This isn’t surprising, since Google told us a couple of years ago to expect a point change each year, but Android O is now officially Android 8.0. In the latest developer preview 3 that dropped today, we get confirmation of that.
There isn’t really anything else to say here, but we can now put any rumors surrounding the number to bed. Oh, the Easter Egg hasn’t changed yet either.
For those of you waiting for the new preview to hit the Android Beta track, go check now. Both our Pixel and Pixel XL units received the over-the-air update within the past hour.
Android now has iOS naming conventions!! Wow, NEXT UP: Sell Android to Apple!!
Cool?
Was there doubt that this would be version 8 ?
Well crap. Enrolled in beta on my Pixel XL and all is well except…battery life SUUUUUUCCCKKKSSS.
Was getting through my usual day, which is rare, with 15+% left and 4-5 hours SOT. Now, It looks like it’s going to be a charge twice a day phone on beta O :-/
Pretty sure everyone goes stable once it is released.
I can’t believe this came out so fast. I assumed it would be a few months before this considering the gap between DP1 and the Beta. I’m not complaining at all, part of the reason I always get in the Beta programs, just wasn’t expecting this so soon.
I assume monthly until release.
That’d be nice but I don’t remember them ever doing that before, I could be wrong though.
I thought it was like that last year. We just have one more update before they release.
Love the update to the clock app! It’s so much cleaner!
Newest update but security is still may version. Hmm
Yahooo! It will be on the Galaxy S9!
Is it still ugly? And did they remove the warnings in notification about apps drawing over ?
Nope. Still there.
Bluetooth track info transfer still does not work to car headunit so far….
Mine is working on DP2.
Mine is finally working with the current release.
If I just enrolled in beta and completed the OTA today, would my build number be this latest or the previous first beta? Mine does show 8.0.0 under about. Build # is OPP3.170518.006 (and my Pixel XL is a Verizon version, though not sure it is now that I took the beta OTA?)…?
yes thats the latest today
Really surprised you guys haven’t posted the Pixel 2 pics that we’re discovered today… Unless you think they’re just not accurate?
I just searched and saw these images. Looks fake to me.
i’m pretty sure its fake. The same Original Pixel home screen was used in the renders except a shoddy job of expanding it to copy the infinity screen. Dual camera is an easy amateur copy and paste job.
Yeah, I wasn’t absolutely convinced either, however at the same time I wouldn’t doubt that the actual Pixel 2 would look pretty similar. No bezels after all, is the thing now thanks to LG (first) and Samsung. So, wouldn’t surprise me to see the Pixel 2 like that.
I’m super hesitant to try this out on my Pixel since preview 2 was pretty laggy. Anyone have any observations to share yet about the nee build?
Battery life seems to be significantly improved on my Pixel XL from ODP2. I think everything is snappier. My android has drained less power with more stuff running than my iPhone sitting next to it on the desk.
My battery life was pretty good. Hard not to be when it closes out anything that uses more than a couple mb of ram. /s Seriously though, last weekend was pretty slow for me. I ended up with 1d22h and 3h sot.
I just enrolled my Pixel XL in the beta program and I’ve only been using it for a couple hours but so far I have yet to find any issues with it and it seems to be faster.
This would be the one to try. Final APIs, and we’re getting closer. They did mention in the release notes that some stuff might be slower, like the camera launch. Check those notes to see if you think it’ll be worth it: https://developer.android.com/preview/release-notes.html
Hmm, thanks for the info. I might just sit it out until the official release. The Pixel runs perfectly on Nougat.
My camera is back to Nougat speeds. Thankfully. And hope i stays that way. It was taking ten secs. Loading full screen, then glitching to half screen, then back to full screen, then finally ready to use.
“System and app performance is known to be periodically slow/janky” (I added the emphasis). Love that they used the word “janky.” Wondering if Tim wrote that up for Google…
Much improved over DP2, but still not Nougat. The good news is the memory management is loads better. Bad news is there are still lots of stutters and such, scrolling maps for instance, when testing the memory management. That might be better in a day or two though, once things get situated.
And I am siting here with my Moto X Pure still waiting for 7.0
And the X Play is getting 7.1.1
What a slap to the face, amirite?
Its the last Moto for me, thats for sure…
Unlock Bootloader, custom ROM to 7.1.2. Profit.
you shouldn’t have to get a custom ROM for updates.
This is how android works.