Google officially announced Android 10, the latest version of Android, an operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones. Android 10’s development code name was Android Q. This time, Google has abolished the snack code name that has been used for a long time. Android 10 will first be released exclusively for the Pixel series, Google’s own smartphone, but it will expand through cooperation with partners for other devices.
Looking at the top 10 features of Android 10, first, if someone sends you a website or YouTube address as a message, you can open it as a Google Map and start navigation or play it on YouTube without deliberately copying and pasting the address into the search box or browser. It supports Smart Reply function.
Daum supports a dark theme that allows you to apply a dark theme in dark shades by specifying the entire smartphone or only a specific app, and a gesture search function that allows you to search for new gestures while expanding the contents of the application to the entire screen.
In addition, there are real-time captions that display captions on videos, podcasts, and audio including recordings from all applications, location data sharing, and a privacy section that integrates web and app activity and advertisement settings among the privacy sections in the settings menu. Support.
Not only that, until now, important security and personal information updates have been made through software updates within the operating system, but in the future, updates can be made on Google Play without waiting for the operating system update. In addition, it is now possible to more precisely control the location and timing of notifications, and as a function for protection, it is possible to limit the terminal usage time or specific app time, and check the apps installed on the terminal or the usage status. Family Link is supported. Finally, there is a focus mode, which can be checked when a terminal is acquired, such as social media or email.
As mentioned earlier, Android 10 supports dark themes and sophisticated gesture navigation that can be applied to the entire system. It can be seen that the company is also pursuing operational improvements, such as smart reply, which facilitates link and content sharing. In terms of operation, foldable smartphones such as the Galaxy Fold are supported at the operating system level, but this is difficult to evaluate until supported models appear.
The security and handling of personal information have also been strengthened, and the real-time caption function that automatically generates subtitles for videos, podcasts, and audio messages will be distributed sequentially from Pixel phones this fall. During the Google I/O period held in May, the Google Assistant that allows quick interaction was also introduced, but it was not added as an official feature of Android 10. If you add these features as well, it sure seems that your smartphone experience will change dramatically.
Android 10 also adds an accessibility feature that lets you pair a hearing aid with a smartphone and stream directly from the hearing aid. Google announced this policy in August last year, but it was added this time. Google unveiled ASHA (Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids), a protocol that allows audio streaming from a smartphone to a hearing aid. In Android 10, this protocol allows hearing aids to listen to music, calls, and other voices from the device like a regular headset.
In addition, since audio streaming is done via Bluetooth LE, both hearing aids and smartphones can be used for a long time without wasting excessive power. Of course, iOS has preceded support for smartphone hearing aids. MFi certified hearing aids have long been sold. However, according to statistical data from IDC, a US market research institute, 86.6% of smartphones in the world are equipped with Android, so it is expected that more people will be able to receive this benefit than ever. Related information can be found here .