizers of the upcoming Google I/O conference recently shared some clues nigh the dates of the event every bit well every bit tipped off that side by side Android version's proper name could borrow something for an upside-down Pineapple block, simply that's not all.

Now, it seems that the outset developer preview of Android P could only be around the corner. This is apparent from a new glorious message shared in the Gerrit repository defended to Android Open Source Project (AOSP) which reads, "The future is now (2018 edition)", tempting the developer community. This easter egg was discovered by Mishaal Rahman, Editor-in-master of XDA developers.

Android P DP1 seems to exist near finalized. Excited to meet what'due south coming. https://t.co/I7dY03ryvP

— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) January thirty, 2018

Just like earlier versions of Android, it is likely that the commits, and thus, initial mockups of the programmer preview of Android P begin surfacing on the online repositories even before an official revealing by Google. We might not get to run across all major developments in the early alpha builds, but they requite a substantial outline of major changes. These major changes are usually the ones finalized – or at least strongly favored – for the terminal builds.

So far, the details nigh newer features are at the grace of guesswork. One aspect Google is likely to push button strongly is the security against malware and the recently discovered CPU exploits. It would exist an enchanting sight to see Google build intrinsic features that prevent against malicious software and give users college control over the privacy of devices. The latter tin be washed past simplifying the permissions controls in Android.

Android P Developer Preview Teasers Already Begin to Appear Online

Another prospect which Google might embrace is AI and software-based deep learning to make Android experience more graceful. Chinese bigwig Xiaomi has already announced that it has begun developing the next version of MIUI with emphasis on AI and machine learning, and information technology wouldn't be less than pleasant to see the aforementioned on stock Android.

What Google really has in shop for the developer community will exist clearer but at the Google I/O 2018 which is scheduled to have place from May viii to 10. Meanwhile, you lot can effort slap-up the code past solving some fun riddles hosted past Google.