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Google releases Android 11 developer preview earlier than expected
Typically, Google releases a preview of the upcoming version of Android sometime in March. This year, it's doing it earlier than ever with the release of the first developer preview of Android 11 for Pixel phones.
The emphasis this year is on the developer part of the developer preview, as it doesn't seem as though there will be major UI or UX changes in this early iteration. (Those will likely come at the Google I/O conference in May.) Because it's so developer-focused, you'll need to manually flash a full system image onto your Pixel 2, 3, 3A, or 4 in order to test it out.
For the record, it's called Android 11, though you'll likely find references to "Android R" here and there. As for a dessert reference, you're on your own. Whatever it is, Google's new policy to keep that codename internal to its engineers.
The release includes system-level updates for lots of new technologies. It has a better awareness of 5G bandwidth and metering, more enhancements for foldable screens, support for SHAKEN/STIR call screen authentication, better low-latency video decoding for streaming game services like Stadia, better HEIF support, a new version of Google's neural networks API, and more.
Android 11 will also support what Google calls a "dedicated conversation section in the notification shade." Presumably, that means - like with iMessage - you'll be able to see more than just the last message in a chat thread when you are replying directly from the notification. Those in-notification replies will also support replying with images. If those are enough options for you, Google is including the nearly infamous chat bubble feature for messaging apps again, so it may finally be a thing th
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