Top 17 Android 10 features you guys need to know about !!!





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1. Gesture navigation

2. Wi-Fi and QR codes

3. Undo app removal

4. Location control

5. Dark Theme, the system-wide dark mode

6. Digital Wellbeing

7. Android Q doesn't have Android Beam

8. Closing privacy loopholes

9. Foldable support

10. Android Q 'bubbles' multitasking

11. New Android 10 privacy features

12. Project Mainline: security updates in the background

13. 5G

14. Live Caption, and more

15. Developer tools for apps: system settings, connectivity, media and more

16. Developer tools

17. Better notification controls

Android 10 launched in September, starting with Pixel phones and has slowly been making its way to more devices. Samsung's current lineup have all been updated, and the recently announced Galaxy S20 and Z Flip, all run Android 10 out of the box.The update includes a ton of new features, ranging from a true dark mode that helps save battery life to privacy improvements and a live caption feature that's downright cool.Whether you just got a new phone that runs Android 10, or you recently updated and are looking for ways to take advantage of Google's new features, we have your back. Below are seven Android 10 features you should know about.Using only taps and swipes to move between apps and go back to your home screen, instead of relying on Android's traditional button navigation, is now possible. Google had flirted with gesture navigation in the past, but it wasn't until Android 10 that it fully became possible. The process to turn on gesture navigation will vary based on who makes your phone, but you should be able to search the Settings app for "Gestures" and find it. On the Pixel 4, you can find the setting by going to Settings > System > Gestures > System navigation and select Gesture navigation.Make sure you check out our roundup of all the gestures and how to get the most out of the new feature.Android 10 has a new feature that lets you create a QR code for your Wi-Fi network or scan a QR code to join a Wi-Fi network from the device's Wi-Fi settings. To use this new feature, go to Wi-Fi settings and then select your home network, followed by the Share button with a small QR code just above it.Have you ever removed an app from your home screen accidentally, only to realize you can't remember which app was there? I have.In Android 10, you have a few seconds after an app has been removed to undo the change. You'll find the undo button along the bottom of the screen. Press it and the app is back where it belongs.Android 10 adds more granular control over how an app can use location information. Prior to Android 10, once you gave an app access to your location, it was always on and (potentially) always tracking. With Android 10, you have the option of letting an app access your location information only while you're actively using the app. Not only is this an important privacy matter, but also it's sure to help save on battery life.There's a system-wide dark mode coming to Android 10 and it's called Dark Theme. So far it's limited to a few specific menus and apps, but more and more apps are becoming available in a dark mode all the time.You'll be able to trigger Dark Theme in two different ways, and both are in the notification shade. The first way is with a dedication Dark Theme quick settings button that switches between the default Light Theme and new Dark Theme.The second way is to turn on a Battery Saver mode, which automatically turns on Android 10 Dark Theme. This is a boon for phones with OLED screens, which will burn fewer pixels by essentially turning off pixels in regions of the display that are intentionally black.In iOS 12 Apple introduced Screen Time to monitor device use, and Android 10 has its own version called Digital Wellbeing, except it doesn't just apply to your own handset. Digital Wellbeing gives you a range of ways to manage your screen time in a healthy way. One of the Digital Wellbeing tools is Focus mode, that lets you silence apps for a select amount of time to help you concentrate on something else.Then there's Family Link, so you can monitor how much time your dependents are spending on games or other apps, and how long they're spending on their phone in general.One feature Android 10 doesn't have is Android Beam, the NFC peer-to-peer sharing method when two devices are nearby. Placing phones back-to-back will do nothing in the beta and final software, we confirmed at Google IO.Will Google replace Android Beam with another peer-to-peer sharing method? That remains to be seen, but it seems unlikely.A report from the International Computer Science Institute found that over 1,300 apps on the US Google Play Store routinely scraped personal data from users even if explicitly denied by relevant permissions settings. Appmakers have been using multiple clever workarounds to get the info they wanted: if a user set their permissions to not share location data, the apps took their MAC address from routers connected to the phone. They stored the device-identifying IMEI number accessed by one app and shared it with others. They even determined user locations with image metadata.Google reportedly fixied these issues with the full release of Android 10, though not in any planned beta beforehand.Android 10 is preparing for foldable phones in the future, or "foldables and innovative new screens," according to the Android Developers Blog post.The Samsung Galaxy Fold seamlessly switched between the folded and unfolded screen states. By Google natively supporting this type of UI continuity in the backend, it'll likely come to more foldable phones when they launch with Android 10 onboard.Android is the only operating system that supports foldables, so it's likely all foldable phones will run Android 10 upon release.You've seen the bubbles UI before if you've used Facebook Messenger chat heads. It's an easy way to keep active conversations on-screen as small floating profile pics, while going about your normal tasks in the rest of the interface. You can tap the pic when you want to switch back to the conversation.Google is supporting this idea throughout Android 10 and calling it a new way to multitask. So far, its examples are coming to Messages and Hangouts. But Google is reducing development time, interactivity consistency, and user privacy safeguards, so expect to see it in additional apps outside of Google's ecosystem.The Android Developer Blog post announcing the developer beta confirmed a heavy emphasis on boosting privacy in Android 10, a focus that was reaffirmed in the Google IO 2019 keynote.Users will have more control over app access to location info, shared files and repositories like Photos and Videos. Another helpful change: instead of apps automatically switching focus when they have an Activity in the background (like an alarm or call), appmakers can opt to send high-priority notifications first. Android 10 beta 3 also introduced a new feature – Scoped Storage – which allows users to control how apps access external storage (say, in a MicroSD card). It will also better protect users from being identified by restricting access to non-resettable device identifiers, like your phone's serial number and/or IMEI, and randomizing its MAC address when connected to different Wi-Fi networks. These might be some of the most onerous changes for developers in Android 10, which is why, as the Android Developers Blog post reads: "We are bringing these changes to you early, so you can have as much time as possible to prepare."Another new endeavor announced at Google IO 2019 is Project Mainline, which enables Android devs to update critical parts of Android (so-called 'modules') without a full software package – and critically, without a full update from OEMs. These surgical upgrades download in the background from Google Play and load them up whenever the phone next reboots. They will mainly be used to improve privacy and security, though the Android Developers Blog post also mentions game developers will use it to update modules for consistent platform implementation.All devices that can run Android 10 will be able to get Project Mainline.Android 10 has some particular tricks up its sleeve for 5G. New APIs will enable apps to detect user connection rate and latency, as well as detect if the connection is metered.This will give developers more refined control over how much data to send to users, especially when they have poorer connections or have data-downloading limits.One of several accessibility features announced at Google IO 2019, Live Caption does what it says on the tin – captioning video and audio in real-time. The feature doesn't require an internet connection, transcribing text from the device's own speech recognition and NLP.On the Google IO 2019 stage, we saw Live Caption used in combination with Live Transcribe to input incoming audio to text, then have a user text a response which was spoken. In the demonstration, the combo – called Live Relay – allows a texting user to interact on a phone call without ever speaking a word.The last accessibility feature coming to Android 10 is Project Euphonia, which aims to improve Android's verbal recognition to better process words spoken by users with speech impediments.Developers will be able to show contextually-important system settings within their apps, which harnesses the 'Slices' feature that came in Android 9 Pie. So instead of having to navigate to Settings to switch on Airplane Mode or toggle Wi-Fi or Mobile Data on/off, say, you'll be able to do that right within your mobile browser.There are also tweaks to connectivity, including 'adaptive Wi-Fi' that enables high performance/low latency modes, which would be useful for things like online gaming or voice calls.Like all the depth and blur in Pixel camera software? In Android 10, apps can request depth data (JPEG + XMP metadata + depth and confidence map) to, say, offer "specialized blurs and bokeh options in your app," as the Android post suggests. "You can even use the data to create 3D images or support AR photography use-cases in the future."Android 10 will also support more multimedia codecs: AV1 to let media providers stream high-quality video, Opus for audio encoding, and HDR10+ for high dynamic range video "on devices that support it" – like, say, the Samsung Galaxy S10 family.As for gaming, the Android 10 beta enhances support for OpenGL along with bug fixes and more functionality.More permissions to preserve privacyAndroid 10 will revamp permissions, from the general to specific, and we've heard that users will be able to better view what info they've shared.Here's what we don't know for sure, but have heard about: per the aforementioned XDA Developers leak, users will be able to look at a broad overview of which apps they've given permission for certain things, like location or microphone access. There's a search function that lets you filter by permission item, allowing you to quickly see which apps you've given access to your camera, contacts, location and so on.You can also look at permissions each app has been granted and toggle them individually to set whether access is off, on, or only on while the app is open.There are plenty of new developer tools described by the XDA leak, but it's not clear how all of them will function. Freeform windows return, which lets you enable them after pressing and holding an app icon in the recent apps overview. On the other hand, XDA also found a feature called "Game Updates Package Preference" whose purpose is a bit of a mystery. Another, titled "force desktop mode," seems like it would push Android to an external display, Samsung DeX-style.Not all of the UI is finished, either, making some features – like screen recording – not totally comprehensible.When you long-press an alert, you're now given two different options: Alerting and Silent. If you select Alerting, the app will make sounds with each new alert. If you select Silent, your phone won't make a sound or vibrate. You can further tailor how notifications behave by going into Settings > Apps & notifications > Notifications.This is a small but important feature because it means you no longer have to dig into the Settings app to figure out how to customize an app's alerts. You simply long-press, pick an option and you're done.