ANDROID N

ANDROID N 

                 Google's has surprised us with latest developer  preview of the Android operating system.This early version of the next major Android software update, due to be released later in the year, gives us a good indication of where Android is heading and what we can expect in the full release.For the developer preview the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P phones all can run the N preview, as can the Nexus 9 and Pixel C tablets.So let's see what's in the N ?

Menu between the system settings :

               A hamburger menu button (the icon with three lines) has now been embedded into the system settings. When a user is in the Bluetooth menu, for example, they can quickly jump to the other system options using this left side menu. This menu is already a standard in other Google applications.

Direct reply notifications and bundled notifications :

            The notification panel has been completely redesigned, perfectly aligning with what we had seen in earlier leaks. Icons above the notification shade are now more prominent, and on the far right there is a drop down toggle to expand the panel.          

            We've been able to interact with notifications for a good long while now. Not every app supports this, but look at Gmail as an early example. Pull down the notification, and archive an email without actually having to open it.

            Google Hangouts took this a step further, allowing you to reply to messages right from the notification try, without having to open the app, or the message itself. You'll now be able to have bundled notifications. Or, rather, better bundled notifications.

Multi-window mode :

            Wow ! this is a big one , one of the most awaited .The image below shows the multi-window feature, which works on both tablets and phones and mirrors what you can currently get on some Samsung and LG devices.
            Like most major platform changes, developers will have to opt in for the split screen mode to allow their apps to run smoothly. This can be done by adding a new attribute called: resizableActivity. This attribute allows developers to specify the minimum size the app can be resized to and to determine whether resizing will be immediate or the application needs to restart with the required dimensions

Enhanced Doze mode :

               The energy saving mode Doze has been improved in Android N. Previously, the feature had only worked when the phone had remained completely undisturbed for a long time, i.e. when you're sleeping, but now Google says Doze will also save battery any time the screen is turned off.




                 Google has really impressed with the latest developer preview , the preview has bugs but it's pretty damn smooth.Android N has got some great feature which will eventually make the smartphone a powerful tool as computer , even a better one. While these are the earliest features , we hope to see more and more lined up for the next iteration of Android. Which one feature did you find the best and which one you would want to see in the next android ? 

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SAMSUNG GALAXY S7 & S7 EDGE

SAMSUNG GALAXY S7 & S7 EDGE

               The Galaxy S6 launch was a divisive one for Samsung. It marked a pretty impressive move for the company with the introduction of a new hardware strategy, simpler software, a dramatically improved camera and the innovative new dual curved edge display on the Galaxy S6 edge. Now the company is launching its next volley, the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. The new S7 models don’t rewrite the book — they borrow liberally from the S6’s design and feature set. But they bring numerous refinements and improvements, and they restore features that went missing from the Galaxy S6 line. They are, very likely, the best phones that Samsung has ever made.

            Samsung has tightened up the S6’s overall design for the S7: it’s more comfortable to hold, easier to pick up off of a table, has a flatter fingerprint scanner, and has a less pronounced camera hump. It won’t look unfamiliar to anyone that’s seen or held the S6, and it still looks remarkably similar to the iPhone 6 and 6S depending on which angle you look at it from. The standard S7 retains the 5.1-inch, quad HD Super AMOLED display from its predecessor.The S7 Edge has received a more thorough update: it’s been given a larger, 5.5-inch display (still quad HD Super AMOLED and curved on both sides), and been refined even further. 

              Both phones have support for microSD cards to augment their 32GB of internal storage , as well as IP68 water and dust resistance, which allows for submersion in up to 1.5 meters of water for 30 minutes at a time. The S7’s waterproofing includes sealed ports, so there are no fussy port covers over the USB ports or headphone jacks.

      

               S7 line is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 processor in North America, a departure from Samsung’s own Exynos chips that were in the S6.The RAM has been stepped up to 4GB this time around.Perhaps the most significant change this year comes in the S7’s new 12-megapixel camera. It’s lower resolution than last year’s 16-megapixel shooter, but Samsung says its larger pixels let in 56 percent more light than before for better low-light images. The camera’s lens is a brighter f/1.7 aperture, allowing in 25 percent more light.

           The S7 models are running Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Samsung’s TouchWiz interface. There are a couple new enhancements for the S7’s edge-swipe features, but the big new software trick is the always-on display, which permanently shows a clock with notifications, a calendar, or an image on the S7’s screen.

               

           Though the S6 was a huge success but the economy  hit Samsung making it loose it's market share as well as profits in its mobile division.he S7 and S7 Edge are not reinventions of the wheel, but iterations and refinements, and they healed some pain points of the older models. Whether this would hekp Samsung Bounce back on the market gain , only time will tell ? 

           

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