History of Android OS: From 1.0 to 9.0 Pie History of Android OS - From 1.0 to 9.0 Pie | Page 17
Android 9.0 Pie (March 2018)
Google launched the first developer preview of the Android 9.0 in March 2018. In
August, Google officially launched the final version of Android 9.0 and named it Pie.
It has many new features and changes. One feature is the replacement of traditional
navigation buttons by one elongated button in the center which is new home button.
Now swiping up from that button brings up overview with your most recently used
apps, a search bar and 5 app suggestions at the bottom. When you swipe left then
you will see all your recently opened apps. You can also drag the home button to the
right to quickly scroll your apps. Android 9.0 Pie also has some features to help
extend your smartphone’s battery life and to predict which apps you will use now
and which apps you won’t use soon, by using in-device machine learning technology.
Pie also has a feature called Shush which automatically puts your phone in Do Not
Disturb mode when you turn your phone screen down on a flat surface. It also has
slices which provides a smaller version of an installed app inside Google Search and
offers some app functions without opening the full application. Android 9.0 Pie is
available on Google’s Pixel Phones and soon other Android smartphone
manufacturers will also start using it as an Android platform in their devices.