Gadgetory

oh my the new version of Android has arrived codenamed Android oh the mobile operating system gets updates to battery life more control over notifications and a picture-in-picture mode like Android nougat before it Android Oh wants to squeeze as much juice out of your battery as possible when you've launched an app that aren't actively using it or will limit what that apps doing to conserve power less updating of things like location in the background means more battery life a feature called notification channels will let apps bundle up notifications so you can manage them all in one go now these features are all well and good but the big question is what does the O stand for previous versions of Android have all been named after something sweet think nougat marshmallow KitKat Gingerbread and so on Hiroshi lock Homer the senior vice president of Android likes to have a little bit of fun with the name guessing game his tweeted some not so cryptic references to Oreo and if you're thinking even further ahead to Android pee well here's got an idea for that too but what about oatmeal cookie Ovaltine O'Henry orange cake or maybe it will just be a standalone Oh like the Cirque du Soleil show developers can flash the devices now to get a preview before everyone else it's likely a public beta for Nexus and pixel devices will follow soon expect to hear more details at Google i/o in May