Article 1RA3Y Android 7.0 "Nougat" released

Android 7.0 "Nougat" released

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Google has announcedthat the Android 7.0 release has started rolling out to recent-model Nexusdevices. "It introduces a brand new JIT/AOT compiler to improvesoftware performance, make app installs faster, and take up lessstorage. It also adds platform support for Vulkan, a low-overhead,cross-platform API for high-performance, 3D graphics. Multi-Window supportlets users run two apps at the same time, and Direct Reply so users canreply directly to notifications without having to open the app. As always,Android is built with powerful layers of security and encryption to keepyour private data private, so Nougat brings new features like File-basedencryption, seamless updates, and Direct Boot."See this pagefor a video-heavy description of new features.
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