At Google for India this Monday, nosotros announced the in conclusion loose of Android 8.1 Oreo. Android 8.1 Oreo is some other exciting measuring toward bringing to life our vision of an AI-first mobile platform, for everyone, everywhere.
Android 8.1 introduces back upward for our novel Android Oreo (Go edition) software experience for entry-level devices. Android Oreo (Go edition) brings the best of Android to the speedily growing marketplace position for low-memory devices around the world, including your apps in addition to games.
Android 8.1 also introduces the Neural Networks API, a hardware accelerated automobile learning runtime to back upward ML capabilities inwards your apps. On supported devices, the Neural Networks API enables fast in addition to efficient inference for a hit of fundamental move cases, starting amongst vision-based object classification.
You tin acquire started amongst Android 8.1 Oreo (API grade 27) today. We're pushing sources to Android Open Source Project now, in addition to rolling out the update to supported Pixel in addition to Nexus devices over the adjacent week. We're also working amongst our device maker partners to convey Android 8.1 to to a greater extent than devices, including Android Oreo (Go edition) devices, inwards the months ahead.
Android Oreo (Go edition)
As announced at Google I/O 2017, the "Android Go" projection is our first to optimize the Android experience for billions of people coming online around the world. Starting amongst Android 8.1, we're making Android a corking platform for entry-level devices inwards the Android Oreo (Go edition) configuration:
- Memory optimizations -- Improved retention usage across the platform to ensure that apps tin run efficiently on devices amongst 1GB or less RAM.
- Flexible targeting options -- New hardware characteristic constants to permit y'all target the distribution of your apps to normal or low-RAM devices through Google Play.
- Optimized Google apps: Rebuilt in addition to optimized versions of Google apps, using less memory, storage space, in addition to mobile data.
- Google Play: While all apps volition hold upward available on Android Oreo (Go edition) devices, Google Play volition give visibility to apps specifically optimized past times developers to render a corking experience for billions of people amongst the building for billions guidelines.
We've updated the building for billions guidelines amongst additional guidance on how to optimize your app for Android Oreo (Go edition) devices. For most developers, optimizing your existing APK or using Google Play's Multiple APK feature to target a version of your APK to low-RAM devices is the best means to prepare for Android Oreo (Go edition) devices. Remember that making your app lighter in addition to to a greater extent than efficient benefits your whole audience, regardless of device.
Neural Networks API
The Neural Networks API provides accelerated computation in addition to inference for on-device automobile learning frameworks similar TensorFlow Lite -- Google's cross-platform ML library for mobile -- equally good equally Caffe2 in addition to others. TensorFlow Lite is now available to developers, hence see the TensorFlow Lite opened upward source repo for downloads in addition to docs. TensorFlow Lite industrial plant amongst the Neural Networks API to run models similar MobileNets, Inception v3, in addition to Smart Reply efficiently on your mobile device.
Autofill enhancements in addition to more
Android 8.1 includes pick out new features in addition to developer APIs (API grade 27), along amongst the latest optimizations, põrnikas fixes, in addition to safety patches. Extend your app amongst Autofill enhancements, a SharedMemory API, in addition to more. You tin also add together established Android Oreo features equally well, encounter the Android Oreo site for details.
Test your apps on Android 8.1
If haven't already, accept a few moments today to exam your apps in addition to brand certain they offering the experience y'all desire for users upgrading to Android 8.1 Oreo.
Just install your electrical flow app from Google Play onto a device or emulator running Android Oreo in addition to exam the user flows. The app should run in addition to expect great, in addition to handgrip the Android Oreo behavior changes properly. In particular, pay attending to background location limits, notification channels, in addition to changes inwards networking, security, in addition to identifiers.
Speed your evolution amongst Android Studio
To create amongst Android 8.1, nosotros recommend updating to Android Studio 3.0, which is at in ane lawsuit available from the stable channel. On happen of the novel app performance profiling tools, back upward for the Kotlin programming language, in addition to Gradle create optimizations, Android Studio 3.0 makes it easier to railroad train for Android Oreo features similar Instant Apps, XML Fonts, downloadable fonts, in addition to adaptive icons.
With the in conclusion platform we're updating the SDK in addition to create tools inwards Android Studio, equally good equally the API Level 27 emulator arrangement images. We recommend updating to the Android Support Library 27.0.2, which is available from Google's Maven repository. See the version notes for details on what's new.
As always, we're providing downloadable manufacturing flora in addition to OTA images on the Nexus Images page to handle y'all do in conclusion testing on your Pixel in addition to Nexus devices.
Publish your updates to Google Play
When you're ready, y'all tin break your APK updates targeting API grade 27 inwards your alpha, beta, or production channels. Make certain that your updated app runs good on Android Oreo equally good equally older versions. We recommend using beta testing to acquire early on feedback from a pocket-sized grouping of users in addition to a pre-launch report to handle y'all position whatever issues, hence do a staged rollout. Head over to the Android Developers site to abide by to a greater extent than information on launch best practices. We're looking frontwards to seeing your app updates!
What's adjacent for Android Oreo?
We'll shortly hold upward closing the Developer Preview resultant tracker, but delight maintain the feedback coming! If y'all nevertheless encounter an resultant that y'all filed inwards the preview tracker, simply file a novel issue against Android 8.1 inwards the AOSP resultant tracker. You tin also move along to give us feedback or enquire questions inwards the developer community.
