Google has made its next operating system Android 11 Beta official. The company has announced its next operating system beta program with its social media handle. Under this beta program, developers and smartphone manufacturers will also be able to test their user interface with this latest operating system. Google was supposed to announce its latest operating system through a virtual event, but the company canceled the event. The company has given information about this through its blog post.
In its blog post, Google has written that we have canceled this virtual live event in view of the apartheid impasse in the US, because people would have focused on it at the launch event. Google has released its Android 11 beta program as a short video. It’s also available on the company’s official social media announcement.
Google had scheduled to hold the launch event of its latest operating system on June 3, but the virtual event had to be canceled due to protests in the US. Google has further written in its blog post that we are happy that we are going to tell you more about Android 11, but this is not the time to celebrate.
Privacy feature becomes even better in Android 11 Beta
Among the new features being added to Android 11 are one-time access to location, microphone, and camera data access. Due to this new feature, developers will get more and more information. Due to this new option, developers who create the app will get access to the user’s data as long as the user uses the app. If the user leaves using an app, then the developer will not have access to the data related to the user’s location, etc.
Fake call filter
Another major upgrade that has been seen in Android 11 is that now users will get freedom from spam calls. Android 11 will get access to stop call screening apps. With the help of this software, apps will find out about calls using artificial intelligence, which can prove to be a great weapon to check spamming and fake calls. Apart from this, it will also have a record as to why any user has rejected a call. If a user allowing the app permission, then the calling app of Android 11 Beta can detect whether the call is being made from any of your contact list or a call is being made from an unknown number.
Currently, 90 percent of the world’s smartphones run on the Android operating system only. In such a circumstance, it is planning to be a huge challenge for Google that how before long this unused working framework will be rolled out to clients. The biggest challenge with Google is that there may be a delay in bringing Android 11 Beta to users due to wireless carriers and handset manufacturers.
Presently, Android allows users to grant location access to apps either continuously or when they are in use. Granting one-time location access makes it more difficult for an app to log your location data and keep track of where you go. Also, denying an app location access to an app twice prevents it from asking again now. Android 11 also has a permission reset feature, which allows you to reset the permissions granted to apps that you haven’t opened in a while.
Timeline, milestones, and updates
The Android 11 Beta Developer Preview program runs from February 2020 until the final public release to AOSP and OEMs, planned for Q3 2020. Key development milestones, Google’ll deliver updates for your development and testing environments. Each includes SDK tools, system images, emulators, API reference, and API diffs. The milestones have listed below.
