A Glimpse Of Google Android Q Preview

Starting from Cupcake to Oreo, Android has always triggered that sweet nerve within our brain, and let’s accept this fact that Android has unintentionally though, but has always triggered the dessert concoction in our daily life. JJJ

I am assured, most of us out there would agree with me.

However, switching back to the main topic, lemme bring your attention to the BIGGEST news and that is…

Android and Google have released the first preview of Android Q to developers. YIPPPIIEEEE!!!

This has been done in the annual tradition of an early March, where every year new look of Android gets introduced. Indeed this release is largely and only meant for developers, and the changes which would make a difference to the users, are not here but don’t think that there are no changes, which would entice the developers.

To be précised, Google has brought some of the revolutionary changes, such as improved privacy controls and native support for foldable phones.

Android Q Availability

Now the first beta of Android Q is available only for the Pixel device, consisting of first-gen Pixel and Pixel XL.

Google has offered extended support to specific model due to popular demand.

 You can install it on the main device after some time.

Expected Features From Android Q

§  Eventually, one of the major changes Android Q will bring an additional privacy setting for location access, letting users limit apps to only pull that information, till application is in use.

§  Google has also brought new limits to the access apps, that will get access to different aspects like photos, videos, and audio along with any downloaded files on devices.

§  Also, Android Q has better support for foldable phones.

§  Q is getting much better support for resuming and pausing apps from running in the background.

§  There is an improvement in resizing apps for split-screen modes, which would fit the bill for the foldable devices like the Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X, which are about to get released by the end of 2019.

§  The new Settings Panel API is something which is garnering the attention most. This will allow the developers to get instant, pop-up access to phone settings like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and NFC without having to kick users out to the settings application and back.  This feature will ensure to set up a Bluetooth speaker, your configuration apps would be able to pop up the device’s native Bluetooth panel to be turned on the radios and connect it right away from the application.

§  There will be an improved share sheet in Android Q, letting developers to pre-publish their apps’ functionalities, which further means that the shared UI would load instantly instead, without getting manually rebuilt. Although this is a minor change, this smaller change would transform the game for Android Q and will make it more relishing.

§  The new photo and video options in Q would allow standardizing the depth of map images with work and will let the Android get a new Dynamic Depth format, consisting a JPEG image, depth metadata, and a depth map bundled together. These Dynamic Depth images can be picked by the developers form the main devices with cameras.

§  Needless to say, but this would ease down the woes of the third-party website to find the specialized blurs options.

§  Google has also made an announcement that Android Q shall support the next-generation AV1 video codec, offering enhanced streaming quality with less bandwidth.

What Will Be The Name?

As always, there are many speculations rolling in the market about the Q name, but there is no formal information from Google, whether the Q would represent and dessert or dish, but it would be something extraordinary and satisfactory as always.

This is all about the Android Q as of now, but certainly, Techugo team will ensure to keep you posted and informed about its related information. So keep watching this space to get more information.

Is The Soft Launch A Right Way To Launch An App

I heard this theory quite many times, earlier as well, which clearly says that a mobile app launch requires a specific time and day to get launched, but when I look around and find that many mobile apps which are successful, were they really launched on some specific time too or was there a strategy behind them?

Maybe not, but then there are other factors too which pushed the success of those apps, and that might have happened majorly due to the distinct features, functionalities or the way they were marketed in the market, but this fluke does not work with all, and there has to be a platform, which can easily decide the flaws and the USPs of a mobile app, before heading to the targeted audience….

Well to your surprise, there is such platform available, but is often neglected by the app developers and the marketers and this results in….NO PRIZE FOR GUESSING, but untimely death for your mobile app.

With this post I am going to draw your attention towards the Soft Launch of your mobile app, which can easily be done on the finish of your mobile app to get better direction, but there are certain techniques and the best practices, which should be a part of your app, and trust me there are huge number of benefits for your mobile app through Soft Launch and am going to cover those benefits in this article.

So let’s read further…

Monitor The App Performance

The way your app performs, decide a lot about your mobile app’s success and the usual process requires the app launch of a mobile app on the platform, and on the basis of users’ feedback you get to know about the app’s performance, but with the soft launch of the app, you can decide the app’s performance through the Key Performance Indicators, which signals clearly that whether your app is fit for the primary market or not or requires more efforts at the development part.

Features Optimization

Every app has a series of features, which are based on the users’ needs and requirements, but there is no guarantee that your proposed features would actually be the ones, which are admired by the users as well.

I know it is a very tough situation, where you are not sure of your existing app features, and whether they would entice your users or not, then what’s next on the platter?

I didn’t mean to scare you, but eventually this is the harsh fact and you need to deal with it…and that is only possible with the Soft Launch, where you can easily analyze that which feature would engage the users and which would be just an additional factor for your mobile app.

Metrics Analysis For Your App

The metrics for your app holds the significance in a much broader and highly effective manner, and it is really a hard task to compose the benefits yielding from the metrics for your app.

It is a proven theory that sooner you start tracking your app metrics the better it would be. An app metrics is basically a window, through which you can peep that how your users respond to the app and what are the ways which can help your app to grow further.

With the Soft Launch method, this metrics can be easily analyzed and you can pave a way for your mobile app which would help you to satisfy the demand of your targeted audience with an ease.

The soft launch strategy for your mobile app really works when it is picked with a leading mobile app development company in Australia, which has the required technical expertise and the exposure to handle your app requirements effortlessly.