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Google i/o is on in full force and Android Oh is now a public beta for anyone to try we're going to take a speedrun through the top new features we're happy to see in Google's next iteration of Android a to new behind-the-scenes updates Google is getting serious about security play protect will work in the background of Google Play to scan apps for malware even apps that are downloaded from Google Play and we're always happy to see improvements to power management vitals is the next evolution of doze and will limit access to CPU and radio resources when an app is in the background moving to things we can see Android Oh improved support for password autofill here's where we would see LastPass if I used that but otherwise Google's autofill will pull your info from Chrome which is a nice little bit of synergy the notification shade gets a bit of a redesign moving some settings and information around so so that's pretty cool and another nice bit of user customization you can change icon shapes if that's the kind of thing which bothers you but at the moment it's a bit inconsistently applied speaking of those icons Google is trying to give us a reason to long press on homescreen shortcuts you see these dots they're telling you something requires your attention these dots are going to be a really big deal long press and you can see the notification directly respond to it or swipe it away and Google's AI is infiltrating more of the UI smart copy-paste will deliver options like maps when you copy an address it's always going to be appreciated being able to share information between apps fluidly and picture-in-picture is one of the more visible new features where folks can minimize a YouTube video shrinking it down to the small floating window so folks can keep up with their snarky movie reviews while doing something else on the phone that is in theory it's not currently working on my pixel I'm using VLC's implementation of this feature now we've saved the best for last and that's the new updates for higher quality audio Google's been promising better audio since jellybean advanced Bluetooth codecs are natively included you no longer have to worry if your phone supports a PT X or Sony's wireless standard pretty much whatever your headphones might use it's probably included on this list Android Oh on the pixel does not support improving the audio quality by adding the USB DAC this is a major feature we need if phone manufacturers are going to keep removing dedicated 3.5 millimeter headset jacks there you have it folks Android Oh in a nutshell we've noticed significant differences between pixel and nexus with the latter not including many of the fun I can defeat but that's ok this is an early beta which is making my pixel run fairly poorly anyway now that I'm done shooting this video I'll most likely roll my project 5 phone back to nougat what features are you most looking forward to and what can Google improve on before this becomes a finished release drop us a comment down below as always thanks so much for watching be sure to subscribe to this channel for more reviews like these and help us out with some carrying on your favorite social networks for pocket now I'm Juan Carlos bag now some gadget guy on Twitter and Instagram and I will catch you all on the next review