Android 7.1 Developer Preview to Begin in October
Google has finally announced details of the Android 7.1 Developer Preview program and tells us that it will be available on supported Nexus devices later this month. Just like with the Android N Developer Preview, anyone with a supported device will be able to enroll via the Android Beta program. If you already have a device enrolled in the Android Beta program then you won’t have to change anything.
Google tells us that the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P and the Pixel C will be the first to try out the Android 7.1 Developer Preview. We aren’t told if it will be done in phases like the Android N Developer Preview was, but they do say that additional details about the program will be revealed soon. Currently, Google has the final version of Android 7.1.x scheduled to hit the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Pixel C, Nexus Player and supported Android One devices in “early December.”
With Android 7.1, Google is introducing API level 25 and says the update delivers productivity, security, and performance improvements along with optimizations and bug fixes over the current 7.0 version. This update introduces the app shortcuts API, circular app icon resources, enhanced live wallpaper metadata, image keyboard support, and the storage manager intent. On the carrier side of things, 7.1 also includes new APIs for multi-endpoint calling and new telephony configuration options.
As with all developer previews that Google has done for Android, the whole idea is to get the update into the hands of developers so they prepare their apps for the update. Google says they’ve already been working with OEMs in hopes to get them pushing out an Android 7.1 OTA update as quickly as possible.
Source: Android Developers Blog
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