New android Q features

New Android features

1.Facial recognition

As XDA spotted today, hardware support for more secure facial recognition is coming with Android Q. Instead of just relying on an image as Trusted Face has been doing for several years, devices like the iPhone X leverage a dot projector, flood illuminators, and infrared camera to create a scan of your face.

While companies like Samsung and OnePlus have had to implement their own solutions, Android Q is preparing for the next wave of Android flagships to include support for these sensors natively.

Users will interface with a “biometric_dialog” that Android 9 Pie began to build out for fingerprint unlock. The user experience should be rather straightforward with a “face_dialog” guiding users through the identification process.

2.Screen recording

Taking screenshots improved in Pie with a new shortcut in the power menu alongside Power off and Restart. Android Q introduces system-level screen recording that will be similar to existing third-party solutions.

On initial launch, users need to grant the necessary permissions to the screen recorder. An “Ongoing notification” will be present throughout the capture with options to Start/Stop and Share once complete. Users will also have the ability to record an accompanying voiceover.

4. Android 10 Q

Unsurprisingly, Android Q is likely version 10 if the time in System UI Demo Mode is any hint.

5. Emergency shortcut

An Emergency button also accessible from the power menu will let users quickly access the emergency dialer. This is more immediate than first going back to the lockscreen and swiping up for the “Emergency” button.

Sensor Privacy Quick Setting

Android Q features a new “Sensor Privacy” Quick Settings that will not be shown by default. Like XDA, we spotted the “Sensors off” description, but it’s still not clear why users would want to disable additional settings that are not addressed by Airplane Mode.

6. Sensor Privacy Quick Setting

Android Q features a new “Sensor Privacy” Quick Settings that will not be shown by default. Like XDA, we spotted the “Sensors off” description, but it’s still not clear why users would want to disable additional settings that are not addressed by Airplane Mode.

7. Privacy

Also on the security front, a “privacy_chip” might appear at the bottom of the screen to note when an app or multiple are taking advantage of something like location or the microphone.

Meanwhile, an in-depth “privacy_dialog” will let users “View details” and possibly take action.

8. Notifications

Android Q might feature additional notification management options. For starters, the shade will just say “Manage” in the bottom-left corner instead of “Manage notifications.”

Android 9 Pie

At the moment, users can hold down on a notification to quickly “Stop notifications” from showing. Q might change that to “Block,” while adding a “Show silently” option.

9.Wi-Fi

Announced last June, WPA3 support is likely coming with Android Q

10. 5G

On the software front, Android devices like the Moto Z3 have already been updated to support 5G when the necessary Moto Mod becomes available. In the meantime, AT&T is updating devices to show a “5G+” indicator indicator in lieu of LTE in some networks. Regardless, when 5G becomes available Android Q will reflect that in the status bar network indicator.