Today’s the big day, Android fans. After announcing Android N earlier this year, Google has given it a name and, as of today, released it to the Nexus devices. Say hello to Android Nougat.


Among Android Nougat’s biggest new features, the OS will now support multi-window mode for most apps. Simply long-press the square Recents button to activate split-screen mode and you can open two apps at once. This is a precursor to the inevitable freeform windows in the future that we’ve already seen buried in the Android N beta. Nougat also includes the ability to reply to notifications directly from the shade, bundled notifications, and a bunch of other features Google didn’t announce.

Nougat will start to roll out to today to the following devices:

Nexus 6

Nexus 5X

Nexus 6P

Nexus 9

Nexus Player

Pixel C

General Mobile 4G (Android One)

If you’ve been using the official Android Beta program, you won’t notice a significant change, but you’ll still receive an update to the latest version.


Android Nougat