The next global update of Android caused not only joy for some, but also indignation for many. And it’s not at all because people don’t want something new: it’s just that the shortcomings of the Google platform have many times exceeded the advantages.
It's easy to criticize something. And it's even easier to scold what really deserves it. And the fifth Android now bears the proud and contemptuous nickname "bucket" even with honor, according to Cnews.
1. "Lagging" and fast discharge
Remember: after all, once even half a gigabyte of RAM was more than enough, today 3 GB is in trend, and we are not even talking about fancy games - 3 GB of "frames" are considered good form, because "the OS itself wants it." But doesn't she want too much?
"Five" sets itself 2 GB of RAM as the minimum standard. This can be seen even if only by the fact that godless lags and brakes begin on devices with 1–1.5 gigabytes. To work, that is, impossible at all. And with KitKat (4.4) it was not all smooth sailing, but at least it was possible to go about your business quite calmly.
Hence the conclusion: if your device is older than two years and offers you to install Android 5.x - politely send it to hell with such requests. Although this will be problematic - for example, on the Nexus 2013 tablet, the author has been reflecting unsuccessful attacks of the "five" for a year now, because, having put it on and talked with it for some time, the author was horrified, remembered his mother and demolished everything to zero.
Actually, this shortcoming They have long promised to fix it in Android 5.1.1. However, this was promised before, we have been promised this all the last years, and, by the way, they were going to roll out 5.1.1 back in the spring ... and where is it?
Not to mention fast discharge battery, which can also be attributed to the item "gluttony".
2. Confusing interface
No one will argue with the statement that the interface should be convenient and friendly. Therefore, for example, Apple changes its interface slightly from version to version (and we are talking about both “adult” Macs and iPhones). Microsoft also once tried to move away from everyone's favorite Start button and the desktop - but all this, invented 20 years ago, is still alive and, being rejected, returns under the yoke of user discontent. And even when Microsoft tried to impose a “tiled” interface on everyone, programs that brought back the old Start button immediately multiplied on the Web. Microsoft thought, reconciled a little, pretended to return Start to Windows 8.1, but in fact these were “Potemkin villages”, and programs like Classic Shell are still held in high esteem, because they return exactly the old interface. Because it's convenient!
All this cannot be said about Android. From version to version (if we take the major ones - 2, 3, 4, 5), the developers honestly tried to improve the standard interface, although in fact few people needed it, since the "major manufacturers" developed their own shells for their smartphones (for example, Samsung or LG). But Google didn't let up. And if everyone is already accustomed to the interface of the “four”, although at first they scolded the lack of buttons (and still many gadget manufacturers leave touch buttons on the case, not paying attention to Google carrots), then in the top five new nonsense appeared even more. And the “whitishness and blueness” of the new interface cannot be said to be to the liking of users. Well, the mess in the list of notifications is just awful.
3. You get it all wrong!
And developers all over the world like to simplify everything. But they usually think that way. Many claim, of course, that they care about users, but the result is nonsense. And Lollipop has simplified a lot of things that can be simply listed with a minus sign.
There is too much space left big screens, because the information panels are crammed together, spoiling the convenient separate mini-bars at the top of the screen. Information about the battery charge has been simplified so much that it has been completely removed: only the charge that remains is shown. "Gallery" was replaced with a simplified "Photo", with an emphasis on working on the Internet. If there is no Internet, you will encounter randomly organized pictures not by albums. It is solved, by the way, by forced replacement with the old "Gallery" through a third-party APK.
What else? Messages in the top tray were replaced with icons: go guess what they wanted. There are no more convenient points of lock button functionality. In version 5.0, the “silent” mode was also gone, which was returned in 5.1 (Google probably decided that turning off the sound to users is useless). The notification panel was combined with the settings: in the "four" they functioned separately, and it was very convenient. By the way, in 5.1 it was partially returned: in particular, the ability to connect via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth was added without going to the main settings. At least something.
Well, purely aesthetically: the new three buttons at the bottom of the screen turned into three simple geometric figures. Minimalism, yes, but you won’t immediately understand what it should mean. Well, okay, with the “back” triangle and the “home” circle (reference to the round button on the iPhone?) It’s even more or less clear. But how to guess what should happen after clicking on the square?
By the way, in 5.1 there was finally support for smartphones with two SIM-cards. It wasn't in 5.0. In 4.x - was. Why it was so to do - a rhetorical question.
In general, the “five” is replete with a whole ocean of minor inconveniences, about which Google developers assure that, on the contrary, it is extremely convenient. Probably handy for Android developers themselves. Of course, you can get used to it - both to the conveniences and to the inconveniences. But is it necessary?
Moreover, if you look around the forums and read angry user reviews, it becomes very sad. “Some huge icons, theme colors just kill, primitive bottom function buttons, like for children!”, “Previously, without turning off mobile data and Wi-Fi, the phone worked for at least two days, now it’s less than a day, discharged!”, “Changed established calls contacts to standard: to make a call, you need to perform a series of manipulations and all this is very slow”, “I used to have five last calls on the screen, and I could immediately dial them by pressing one button - now I can’t”, “The design is terrible. An alarm clock in the form of a round clock, it's terribly inconvenient! The spelling has been retained by the author, except for quite egregious cases.
And there are thousands of such reviews.
4. Incompatibility
If you have many installed third party applications, then it is not a fact that they will work correctly in the new OS. Because how is it usually? A new major version of the operating system is being rolled out, which in some places is incompatible with applications. Not with all, but with some, and it is these few that will be very important to you.
And although six months have passed since the release of the "five", this problem is still relevant. Because there are hundreds and hundreds of thousands of applications for Android, some of them are generally abandoned (but vital for you!), so the transition to a new OS can end very badly, even if you have a super-new gadget that leaks random access memory absolutely nothing.
Therefore, before you rush to install Lollipop, you should go through all the vital applications and find out when they were updated and if something like “ android support 5 Lollipop. Most of the app incompatibilities are due to the new ART runtime, and developers really need to get their hands up and do something.
The question is what to do with the right apps, which has not been updated for many years, and which has survived even Ice Cream Sandwich and followers, remains open and sad.
5. Lollipop just not needed?
On the one hand, the question is philosophical, on the other hand, it is quite obvious if you ask it: why, in principle, do we need an operating system that has become so inconvenient? If the amenities that people have become accustomed to over the past five years have been replaced with something new and absolutely inconvenient, and six months have passed since the release, and the convenience has not increased ... Why is it?
What can not be said about the previous, fourth version, which turned out to be much more successful. Incomprehensible on-screen buttons are successfully replaced with touch-sensitive counterparts (and still, I must say), there were many times less inconvenience in 4.x, and the design was quite strict and convenient compared to the "two" - yes, also unusual, but acceptable. And everyone is used to it.
All this cannot be said about Lollipop. If, six months after the release, the indignant exclamations do not subside, but only become louder, this is a failure on all fronts (the above reviews date back to March-April of this year). And there are more fronts, as more and more manufacturers release mandatory updates for their smartphones and tablets, integrating Android Lollipop as the basis (well, except perhaps for the new Lenovo P90).
But remember: you can always choose not to upgrade to this version, waiting for a more stable release. If he ever will be.
Because if 5.1.1 comes out, fixing the Most Major Drawback Android OS - this will be a really serious reason to install the update even on devices older than two years.
More than three years have passed since the release of the fourth version of Android, during this period four more important updates were introduced, and although Android 4.4 has been heavily redesigned and refined compared to version 4.0, it is still the ideological successor of Ice Cream Sandwich, both at the user interface level and at the level of other components of the system. This summer, at the Google conference, the next major version of the OS was announced - Android 5 (at the time of the announcement it was called Android L), the first device with a release Android version 5.0 went on sale quite recently - on November 3, it was HTC Nexus 9.
As befits a major update, Android 5.0 brings major changes at all levels of the system, the most significant of which are: a new Material Design graphical interface, an updated notification system, increased autonomy due to power consumption optimization, mandatory encryption of all user data, support for multiple accounts, definitive transition to the Android Runtime (ART) application environment, support for 64-bit processors, significant improvements in working with media content; in addition, there are now special versions of the OS for TVs, watches and computers in cars. The review focuses on the features smartphone OS user interface, the review is based on firmware with Android 5.0 installed on . This review is also the basic material for our site, in future reviews branded shells for Android from third-party manufacturers, references will be made to this article.
Lock screen
The device can be woken up by pressing the Power button, double tapping on the screen or simply picking it up, the last two methods require hardware support. To unlock a smartphone, you need to swipe up and down in any part of the screen, which is much more convenient than the slider in the previous version, because now unlocking is easy to do on the go and without looking. You can protect yourself from unauthorized access to the device in several ways: set unlock by Graphic key, set a password or PIN, or by using the Smart Lock feature, which allows you to unlock your device when connected to your watch, Bluetooth headset in the car, by NFC tag or by face recognition. There is one more thing, if a guest account is set up in the system and it is not password-protected, then you can easily unlock the device simply by changing the account in the blind.
The lock screen displays: status line - it contains the name of the operator, indicators of the cellular network signal, Wi-Fi and battery level (without the ability to display the charge as a percentage); User information; hours, day of the week and date. In the center of the screen, under the clock, a list of missed events is displayed, ranked by importance based on who they came from and from which application, before all missed events fell into the notification shade. If the smartphone is password-protected, then you will need to choose one of three options for displaying information on the lock screen: Show notifications in full, Hide personal information or Do not show notifications.
From the lock screen, you can: access the Camera app by swiping from the right edge of the screen; open the Phone application - swipe from the left border of the screen; or lower the notification curtain - swipe from the top border. Interaction with the list of notifications is as follows: double tap on any notification will send the user to the corresponding application; “swipe” left or right removes the notification; swiping down from a notification reveals an event preview window, which can contain buttons for quick interaction with that event, such as the "Reply" and "Delete" buttons for an email. In the preview window, below the list, there is a button to remove all notifications.
Desktop, multitasking and notifications
The main workspace was and remains the desktop, which scrolls horizontally. The system retained a separate application menu, which can be accessed from any desktop by clicking on the non-retractable shortcut in the lower dock. The bottom dock, in addition to this shortcut, can contain up to 4 arbitrary application shortcuts or folders with shortcuts. The application menu contains icons for all pre-installed and third-party applications, while the desktop contains shortcuts only to those applications that the user has added.
One desktop can contain up to 16 application shortcuts in a 4 * 4 grid, in addition to shortcuts, widgets and folders with shortcuts can be located on the desktop. A folder can contain up to 16 shortcuts, but other folders or widgets cannot be placed in it. By hooking a shortcut, folder or widget with a long tap, you can move it from place to place on desktops or delete it by dragging it to the “Delete” button. To add a shortcut to the desktop, you need to go to the application menu and, having hooked the application with the same long tap, move it to the desktop. If you move the application to the “Delete” icon that appears on top, the system will prompt the user to delete this application; if you move it to the “About application” icon, the system will send the user to the corresponding menu. In the “About the application” menu, the application can be stopped, deleted or reset data, including the association this application with certain system actions, from here you can also delete the cache of this application.
The desktop settings menu is called by a long tap on any free area of the screen. The menu contains three items: wallpaper - allows you to change the desktop picture; widgets - needed to add widgets to the desktop; and settings - a shortcut leading to the Settings application.
The multitasking menu is called up by pressing a dedicated on-screen button. Running applications are displayed in the form of cards located one after another and scrolling vertically. Some applications may be represented by several cards, for example, in the case of Google Chrome a separate card is assigned for each browser tab. Closing the application is done by swiping left or right, there is no dedicated memory clear button, but it is not necessary, based on the principles of multitasking in Android. To date, the mechanics of multitasking in Android looks nice: firstly, returning to the previous application, for example, when the user left the Vkontakte application by clicking on the link, is performed by the back button on the screen, while the multitasking menu does not need to be called; Secondly, the call to the multitasking menu itself is made in one tap.
Working with notifications in Android 5.0 has been seriously redesigned. First, as mentioned above, a list of interactive notifications appeared on the lock screen. Second, the classic call interface to Full Screen appears only if the device is locked, in all other cases, when incoming call, a small card appears on top with information about who is calling and two buttons: “Close” and “Reply”. Thirdly, now when adjusting the sound, you can activate one of three notification modes: “All”, “Important” and “None”. The “All” mode means that the device will notify about all calls, messages and notifications from any applications, except for those for which notifications are disabled. If the “Important” mode is set, then the device will notify you with a sound about calls and messages from contacts from a special list and notifications from applications for which the “Priority” parameter is explicitly set. And finally, when the “None” mode is activated, any notifications will be muted, including the sound of the alarm clock.
Controls, keyboard
Smartphone control in Google Android 5.0 Lollipop implies the presence of a power button, volume buttons and three on-screen buttons: Back, Home and Multitasking Menu - it is acceptable that the on-screen buttons be placed on the case in the form of touch or mechanical buttons; in addition, swipes and a long tap are actively used. Voice control is widely used, the user has the ability to use the phrase “O’key Google” from any screen, including from a locked screen (requires hardware support), to initiate voice control and then dictate a command or search term.
An important role in interaction with the device is played by the notification curtain combined with the switch panel. Compared to Android 4.x, the mechanics of interacting with the curtain has changed a bit. It is called by a swipe from the top edge of the screen or a double tap on the status bar, if you make another swipe from top to bottom, but already in any part of the screen, the switch panel will open; as before, to immediately open the switch panel, you need to make the same swipe, but with two fingers. The switch panel is not customizable, it contains 8 switches and a screen brightness adjustment slider.
The system keyboard has changed externally: now the keys are not visually separated in any way, and the main gamut has changed from dark to light, but the principle of its operation has remained the same. The ability to install keyboards from third-party developers has not gone away. The dialer remains the same, if you do not take into account the fit of graphics to Material Design.
Settings
To the application Settings can be accessed: by clicking on the icon in the application menu (or on the desktop), through the icon in the switch bar, or from the desktop settings management menu. All smartphone settings are grouped into 4 groups: wireless networks, device, personal data and system; and divided into 19 sections:
- WI-FI - the main screen of the section contains a W-Fi switch, a list of available networks with the ability to search by name, and a button that calls additional functions:
- Bluetooth - the main screen of the section contains a Bluetooth switch, a list of available devices with the ability to search by name, and a button that calls additional functions:
- Data transfer - the main screen of the section contains: Mobile data switch; Limit switch mobile traffic with the ability to set a limit and a warning; detailed statistics on the use of traffic by applications with the ability to select a period; and a button that calls additional functions:
- More - additional settings wireless networks.
- Screen
- Sounds and notifications
- Memory - the main screen of the section contains statistics for permanent memory and a button that calls additional functions
- Battery - the main screen of the section contains: current charge level in percent; estimated remaining time battery life; basic statistics on the use of battery power by various applications and devices; and a button that calls additional functions:
- Applications
- Users – the main screen of the section contains a list of users and a button that calls additional functions:
- Location
- Safety
- Accounts - contains a list of accounts entered into the device with the ability to delete and add new ones
- Language and Input
- Recovery and reset - this section exists to reset the device to factory settings with the ability to Reserve copy all data
- date and time
- Specialist. features - here are collected functions to facilitate interaction with the device for people with disabilities
- Print - Displays a list of print services and allows you to add new ones.
- About phone
Basic Applications
Telephone– on the main screen of the application are displayed: a search bar with buttons voice search and call the application settings, the last activity and, below, the dialer call button. tab speed dial contains cards of frequently dialed contacts, the Recent tab contains a list of recent calls, the Contacts tab contains all contacts, respectively.
Contacts is an application for working with user contacts. In terms of functionality, it is no different from the Contacts tab in the phone application.
Messenger (Chat)– the main screen of the application contains a list of dialogs, buttons for searching, settings and creating a new message. The application looks as simple as possible and has primitive functionality. From the unusual, I note how the application assigns its own unique primary color to each dialog.
gmail- starting from the 5th version of Android, the main application for working with email becomes gmail. Now you can add mailboxes not only from Google, but also from others mail services. The main screen displays a list of letters, buttons for searching, settings and creating a new message. Swipe from the left edge of the screen is called side panel, which contains a list of folders and a settings shortcut. The settings are as simple as possible.
Google Chrome is the default system browser. A feature of its work is the ability to set the display of tabs in the multitasking menu as separate cards. The rest is the usual Chrome. The advantages of this browser include integration into Google services and the wide possibilities of synchronizing tabs, forms, passwords, etc., the disadvantages are imperfect user interface and gluttony to system resources.
Watch- includes: alarm clock, world clock, stopwatch and timer.
Camera– the interface of the main screen of the application consists of a viewfinder, a shutter button and a settings call button, next to the latter, icons of shooting parameters can be displayed. Swipe from left to right brings up a list of shooting modes, there are five in total: Photo Sphere - allows you to create photos with a 360 ° view in all axes, Panorama - allows you to create panoramic photos with a viewing angle of up to 360 ° in a horizontal or vertical plane, Blur - allows you to create photos with artificial bokeh effect, Photo and Video. A right-to-left swipe will send the user to the gallery. In the Photo settings you can: adjust the exposure; turn on the timer, HDR mode or flash; switch to the front camera.
Calendar- changed. The main view is now the Schedule, where all the events go in one list, which is interesting: the beginning of each month in this list is titled with a nice picture that reflects the main essence of this month. To look at the month, you need to tap on the name of the current month in the header. The view can be changed to Day and 5 days. The button for adding an event is displayed in the lower right corner.
A photo is a gallery app that contains two tabs: All and Featured. There is a function of auto-uploading photos to a Google+ profile.
Calculator- has standard functionality. In portrait orientation, the panel with additional features(sin, cos, tan, ln, etc.) is called by swiping from the right edge of the screen, while in landscape orientation this panel is always visible.
Cards is a client application for Google Maps. The main screen contains a search bar and buttons: a side menu button, a voice search button, a north orientation button, a current location button, and a route creation button. There are buttons in the side menu: button for displaying traffic jams, public transport routes, bike paths, satellite view, terrain; and a link to the Planet Earth app page in Play Store. The Your Places section displays your home and work addresses and favorite addresses. From here, you can save the selected area of the map to the phone's memory for further use of the application offline.
Branded Applications
Play Store is an app store client and the main branded application from Google. Through it, the purchase, installation and updating of third-party applications is carried out. The “Home” section is a virtual showcase, where the header contains links to the main sections of the store: Applications, Games, Movies, Music, Books and Press. Below, various product selections, such as New or Most Played Games, are displayed as thumbnails of the three positions heading the corresponding selection and a link to the entire list, interspersed with advertising banners.
The “My Applications” section for the convenience of the user consists of two lists: Installed and All. The "Search for apps" section has a more convenient view of the catalog of games and applications in tabs, lists and top charts. The Wishlist section shows all the products that the user has ever marked as Wishlist.
Play Music- this is music player and, at the same time, a client of the cloud music service of the same name. The “Home” section displays a list of your recent actions: listened to or purchased tracks. The “My Music Library” section displays all user tracks purchased or downloaded from a computer, sorted in tabs by artist, album or genre. The “Playlists” section contains, respectively, all playlists created by the user or automixes. The “Automixes” section greatly simplifies the creation of playlists from a large number of tracks, to create an automix, you just need to specify the name of the artist, album or genre, and the application will create a new playlist by itself. In the side menu there is also a link to the Play Store, because. the purchase of tracks is made only from it.
Play Movies is a client of the service for buying / renting films and watching on mobile device. The "Home" section displays links to "My Video Library" and the Play Store section for purchasing movies, and a list of store recommendations for the user. The My Movies section displays a list of movies purchased or rented by the user. In the side menu there are links to the "Wishlist" and the Play Store.
Play Games is a client application of the service of the same name. The “Main” section displays the basic data about the user: name, level, how many experience points you need to score to move to the next level. Lists of games are displayed below: recent activity, games played by the user's friends, recommended games, and recommended players to add as friends. The “My Games” section in three tabs contains three lists of games: recent, all and installed. The "Inbox" section in three tabs displays a list of invitations, a list of gifts and requests, and a list of quests. The "Players" section in two tabs displays a list of players from the user's subscriptions and a list of players - friends of friends. The "Overview" section also contains three tabs: Recommended, Popular and Network games.
Play Books- another client of another Google service. The Home section displays the user's recent activities and a list of recommended readings. The “My Library” section in two tabs contains a list of all books and a list of purchased books. The interface of the reader itself is pleasant and convenient. There are two modes for displaying text: the original format - a scan of the pages of a book, and the adapted format, in the latter you can adjust the font - type, alignment, size and line spacing. In addition, in both display modes, you can change the color of the paper by choosing from three options: white, black and sepia. The books have navigation through the table of contents, in addition, bookmarks can be added to the book. There is a convenient search for words and phrases, you can select a page using the slider below or explicitly specifying the number. The user has the ability to upload their books to PDF format from mail or other applications.
Updating the Android operating system is not only a recommended, but also a necessary process for the stable operation of a smartphone. For the owner of the phone, this is primarily an increase in the performance of the device, the emergence of new features, and not just the correction of errors by the manufacturer. Therefore, every user should know how to update Android on a phone.
The process of changing the current version of Android on a device requires the user's attention and the fulfillment of several conditions.
Before proceeding to change the operating system, you need to make sure of the following:
- that the phone is charged (recommended battery level should be at least 50%);
- that the Wi-Fi network is reliable and stable (important only if a computer is not used when downloading the software);
- that the USB cable connecting the phone to the computer is working.
During an update to Android 9.0, 8.0, 7.0, 6.0 or earlier, it is forbidden to remove the battery or turn off the smartphone.
Interrupting the update process for one of these reasons can lead to irreparable consequences (without the help of specialists service center not enough).
There are two main ways to change Android yourself:
- Launching the update on the smartphone itself.
- Changing the software modification using a computer.
How to install a new Android without connecting to a computer
The easiest option to change the OS version is to run the process on the smartphone itself.
Usually, the system notifies you of the presence new version(notification appears at the top of the gadget screen):
Note: the algorithm for updating to a new versionAndroid always the same: no matter if the operating system is updated to 5.0, 7.0 or 9.0.
Depending on the phone model and the current firmware modification, the text and design of the notification on the screen may differ.
After receiving the notification, click "download", and wait until the software is downloaded to the device.
When Android is downloaded, a notification will appear in the notification bar and the user will be prompted to install or postpone the process.
Important: before clicking "install now", it is recommended that you read the information provided above, where the developers warn about the possible loss of personal data, and the need to make a backup.
The system does not always notify the user about the availability of a new version of Android. The reason may be the lack of an Internet connection or refusal to receive notifications (can be set in the “Software Update” section).
In this case, you can download the new Android manually. To do this, follow these steps:
How to update Android OS using a computer
You can change the Android operating system using the application from the manufacturer.
The main purpose of such programs is to create backup data, transfer photos and videos to a computer and vice versa.
Among such applications are Samsung kies or Smart switch for Samsung smartphones and Xperia Companion for Sony phones.
Before you change android 4.4.2, you need to activate special setting, intended for developers - "Debugging via USB". In later versions of the OS, this setting is hidden, and to activate it, you need to do the following:
How to download new Android using Xperia Companion
To download the firmware to your smartphone using the Xperia Companion program, you must:
Attention: it is impossible to return to the previous version of the OS, about which the user will receive a notification before installation.
How to update using Smart Switch
For installation new Android on tablets and Samsung smartphones applications are used smart switch and Samsung Kies.
To update to 7.0, 8.0 or 9.0 using Smart Switch, you need to:
Note: If you don't see a notification on the screen that you can download the new versionAndroid- this means that the latest updates are installed on the device.
How to Update Android with Samsung Kies
To update, for example, android 4.2.2, using Samsung Kies, you need to do the following:
The new firmware may not meet the user's expectations (changing appearance menus, new ones appear and old applications are deleted, etc.). Therefore, it is important to read during installation what changes will occur and whether it is worth updating.
Show notifications only at a convenient time for you
- View and reply to messages right from the lock screen. Android can automatically remove important personal information from them so that no one but you can see it.
- To prevent your phone from distracting you during a meeting, simply specify the time interval when you do not want to receive notifications. And if you're waiting for an important email or call, turn on the "Important" mode, and Android will notify you only about important events.
- Now phone call will not interrupt the game or movie itself interesting place. You will always have the option to instantly reject it.
- Choose which notifications you want to receive from which apps. If you wish, you can disable such notifications altogether.
- The order in which notifications are placed on the screen now depends on which application it came from and from. To see all notifications at once, just tap on the top of the screen.
Creating user profiles
- If several people use the phone, create separate profiles for yourself and for them. If you forget your device at home, simply sign in to your profile on any Android 5.0 phone and you'll have access to all your data (contacts, documents, etc.).
- Guest profile. Borrow your phone or tablet without fear that someone will read your messages or see your photos.
- App Lock allows you to restrict another user's access to only one app.
To access the settings you use most, simply swipe down from the top of the screen.
- Android 5.0 has made it even more convenient to turn on the flash, activate the tethering mode, rotate the screen and broadcast the image from your phone to other devices.
- Working with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS has also become easier.
- Android remembers your brightness settings and automatically applies them at the same light level.
Save battery with "Bluetooth Low Energy" technology and connect securely to the Internet anywhere
- Smoother transition from one network to another. The device switches from Wi-Fi to Mobile Internet without interrupting your Hangouts video chat or Skype call.
- The device connects only to those WiFi networks that have Internet access.
- The power consumption is set to low when searching for other devices using "Bluetooth Low Energy" technology (such as beacons or smartwatches).
- Added a mode for interacting with devices that support "Bluetooth Low Energy" technology.
Faster and more powerful Android
- Android Runtime (ART) improves the performance and speed of applications.
- Productivity is increased by 4 times.
- Smoother interface for applications with complex graphics.
- Compression of background applications and services. Now you will have even more resources at your disposal.
- Support for devices based on 64-bit processors.
- Support for 64-bit microprocessors based on ARM, x86 and MIPS architectures.
- Working with 64-bit applications designed specifically for Android, such as Chrome, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Play Music, etc.
- Automatic launch of 100% Java applications in 64-bit version.
Expressive graphics, improved photo and video quality, new audio technologies.
- Thanks to the reduced delay in processing the incoming audio signal, it is now possible to work with music services and communication applications that require data transmission in near real time.
- Professional audio applications can now mix up to 8 channels including 5.1 and 7.1.
- With USB Audio support, you can connect to Android device USB microphones, speakers, amplifiers, mixers and many other audio devices.
- The Android Extension Pack and OpenGL ES 3.1 support put Android on par with set-top boxes and desktops in terms of graphics quality.
- New features for professional photography:
- shooting at about 30 frames per second at full resolution;
- support for RAW formats such as YUV and Bayer RAW;
- control of matrix, lens and flash settings for individual frames;
- storing metadata such as noise models and optical information.
- Advanced HEVC-enabled video technology allows you to play UHD 4 video, stream high-quality video on Android TV, and enjoy the full benefits of HLS broadcasting.
- On devices that support DSP (such as the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9), you can use the "OK Google" command even when the screen is off.
- Use voice commands to get directions, find information, make a call, or send a message.
- Improved the list of available options in the upload files menu.
- Android Beam lets you share files by simply touching two devices together.
An article about what Android is and how to properly install it on a smartphone.
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In our 21st century of electronics, you will not surprise anyone with the word Android. Android is an electronic brain, an organizer, an employee, a team creator, a responsible executor. As it was sung in a popular song from the film of our childhood, "robots work hard, a happy man"! Not without reason, a stamp with the image of a tiny robot can be found on any modern device.
Android is an electronic brain, an organizer, an employee, a team creator, a responsible executor.
In fact, Android is an open-source operating system based on the Linux core. In any device there is an electronic core, the purpose of which is to control the hardware program. All running Android modern systems: computers, smartphones, tablets, laptops, media players, electronic watches, etc.
Android for smartphone. What's this?
miniature robot that starts and controls all work processes, programs, installations
a gaming platform with which you can download any virtual playground
a system that has a convenient and intuitive interface for settings
multifunctional profile system, specializing in the simultaneous execution of several areas of work
There is a variety of android programs created for mobile devices:
- mobile bank
- financial wallet
- Dictaphone
- sound or video player
- organizer
- virtual book
- navigation device
- photo album
- game console
All mine, I carry with me! This slogan is designed specifically for Android
Android for smartphone
Before we tell you how to download Android on a smartphone, here are a few specific names:
- custom firmware - a function that configures your personal equipment to individual parameters
- Root rights - a user privilege that offers to change system files, increase the number of functions, change settings to suit your
- individual use, copy versions
- Recovery - a function that allows you to delete data or settings of a subscriber
Smartphone. Specific Android installation rules
- load user rights, root rights
- update Recovery function
- create backups
When loading rights of the three main types, access to operating system without restriction, without modification or temporary access, is done as follows:
- search and download specialized application SuperOne Click
- turn off the antivirus program
- download the found application
- testing the download result
Recovery function update
This feature requires one of the following options:
- install abd type driver on computer
- download applications from the android system itself
- update Recovery features using the system ROM manager and google apps play.
Creating backups
- save the ROM Manager option
- enter the name of the archive file in which the additional copy is located
- reboot the system in normal mode
- an additional copy is recorded and stored in a folder
Direct installation of Android on a smartphone or tablet
Installing Android on a smartphone or tablet
- download the archive file to the computer where this operation will take place
- connect your device home computer or smartphone
- copy the archive to the memory of the smartphone
- do a reboot in the Recovery option
- back to default settings
- press the OK command, thereby confirming all our actions
- in the same sequence, we are working on configuring WipeDalvikCache.
- select the option Install ZIPfromSdcard Recovery
- in the menu that appears on the screen, click the option Choose ZIPfromSdcard
- choose the name of the corresponding file
- start the process
- reboot the system through the Reboot option.
- testing running system
Happy installation and use!
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