The truth is that Android 14 is not a significant evolution compared to Android 13, but we do find some news worth noting. In this sense, it is also important to mention that the deployment of the public and final update will be available during the month of August approximately, landing, first of all, on the Pixel family of devices. With that said, here’s everything that’s going to change with the next version of the operating system.
The main news of Android 14
We have compiled the most important changes of Android 14, which aim to completely renew your smartphone to take it to the next level. There are some pretty interesting news, so we advise you to take a closer look.
Regional preferences for units, number systems and calendars
In the Android 14 DP2 announcement, Google highlighted some of these hidden features, such as the regional preferences page, which will allow you to set the units and numbers preferencesswitch between Celsius and Fahrenheit, and select different calendars and number systems.
Greater control of permissions
The permission control option for media files has been revamped, which means that applications that do not use the API without permissions from Google will have to ask for access before accessing the media files. Furthermore, it is possible select only a series of files so you don’t get access to any other.
Improved performance and battery
The Android 14 update will also improve system performance, forcing cached apps to stop faster than Android 13, which will improve battery life and resource management. Google is making changes to reserve foreground services for only the highest-priority tasks for the user, which means apps won’t be able to use all of the phone’s power when they just want to do something in the background.
predictive gestures
Google has enabled predictive gestures backwards for Android 14. This navigation method displays in a preview the screen you are going to move to when you retrace your steps. This works within the app itself, between different apps, and on the home screen. An insignificant change, but one that will renew the system in terms of animations.
Create unique wallpapers with Emoji Lab
For fans of customization, Android 14 has a surprise and it is that you will soon be able to create custom wallpapers with your favorite emoticons. The function is currently called Emoji Lab and allows you to modify a large number of parameters with the aim of achieving a unique wallpaper that stands out from the rest.
Activate the flash when you receive notifications
For the hearing impaired, Android 14 has a new accessibility option that allows activate the screen or camera flash to blink when a notification is received. You can’t customize your camera flash settings at this time, but this feature can be a handy way to bring back notification LED lights on devices that don’t have them.
Greater accessibility in text
Accessibility is one of the main issues with the arrival of each update and in Android 14 it is possible scale text up to 200% against the old ceiling of 130%. This means that users with vision problems have the option of seeing more clearly what is on the screen.