The Android development team has just announced the first development preview of Android 15.
“Android 15 continues our work to build a platform that helps improve your productivity while giving you new opportunities to create premium media experiences, reduce battery impact, maximize the smoothness of apps, and protect user privacy and security, all on the most diverse line of devices. there,” Dave Burke, vice president of engineering for Android, wrote ua blog post.
Android 15 will include the latest version of Privacy Sandbox, which is Google’s attempt to develop new technologies that protect user privacy while enabling personalized experiences and ads.
Also, fitness and health monitoring service Health Connect via Android it is updated with new types of data.
FileIntegrityManager will get new APIs that use Linux’s fs-verity feature, which allows files to be protected with cryptographic signatures. In the context of Android, this allows them to protect user devices from malware or unauthorized file modifications.
Android 15 also adds support for partial screen sharing, which allows users to share or record a specific app window, rather than having to use the entire screen.
The camera is updated with improvements for photos taken in low light conditions and improved flash intensity settings.
Performance improvements in the Android Dynamic Performance Framework (ADPF) include a power-efficient mode for hint sessions, GPU and CPU frequency tuning to meet workload demand and thermal height thresholds.
Developers who want to test Android 15 can do so on Pixel 6, 7 or 8 phones or Pixel Fold or Pixel tablet. Outside of these devices, developers can also use Android Emulator in Android Studio.
“Your feedback on the Android 15 Developer Preview and the QPR beta program plays a key role in helping Android continually improve. The Android 15 developer page has more information about the preview, including downloads for the Pixel and detailed documentation of the changes. This preview is just the beginning, and we’ll have much more to share as we move through the release cycle. Thank you in advance for helping make Android a platform that works for everyone,” said Burke.