Android 14 will support third-party app stores, thanks to India’s CCI
The Competition Commission of India wants Google to open Play Store for third-party app stores. With this ruling from the Supreme Court of India, it looks like it’s not only happening in India but Google will now allow third-party app stores worldwide. With the release of Android…
Android 14 will tell users why apps are using location access in real time with Google Play’s data safety section.
There are plenty of privacy and software improvements in Android 14. Now with Android 14 there will be a new feature called Google Play data safety section which will tell the users what purpose the location is being used for by the app. Android 14…
Android 14 may require AV1 decoding support
Google has been doing a lot of changes and improvements under the hood. With Android 14, devices may require smartphones to have AV1 decoding support. If you don’t know about it, it is a codec developed by Alliance for Open Media. It is a royalty-free…
Android 14 will support Satellite Cellular Service
We don’t have a working model yet, but Android 14 should come with a satellite cellular service. A lot of regions in the United States have already been on the list of wireless carriers, but there are still many places where satellite connectivity isn’t active….
Android Beam will discontinue in Android 14
Android 14 will permanently remove the Android Beam, as this feature was already deprecated with Android 10 and now it’s finally going to end. If you don’t know what this used to do and what functionality it offered. You might remember, the file sharing between…
Android 14 Devices now better support Keyboards with touchpad gestures and remapping.
The Android 14 Developer Preview has some interesting features that are sure to blow your mind. The first Developer Preview already shows some great improvements. Another thing we’d like to discuss with you is that Android 14 will bring better support for external keyboards and…
Android 14 Regional Preferences feature can tell apps to use the preferred calendar and number system.
Android 14 is going to give users more customizable experience, Google is working on Regional preference where it will allow users to choose Temperature, Calendar, Day of the Week, and the Number system the users want to use. By this, users will have more customizable…
Google Play will update root certificates with Android 14 to protect users from malicious CAs
Google rolled out their first developer preview of Android 14, Where the previous version Android Root store used to get updates with OTA Updates. Where a lot of Major OEMs like POCO only used to offer 2yrs of Software updates, but it still isn’t a…
Pixel 4A support will end this year; no Android 14 Update
Google Pixel 4A was first released three years ago, and the company will likely end support for the device. The company has already scheduled to launch Android 14 by the end of August, and the first Developer Preview has been released, but Google Pixel 4A…
Android 14 will restrict apps from accessing your gallery
Google has introduced the Photo Picker API with Android 13, and the company is now improving its Photos Picker by making it mandatory in Android 14. This gives apps access to your Photo Apps, and with this app, users don’t need to request permission to…
