Now, the Chinese smartphone firm has released a new bug fixing update to the Oreo based OxygenOS Beta. The OnePlus 3T receives OxygenOS Beta 17, and the OnePlus 3's version is OxygenOS Beta 26.
With Android 8.0 Oreo Beta for OnePlus 3/3T, you'll get new Settings and Notification panel UI, latest features including Picture in Picture (PIP), Adaptive icons, Autofill, Notification timeout, and new emojis.
With the new OxygenOS Beta, OnePlus has added the Feedback app which lets your send the bug reports, Wifi and Data connectivity is now improved, NFC and Picture In Picture now works without any issue.
Note that most major aspects of the phone are working as expected but fingerprint actions may be slower than you are used to, and 3rd party apps might not work as expected.
OnePlus has already confirmed that the "Flagship Killer" OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T won't be getting any major OS updates after Android Oreo. You can download the OxygenOS beta based on Android Oreo from the below link.
The Moto Z Play is now getting the latest October Security patch with Stability Improvement and Bug fixes.
If you own a Moto Z Play you should have received the over-the-air update notification for October Security Patch, and it's crucial that you download it, as it brings along the fix for the critical severity vulnerability in media framework that could enable a remote attacker using a specially crafted file to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process.
The October Android security update for the Moto Z Play comes with build no. NPNS26.118-22-2-3. For a successful installation, the battery in your phone should be at least 50% charged and your device should be connected to a Wi-Fi network or LTE.
If you haven't got the notification of this new software update yet, Just go to Settings - About Phone - Software updates, and It will automatically start downloading the latest update. The update will take around 10-15 minutes to get Installed on your device. Stay tuned to our Facebook and Twitter page to get the first News.
The Moto X4 and the recently announced Moto Smart Speaker Mod for Moto Z comes with Amazon Alexa Assistant
Just like the Google Assistant, Alexa is an intelligent personal assistant developed by Amazon. It is capable of voice interaction, music playback, making to-do lists, setting alarms, streaming podcasts, playing audiobooks, and providing weather, traffic, and other real time information, such as news.
Motorola has now launched the Moto Alexa App on the Play Store. For now it is exclusive to a few countries and devices. I just installed it on my Moto Z Play and got an error "Sorry, Moto Alexa is not supported in your region yet." Comment below if it's working for you.
There's no denying the fact that OnePlus is working on next generation Smartphone. Already there are couple of leaks and rumors regarding the OnePlus 5T.
Recently Android Authority with a teaser Image confirmed that the OnePlus 5T is real and coming late November. Today we have the first Live Image of the OnePlus 5T and it looks beautiful.
As you can see in the above image, there's no front facing fingerprint sensor below the display and that's likely due to the fact that the OnePlus 5T features 18:9 6" Full-Vision Display with 2160 x 1080 resolution.
Additionally, the OnePlus 5T will likely feature similar camera design and hardware to that of the OnePlus 5. However, we might see some improvements in the battery size.
That said, OnePlus might reveal the OnePlus 5T in November 2017. Stay tuned to our Facebook and Twitter page to get the first News.
Source: Weibo
Android 8.1 Oreo Developer Preview is now Official and is readily available for the Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel C, Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P. The latest Android version comes with tons of new features, fixes and improvements. Google also shared the Android 8.1 Oreo change-log, which some of you will find rather interesting.
Neural networks API
The Neural Networks API (NNAPI) provides apps with hardware acceleration for on-device machine learning operations. The API supports on- device model creation, compilation, and execution. Apps typically do not use NNAPI directly; instead, NNAPI is meant to be called by machine learning libraries, frameworks, and tools that let developers train their models and deploy them on Android devices.
Notifications
Apps can now only make a notification alert sound once per second. Alert sounds that exceed this rate aren't queued and are lost. This change doesn't affect other aspects of notification behavior and notification messages still post as expected.
Improved targeting for low-RAM devices
Android 8.1 (API level 27) adds two new hardware-feature constants, FEATURE_RAM_LOW and FEATURE_RAM_NORMAL, to Package Manager. These constants allow you target the distribution of your apps and APK splits to normal- or low-RAM devices.
These constants enable the Play store to promote a better user experience by highlighting apps especially well-suited to the capabilities of a given device.
Autofill framework updates
Android 8.1 Developer Preview (API level 27) provides several improvements to the Autofill Framework that you can incorporate into your apps.
Programmatic Safe Browsing actions
You can control whether your app reports known threats to Safe Browsing.
You can have your app automatically perform a particular action—such as going back to safety—each time it encounters a URL that Safe Browsing classifies as a known threat.
WallpaperColors API
Android 8.1 Developer Preview (API level 27) adds support for managing wallpaper colors. This feature lets you create a WallpaperColors object from a bitmap, a drawable, or by using the first three most visually representative colors. You can also retrieve details of the first three noticeable colors of a wallpaper.
Shared memory API
Android 8.1 (API level 27) introduces a new SharedMemory class. This class allows you to create, map, and manage anonymous shared memory that can be used by multiple processes or apps.
