News & Reviews:   Android N

While Google have already outlined key features for Android N, their search for a sweet name for it appears to have come to an end as they officially unveiled the statue at Google HQ, revealing it to be Android Nougat. The previously mentioned key features like better battery management, Google Assistant and Daydream VR are still there, but you can now expect device manufacturers to begin the race of including Android 7.0 Nougat to their tech specs lists.

Even as we get more advanced flagship smartphones - some with crazy amount of memory, others with great camera and processing power – the new VR platform from Google may just be too much for them.

As we all wait for the consumer-level Android N to make its way to our respective smartphones or devices, GeekCeption have seen fit to show how beautiful Android N can be in slow motion. Granted, this is still Android N Developer Preview 3 but the main animations involved should remain the same when the consumer version comes out. Most of the time you wouldn't notice how pretty the animations are but in slow motion, everything takes on a different quality altogether. Check out the video in this article.

Always wanted to have the ability to run apps side by side? Well, ever since the introduction of Android N, Google did just that but they could only do that if they have already installed a separated browser alongside Chrome to do that. Now, Android N Developer Preview 3 has fixed that.

Starting out quietly and ending with a bang, this week's Weekly TechNave highlights included the shockingly affordable Malaysia pricing for the Huawei P9 and P9 Lite along with Google I/O 2016 which revealed Android N, Daydream VR and a host of other features. The ASUS ZenFone 3 rumours have started up as well including an official teaser video, benchmarks and more while Lenovo announced their moto G4 series of smartphones.

After announcing a whole new slew of features of the upcoming Android 7.0 N, Google is now asking the internet to help it name the next version of the operating system. As Google I/O is currently underway, they also went to the internets and using the hashtag #nameandroidn, wants suggestions from the public.

Google I/O is now happening in California, and early this morning (1am Malaysian time) Google CEO Sundar Pichai took the stage and gave the opening keynote. One of the things that he mentioned was that the Android 7.0 N is now heading to Nexus phones as many more manufacturers are still updating their devices with Marshmallow. A whole slew of new features are introduced with the yet-to-be-named - in fact Google is asking for your help to name it. The list of new features looks like it can and will change Android in the near term. These are some of the upcoming features we can expect from Android 7.0 N.

With the upcoming release of Android N, Google has taken steps to create a more robust VR experience for the Android platform. During Google I/O, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai was on stage to introduce DayDream, the VR platform that will be built into Android itself.

Android N will have 3D touch (ala Apple) built into the operating system, giving OEMs more toys to play with for the benefits of the users.

Quite recently, the folks in charge of the Google Pixel C tablet were quoted as saying that Android N (no news yet if it might be Nougat) will have split screens as a major feature. However, we can't help but remember that ASUS had a split screen feature for their ASUS MeMo Pad 8 ME512CL called Dual Screen and that the tablet ran on Android 4.4 KitKat.

It was certainly useful but limited by the apps that it could access, but since ASUS didn't see fit to include it in subsequent ZenUI updates, we assume the feature wasn't well-received. Perhaps it is time for the current range of ASUS tablets, the ASUS ZenPads to get that feature once more? Check out our full review of the ASUS MeMo Pad 8 ME512CL for more details on the Dual Screen feature.