7 features to look forward to in Android O

The next version of Android, known only as "O" (for Oreo, perhaps?), is here ... but only for developers.

Like last year when Google announced Android Nougat out of the blue, months ahead of its I/O developer conference, the company's just dropped the first developer preview for Android O.

The first developer build of Android O is available for the official Android Emulator, and can be manually installed on a Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus Player, Pixel C tablet, Pixel and Pixel XL. 

You can find instructions to download and install it here. (But be warned, if you don't know how to flash your device, you're probably gonna screw something up and brick your phone. Again, this version is strictly for developers.) Read more...