With expectation that android 15 will be released late this or early 2025, What is new? We're excited to know what new features or improvements will be coming. Android 15 is here through beta releases.Let's get right into it.
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In Android 15, you can now record partial of the screen that is record the app only leaving other parts such the status bar. This feature was introduced to google pixels devices but now it will be coming to Android 15.
Android 15 will be introducing a quick tile Bluetooth setting pop-up where users can toggle between various Bluetooth connections, switch off and on Bluetooth and also Bluetooth will be able to turn on itself automatically.
In Android 12, google introduced a large persistent taskbar for large screen such as tablets. But this took a lot of space. In android 13, the made a smaller taskbar which appeared for few seconds when the the user swiped the gesture bar. With android 15, users will have the ability to choose the transient bar or to make it permanent with a toggle feature "always show taskbar"
Releases and names
Since Android 10, Google decided to stick with only one version number for future releases. So android 15 is just Android 15.
Even though Google hasn't released Android 15 but we expect it to be released in October 2024 alongside with Google Pixel 9 Series. Other phones may take a little longer before they can send out their Android 15 updates. Google has released Android 15 in two developer preview and two betas. And from the beta's we can confirm the features coming into Android 15.
Android 15 features, changes and improvements confirmed.
From the data we have and collected the following are the expected features, changes and improvements that will be released with Android 15 update. We shall explain them briefly.
- Partial screen sharing
- Satellite connectivity support
- New in-app camera controls
- Universal toggle for keyboard vibration control
- Sensitive Notifications
- Bluetooth popup dialog
- Auracast focus: Audio sharing to nearby Bluetooth LE Audio streams
- High-Quality Webcam mode
- Changes for continuity features on foldables
- Better cover screen support
- Persistent taskbar for large-screen devices
- Health Connect
- Virtual MIDI 2.0 Devices
- HDR headroom control
- Loudness control
- Apps will be set to full screen by default
- New collapsible volume panel
- Richer Widget Previews with Generated Previews
- Adaptive vibration
- New color contrast settings
- Private space
- App Archiving
Partial screen sharing.
Satellite connectivity support
Android 15 will support sms apps and rcs apps to use satellite connectivity to send and receive messages not only for emergency purposes. People will understand why network connectivity is not possible.
New in-apps controls
New features in Android 15 will include low light enhancements that will enable photographer to boost the brightness of the photos and adjust the strength of flash when capturing photos.
Universal toggle for keyboard vibration control
This feature will enable one to switch off the keyboard vibration. When switched off, it will override keyboard apps and disable the vibration. When switched on, you can control the vibration
Sensitive Notification
Android 15 will be also be able to hide sensitive information notification received and also block malicious apps from reading them. Sensitive information such two factor authorization code and one time password (OTP) will be hide from the notification bar and will be only seen when you open the notification.
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Bluetooth pop dialogue
Auracast focus
Android 15 will make the Auracast feature easier to discover. This would allow Auracast-supported devices to broadcast audio to nearby Auracast devices using BLE without the hassle of pairing. There is a new “audio sharing” page that appears at Settings > Connected devices > Connection preferences to facilitate this audio sharing, as spotted in Android 15 Developer Preview 2, although it isn’t working.
High Quality Web cam
Google had introduced the web cam feature in Google pixel phones but the quality was really bad. Third party apps had made web cam feature more better to use since they offered a better higher quality. Now in Android 15,there will be an HQ symbol when pressed on will disable any optimisations and make the quality better.
Changes for continuity features on foldable smartphones
With Android 15, you can control whether you want to continue using apps on the front display on foldables.
Better cover screen support
Android 15 is planning to release a property that will enable to use screen on flip devices such as samsung flip devices giving the best user experience. Before, the screen were so small that could not support full screen apps
Persistent taskbar for large screen devices
Health connect
With android 15, health connect will receive updates which will support new data . It will also receive new skins such as temperature and training
Virtual MIDI
Android 15 extends Universal MIDI Packets support to virtual MIDI apps. This enables composition apps to control synthesizer apps as a virtual MIDI 2.0 device, just like they would with a USB MIDI 2.0 device.
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HDR headroom Control
Android 15 will allow apps to control HDR headroom so you can control the perceived brightness of the content.
Loudness control
When you scroll media on social media, you may notice that each media have different loudness. You notice from time to time your constantly adjusting the volume. In Android 15, The Android system leverages known characteristics of the output devices (headphones, speaker) along with loudness metadata available in the AAC audio content to intelligently adjust the audio loudness and dynamic range compression levels.
Apps will be set to full screen by default
Android allows apps to use the entire height and width of the display to showcase their content, but many apps do not take advantage of this. Android 15 forces apps to go full screen by default.
New collapsible volume panel.
Android 15 Beta 2 features much thicker, pill-shaped sliders in the expanded volume panel. You can slide the slider to change volume, and you can also click on the extreme left of any pill to mute that stream or on the extreme right to raise the stream to maximum volume. This expanded volume panel also collapses, and you can do that by pressing the button next to the media stream.
Rich widgets with generated previews
In Android 15, app developers will be able to add more personalized widgets with previews. User's will be able to see a more accurate preview of what the widget will look like.
Adaptive vibrations
Android 15 will be able to automatically adjust the vibration of devices depending on the environment. To do this it will use the phone's sensors and microphone but no data will recorded for privacy. Google show animations of how this feature will be used. For instance, your phone will vibrate more vigorously on the couch than on the table this is because the couch can dampen the vibrations.
New color contrast settings
Android 15 Beta 2 adds a new “color contrast” settings page to Settings > Wallpaper & style. This page lets the user adjust the contrast of text, buttons, and icons to make them stand out more in apps.
Private Space
Android 15 includes a new Private Space where you can keep sensitive apps separate from the rest of your phone. Whether you want to safeguard health data or your banking apps, Private Space keeps them safely behind a second layer of authentication, protected with the same password you use to unlock your device or an alternative PIN. When your Private Space is locked, apps are hidden from the recents view, notifications, settings, and other apps. You can wipe your private space completely too.
App Archiving
If you haven’t used an app or game for a while, you may be prompted to delete it, but what if you think you might use it again in the future? With app archiving in Android 15, you can offload most of the app by archiving it but keep your user settings or save data in games. The auto-archiving feature was announced last year, but Android 15 makes it a systemwide option, so folks can choose to auto-archive apps when storage is running low.
