Android 15 is now rolling retired to Pixel devices, bringing them caller privateness features, information tools, and improvements for foldables and tablets. The operating strategy first launched past period done the Android Open Source Project, but astatine the time, it wasn’t yet available connected Pixel phones and tablets — or different awesome Android devices. Google announced today that it’s yet coming to Pixels alongside a bid of Pixel characteristic drops.
One awesome caller characteristic successful Android 15 is the expertise to make a “private space” for apps you mightiness want to support hidden from different group who get ahold of your phone. (Google gives the examples of social, dating, aliases banking apps.) Apps you put successful the backstage abstraction won’t show up successful your caller apps, notifications, aliases settings, according to Google. To entree the space, you’ll person to supply further authentication, and you tin moreover “hide the beingness of backstage abstraction from position connected your phone,” Google says.
On foldables and tablets, Android 15 will fto users pin and unpin the taskbar truthful they tin take to person somewhat easier entree to their apps. And if you person definite apps that you often usage broadside by side, you tin group up an app pairing and entree that pairing from 1 icon.
Many devices moving Android — not conscionable Android 15 — will besides beryllium getting Theft Detection Lock, which lets your telephone automatically fastener itself if it detects (with the thief of AI) that it has been stolen. Google is besides adding a characteristic called Remote Lock that lets you fastener your telephone utilizing different Android phone, your telephone number, and a “simple information check.” The institution says that “most” devices connected Android 10 and newer will get these features, and immoderate group already person them.
If you want to study much astir what’s included successful Android 15, we person a station pinch a full rundown of the biggest features.
Google is besides starting to rotation retired a caller Pixel characteristic driblet for October that includes Night Sight for Instagram for taking amended low-light photos and much controls for Audio Magic Eraser. In “the adjacent fewer weeks,” Google is besides adding a characteristic that lets you move media from a Pixel Tablet to a Pixel telephone by holding the devices adjacent to each other.