ISSUE 73 • ANDROID ADVISOR 7feature and angle detection for foldables. The latter
hints that developers are keen to build apps that react
to the angle that foldables, such as the Samsung
Galaxy Z Flip, can be adjusted to in order to build
new functionality. It will also very likely come in
handy for apps on Microsoft’s dual screen Surface
Duo device, which is due out in a few months.
Also added in the new build are network APIs,
foreground services updates for the camera and
mic variable refresh rate support and lots of other
technical background process things that normal
people rightly never have to think about.
Developer previews are technically available
to anyone with a Pixel 2 or later, but as the name
suggests most people should steer clear. Developer
previews are usually full of bugs but are pushed out to
developers in order to let them build apps for the next
Android version and to report back to Google with
bugs prior to the public release. Android 11 is likely to
launch around October with the presumed Pixel 5.