At Google IO today, the search giant has detailed more aspects of Android P, the upcoming release that got its first developer preview in March and should be finalized in late summer.
New gesture-based navigation
- Nov 22, 2018 The Digital Wellbeing app is limited to all Google Pixel and Android One devices running Android 9.0 Pie. The stable version of the Digital Wellbeing app is available for free download for all.
- Aug 07, 2018 Download Digital Wellbeing APK. See how to enable or install Digital Wellbeing and Install it on any Android 9 Pie running device like OnePlus 6/6T, Samsung Galaxy S9, Note 9, Nokia 7 Plus, Essential, Google Pixel Phones, and more.
Aug 07, 2018 Android Pie (Android 9) is here for Google Pixel & Essential Phone, but only the Pixel got Digital Wellbeing. Here's how to get it on the PH-1 & OnePlus 6.
Perhaps the most obvious new feature in Android P will be the new navigation system. This employs a pill-shaped Home button, and an on-demand Back button which doesn't show up on the home screen, for example.
Swipe up from the pill and you'll enter Overview mode, with your apps scrolling horizontally this time around, and a set of predicted apps at the bottom. Swipe up again and you'll access the app drawer. So the Overview / multitasking view has been combined with the app drawer, interestingly.
Swiping up works anywhere, and you can even slide the pill horizontally to quickly go through your recent apps. What's more, smart text selection (which recognizes the meaning of the text and suggests relevant actions) works in Overview, so you don't have to tap to enter an app in order to select some text from it and act upon that.
A new rotation button will show up on the navigation bar, to the right, when you rotate your phone despite it being set to stay in portrait mode. This lets you quickly enable rotation on the spot should you need it.
Adaptive Battery
Android P comes with Adaptive Battery, which uses machine learning to figure out which apps you use most, and which you're likely to use in the next few hours. It then prioritizes battery power only for those, and prevents other apps from using up your precious milliamps. This apparently results in a 30% reduction of CPU wakeups for apps in general.
Adaptive Brightness
Another place where machine learning is employed is brightness. Google has finally decided to do something about its appalling Adaptive Brightness. In Android P, it will be called the same but will work like Samsung's auto-brightness, in that when you manually adjust the slider it will remember your setting for that specific lighting situation and then automatically re-apply it in the future.
Predicted actions
Previous versions of Android had app predictions, in a dedicated top row in the app drawer, but P takes things to the next level, adding predicted actions inside apps. You'll see two of those underneath the suggested apps row. They can be things such as calling a specific contact, starting a workout inside a fitness app, or resuming your favorite Spotify playlist when you've connected your headphones.
The suggestions are based on your usage patterns, and app actions will show up everywhere, including in smart text selection, the Play Store, Google Assistant, and search results, with deep links inside apps that support this. Additionally, a new Slices API enables developers to show interactive snippets of their app's UI, in Android P this will work in search at first.
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Digital wellbeing features
A new Dashboard will show you how much time you've spent in apps, how many times you unlocked your handset, and how many notifications you received. Developers will be able to link to more detailed breakdowns of what you've been doing inside their apps. So YouTube, for example, will give you the total time you've spent watching videos.
You can set an app timer, and you'll get a nudge when you're close to your limit. After you've crossed the threshold, that app's icon will be greyed out for the rest of the day.
A new gesture called Shush will make the phone enter Do Not Disturb mode when you turn it over on a table. This will result in no pings, no vibrations, no interruptions, except from your starred contacts.
Wind Down mode will automatically switch the screen to grayscale when it's time for you to go to bed. You just tell the Google Assistant when you want this to happen, and it will make it so, every single day.
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The first Android P beta will be out today, but there's a twist. It won't just be available on Pixels as you'd expect. You'll also be able to try it if you have a Sony Xperia XZ2, Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S, Nokia 7 plus, Oppo R15 Pro, vivo X21, or Essential Phone.
That's an interesting development made possible by Project Treble. Additionally, the beta will be waiting for you to install it, should you choose to, when you unpack your brand new OnePlus 6 that's due to launch later this month.
You can enroll your handset in the beta at this website, and within a few hours (or days) you'll receive an over-the-air software update which will install it. Note that you can unenroll at any time, but you will then be sent a rollback update to Oreo which will wipe your data, so make sure to back things up before taking this step.
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Google introduced several plans for Android’s future at the recent Google I/O 2018. Android 9.0 Pie was introduced at the I/O that brought several new features t othe plate including Adapted Battery, Adapted Brightness, app actions, slice, DNS over TLS, new navigation gestures along with gesture pill or home pill, and much more. The most underrated feature, in my opinion, is the Digital Wellbeing that comes with the Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL. However there are tricks using which you can install Digital Wellbeing on almost any Android device running 9.0 Pie or later.
We have already seen several manufacturers pushing official Android 9 Pie to their phones including OnePlus 6 and 6T, Nokia 7 Plus, Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+ with One UI, and Essential Phones, and many more. Moving towards our main topic here we will see Google’s Digital WellBeing app enabled on all of the above listed phones and more. Currently, only Google Pixel phones can enroll and enable the Digital Well Being functionality on their Android 9.0 Pie firmware update. However, there are still ways to enable or install it on any Android device running 9.0 Pie.
What is Digital WellBeing?
This features was introduced in the latest Google I/O 2018. However, we did not hear much about it lately. The WellBeing was just a placeholder for Android According to Google’s Blog, Android’s Digital Wellbeing app will help you disconnect from your phone and re-connect to the real world. It can help in preventing phone addiction, anxiety, and ultimately achieve the balance between life and technology.
This can be achieved with the following digital wellbeing features for Android:
- Dashboard that helps you understand how you’re spending time on your device;
- App Timer that lets you set time limits on apps and grays out the icon on your home screen when the time is up;
- Do Not Disturb, which silences all the visual interruptions that pop up on your screen;
- Wind Down, which switches on Night Light and Do Not Disturb and fades the screen to grayscale before bedtime.
Download Digital Wellbeing APK
The Digital Wellbeing is now officially available on the Google Play Store. However, not all Android devices running Android 9 Pie can download the The Digital Wellbeing app is still exclusive to the Google Pixel phones. There are some tricks
If you have the Google Pixel,
Register Website: Imo video chat free download for android. You can currently Sign up for the Android Digital Wellbeing Beta.
Register Android App: Register for the Digital WellBeing Beta app from this link. Become a tester and then
Android 9 Digital Wellbeing
Download link for Play Store:
Developer: Google LLC
For any other Android 9.0 Pie running phone:
APK download: Here, we have managed to capture the Digital Wellbeing APK for you.
- Download Digital Wellbeing APK (Gdrive) | Box mirror | APK Mirror link
How to Install or Enable Digital Wellbeing app on any Android device?
The app is targeted towards Android 9 Pie or later only. So it may or may not work on all Android devices. We already know that several Android devices from manufacturers like Google, Sony, Nokia, Oppo, Vivo, OnePlus, and Essential Phones are running Android P Beta.
Note: If you have a Google Pixel, you do not need to go through this procedure. Simply download APK, install, and use.
Root Method: Tested working on OnePlus, Nokia, Samsung and Essential Phones
So if you want to try and install the Digital Wellbeing app, see the guide below. This tutorial makes use of Magisk. Meaning, your device must be rooted.
- Make sure your Android device is rooted with latest Magisk 18.
- Read: how to root Android P?
- Download the Digital Wellbeing Enabler or search in the Magisk modules directory. (Made for Essential Phone, but works on other Android devices as well) (Credits for module in comments)
- Launch Magisk.
- Go to Modules section.
- Tap on the (+) sign at the bottom to add Magisk module.
- Navigate and select it.
- Install and reboot device once.
Non-Root Method: Tested working on OnePlus, Nokia, Samsung and Essential Phones
- Make sure your device is on Android P Beta or official.
- Download and Install the Digital Wellbeing APK from above.
- Download Nova Launcher or Action Launcher (or any launcher with access to “Activities”).
- Alternatively, you can also download the Pixel Shortcuts app from here.
- Hold onto the Home Screen.
- Go to widgets.
- Search and add an Activities Widget on your desktop. Add the second from top Digital Wellbeing package.
- Go into settings, and search for special app access.
- In Do Not Disturb, and Usage Access, give Digital Wellbeing permissions.
Note:Detailed tutorial and Video for placing Activities is here.
What’s working?
- Reports.
- Breakdown times, openings, notifications.
- Notification shortcuts.
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What’s not working?
- App timers
- Grey Screen