The latest release of Android 10 is focused to make everyday life simple, smarter and more helpful. The new features are here with extraordinary power performance and the changes incorporated to make your experience more transparent, protected and controlled are over 50. Yes, you read that right. The features are powered by on-device machine learning and are enabled to support new technologies like foldable and 5G. With all these innovations centred on digital wellbeing, Android 10 has been enhanced to provide industry-leading security and privacy protections.
Keep on reading as we tell you the 10 things about Android 10 that you should know!
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Dark Theme
This life-saving feature will enable you to save the battery life of your phone by applying dark themes to the entire phone or some specific apps. Lighter on eyes, and easier on our phone battery, this new feature is worth an applause.
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Smart Reply
There is no more need for tapping a link and pasting it on the other app to see what it contains. The smart reply will let you open the video in YouTube without copying and pasting the URL or navigate in Google Maps. Smart Reply is enabled for all the messaging apps.
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Gesture Navigation
This new feature doesn’t require any tapping to go back to the home screen to start some other apps. The edge to edge large screens phones are enabled with gesture navigation. Just swipe up, pull up, and fluidly switch screens.
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Live Caption
The problem solver for all – Android 10 has also a Live caption feature for us to caption all our photos, videos, podcasts and audio message with just a tap. The feature will be started with pixels and will be available after this fall.
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Sharing Location is a choice
Another important update is for the security of users. You can now choose to share location data while using apps. If an app is accessing your location while you are not using it, the system will send reminders and ask whether to change the previous setting or not.
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Settings
A new section is added under the ‘settings’ – Privacy Section. This will let you find the important controls like Web & App Activity, all at one place.
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Privacy Fixes
With Android 10 dropping its amazing features like never before, it will also let you fix the important security and privacy issues without a full OS update. You will receive the system updates to your phone via Google Play System Updates the same way you get notified for an app update.
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Notifications under control
Annoyed by the notifications ringing all day? Android 10 has got your back. Now you can control the notifications getting displayed over the home screen or ringing all day. You can mark the notifications as “silent” and they will disappear without making a noise. This means that you can get notified when you want to be.
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Family Link
A part of every updated device, the Family link will enable parents to set daily screen time limits, the time limits on certain apps, device bedtime, and more. The feature can be accessed in the phone settings under Digital Wellbeing. This will help them know how much time their kids are spending on their devices.
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Focus Mode
Digital Wellbeing now has a Focus mode which will let you focus on your work. Yes! You can now silent the apps you find distracting until you turn off the focus mode. You need to sign up for the Beta to try it.
These are the top 10 features of Android 10, it surely has so much more in store for you. Get ready to experience this update and try your hands on the upgraded devices.
