{"id":197823,"date":"2016-03-10T13:48:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T13:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=197823"},"modified":"2016-03-10T13:48:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T13:48:38","slug":"the-new-android-n-os-introduces-split-screen-multitasking-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/the-new-android-n-os-introduces-split-screen-multitasking-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Android N OS introduces split-screen multitasking apps"},"content":{"rendered":"
Split-screen multitasking and improved notification controls are among the new features being added to the Android operating system (OS).<\/p>\n
An early build of the new OS, known as Android N, was released on Thursday for app developers to test.<\/p>\n
Google said it had released the beta software earlier than usual so that device manufacturers could get the finished version sooner.<\/p>\n
At the moment, fewer than 3% of Android phones run the latest OS, Marshmallow.<\/p>\n
Typically, Google discusses the next generation of its Android OS at its annual developer conference in the summer.<\/p>\n
But this year it has released a first draft earlier than expected.<\/p>\n
“By releasing the first preview and asking for your feedback now (in March!), we’ll be able to act on that feedback while still being able to hand off the final N release to device makers this summer,” wrote Hiroshi Lockheimer, senior vice president of Android, in a blog post.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Google published statistics that showed an older version of Android, Lollipop, was still more widely used than the latest variant.<\/p>\n
About 36% of Android devices run Lollipop, with fewer than 3% running the newer Marshmallow.<\/p>\n
But a range of new smartphones running Marshmallow, from manufacturers such as Samsung and LG, are due to be released.<\/p>\n