Google was released its first developer preview Android 14 and allows us to see the next version of the operating system. It comes with a new news logo which appears to be inspired by NASA space missions.
The Android 14 θα επικεντρωθεί στη βελτιστοποίηση της επεξεργασίας στο παρασκήνιο για να διασφαλίσει τη βέλτιστη κατανάλωση πόρων και την βελτιωμένη διάρκεια ζωής της μπαταρίας.
Η νέα έκδοση του λειτουργικού συστήματος είναι κατασκευασμένη με γνώμονα τα tablet και τις πτυσσόμενες συσκευές. Η Google αναφέρει ότι το Android 14 “δημιουργήθηκε από τη work made in Android 12L and Android 13 to support tablets and foldable devices”, which means we can expect several optimizations for large-screen devices.
Security is an important factor of every new Android version and version 14 will prevent installation/sideloading of old apps for older versions of the OS. To be more specific – Android 14 will not allow you to install apps with targetSdkVersion lower than level 23 corresponding to Android 6.
Android 14 will be equipped with a new feature called non-linear font scaling. Users will be able to scale system fonts to 200% and the operating system it will also apply the custom scale to the smaller sub-menu text elements as well.
Android 14 Developer Preview 2 is scheduled to be released in March, and Google will continue to release new developer builds every month until July
Android 14 DP 1 can be installed on Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 7, Pixel 6a, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6, Pixel 5a 5G, Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G devices.
You can download the new one functional from the official Android developer portal .