Android 15: The first preview hints at improved security, AI, and mobile content creation

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Published onFebruary 16, 2024

published onFebruary 16, 2024

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Google releasedthe first Android 15 developer preview, and the tech giant promises big updates, improvements, and changes to the upcoming operating system. In other words, prepare to use your Android phone at its best, because the new operating system has better security, better performance, and a lot of tools to create content.

Android 15 continues our work to build a platform that helps improve your productivity while giving you new capabilities to produce superior media experiences, minimize battery impact, maximize smooth app performance, and protect user privacy and security all on the most diverse lineup of devices out there.

The tech giant has founded Android 15 on 3 important pillars:

Every one of these pillars focuses on different aspects. To protect user privacy and security, Google promises several aspects, such as Privacy Sandbox on Android, Health Connect, File Integrity, and Partial Screen sharing.

The tech giant will also support creators, by turning their Android 15 device into a mini content creation studio, with features such as In-app Camera Controls, which allow for greater control over camera hardware.

Virtual MIDI 2.0 Devices will be another important feature that will transform the Android 15 device into a virtual synthesizer for music composers, producers, and so on.

Finally, Google will update Android 15 to offer an overall better performance while using GPU and CPU efficiently, to accommodate mobile gamers. Here’s what the tech giant says:

Android 15 continues our investment in theAndroid Dynamic Performance Framework (ADPF), a set of APIs that allow games and performance intensive apps to interact more directly with power and thermal systems of Android devices. On supported devices, Android 15 will add new ADPF capabilities:

Android 15 will be generally available later this year, but Google shared a potential roadmap of the upcoming operating system, and, as you can see in the image below, several versions will be available gradually to users.

Are you excited for Android 15?

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