At the annual conference of Google I/O, important changes to the Android ecosystem are announced, including OS updates, new design and security strengthening. The most important innovations influence both smartphones and smart watches.
The most important update was the Material 3 Expressive Interface, which offered more flexible personalization. Users can configure the color and animation of widgets, making devices individual. When removing the report, for example, adjacent elements are moved smoothly and a tactile reaction creates a sense of interaction with a physical object. In the Wear OS 6, animations are adapted to round screens of a clock: scrolling the frames must bend the display and the buttons change the shape for convenient pressing. The update also promises an increase in autonomy by 10%.
In Android 16, extensive protection against telephone fraud will appear. The system will block dangerous actions during calls, for example closing the Play Protect or the installation of applications from unreliable sources. For bank applications in test mode, warnings about risks have been added when demonstrating the screen.
Improved protection against thefts: disposable passwords are hidden on a blocked screen and remote blocking now requires an answer to a secret question. Since the summer, Google messages will start checking contacts via coded tests, which will complicate the replacement of the conversation partner.
The “Finding” service was converted into a separate find Hub application with advanced functionality. In addition to gadgets, it will help to follow suitcases with compatible markings, ski equipment through integration with peak, and towards the end of the year the satellite communication will receive work outside the networking zone. Partnership with airlines simplifies the search for luggage with loss.
Material 3 Expressive is developed on the basis of 46 studies with the participation of 18,000 people. Tests have shown that expressive design accelerates the search for interface elements with 4 times, especially for users older than 45 years old. However, Google warns: excessive creativity should not disrupt the basic functionality, as happened in the experimental interface of the playlist with a chaotic location of album covers. Separately draws the update of Google Logos – the company for the first time in years, the business symbol changed somewhat and preserving recognizable functions.
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Source: VG Times
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