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Few days ago Google presented the release of Android 15 Developer Preview 1 which focuses on a wide range of improvements that expand productivity, improve multimedia capabilities, optimize application performance and, above all, protect user privacy and security.
Android 15 Developer Preview 1 presents changes in services to display advertising in mobile applications (Android AD Services), as they are now based on the latest Privacy Sandbox developments. This project aims to create techniques to personalize the display of advertising without violating user privacy, determining the general category of user interests without individual identification.
Today we are launching the first Android 15 Developer Preview so that you, our developers, can collaborate with us to create a better Android.
Android 15 continues our work to create a platform that helps improve your productivity while giving you new capabilities to produce superior multimedia experiences, minimize battery impact, maximize smooth app performance, and protect device privacy and security. user, all in the most diverse line of devices that exists.
One notable feature of Android 15 is the support for partial screen sharing, that Allows users to share or record just an app window instead of the entire screen Of the device. Requiring user consent for each MediaProjection capture session, this feature offers greater flexibility and control over the user experience.
Another of the changes that have been introduced is in Health Connect in which its support has been expanded for new types of related data with exercise and nutrition management. For example, you can now track your average steps taken and trans fat intake. Health Connect offers centralized storage of data from fitness bracelets and other user health devices, facilitating joint access to health data between different applications.
Android 15 introduce new FileIntegrityManager APIs that take advantage of the fs-verity feature in the Linux kernel. This allows files to be protected using custom cryptographic signatures, ensuring that they have not been tampered with or damaged, leading to greater security on the Android platform.
Also highlighted are new extensions to have more control over the camera hardware and its algorithms on compatible devices. Additionally, it extends support for MIDI 2.0 devices to virtual MIDI applications, allowing composition application developers to control synthesizer applications as a virtual MIDI 2.0 device.
Camera control capabilities and image processing algorithms have been improved, with additional options to increase brightness in low light conditions and adjust the intensity of the photographic flash.
La API for dynamic performance management, ADPF (Android Dynamic Performance Framework), has been discontinued and was added in its place un energy efficient mode where running threads will prioritize saving power consumption rather than performance (e.g. it can be used for long running background jobs). It is also possible transmit combined information about GPU and CPU consumption, allowing the system to adjust the GPU and CPU frequency or the mapping of threads to cores, taking into account the total load and added the getThermalHeadroomThresholds method to display temperature control status according to the expected values.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that this first Developer Preview can be evaluated by developers and all those interested. The released builds are ready for the Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro, Pixel 7/7a/7 Pro, Pixel 8/8a/8 Pro, Pixel Fold and Pixel Tablet.
It is also worth mentioning that if no setbacks arise, the launch of Android 15 is expected to arrive in the third quarter of 2024. If you are interested in learning more about it, you can consult the details In the following link.