A version of the Android operating system | |
Developer | |
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General availability | August 22, 2016; 3 years ago[1] |
Latest release | 7.1.2 (N2G48H)[2] / August 5, 2019; 54 days ago |
Kernel type | Linux kernel 4.1 |
Preceded by | Android 6.0.1 'Marshmallow' |
Succeeded by | Android 8.0 'Oreo' |
Official website | www.android.com/versions/nougat-7-0/ |
Support status | |
7.0, unsupported. 7.1, supported[3] |
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Features[edit]
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Platform[edit]
Security[edit]
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References[edit]
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- ^Samat, Sameer (August 22, 2016). 'Android 7.0 Nougat: a more powerful OS, made for you'. The Keyword Google Blog. Google. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^Cunningham, Andrew (August 23, 2016). 'Google lays out plans to update Android more regularly and frequently'. Ars Technica. Condé Nast. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- ^Statt, Nick (September 6, 2016). 'LG launches V20 smartphone with Android 7.0 Nougat'. The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^Seifert, Dan (October 4, 2016). 'Google's new Pixel phones come with Android 7.1 Nougat'. The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
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- ^O'Boyle, Britta; Hall, Chris (February 10, 2017). 'When is Android 7.1.1 Nougat coming to my phone?'. Pocket-lint. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^Carman, Ashley (February 9, 2017). 'Sony is rolling Android Nougat out to some Xperia devices'. The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^'Android 7.0 Nougat update starts hitting Motorola Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus'. GSMArena. October 21, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
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- ^Fonts, Agustin (December 5, 2016). 'A sweet update to Nougat: Android 7.1.1'. The Keyword Google Blog. Google. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
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External links[edit]
- Official website
What’s new in Android 7.1 Nougat?
For the sake of consistency, we’ve kept our original Android 7.0 Nougat review intact at the bottom of this post, with a new section above covering what’s new in more recent updates. If you just want to know the very latest Android has in store, the top parts are for you, but if you want a complete overview of everything to expect in Nougat when it arrives for your device, skip to the original review below and then join us back up here for the more recent additions.
A note on the Android 7.0 review
Nougat in a nutshell
HARDER
Split-screen mode: how it works
Quick switching apps is the best
Working with split-screen mode
When split-screen mode gets weird
The million dollar question
BETTER
Notifications: redesigned, bundled and Quick Reply-able
Notification prioritization
System UI Tuner is back
Customizable Quick Settings
Doze Mode on the Go
Multi-language support, emoji and app links
FASTER
New Settings menu
Android Version 7.1.1 Download
Do Not Disturb
Data Saver
Seamless updates
Maintenance updates and the beta program
Android Version 7.0 Download
Camera shortcuts
Recent apps changes
Vulkan, Java 8 and OpenJDK
What is JIT anyway?
STRONGER
Direct Boot
File-based encryption
Number blocking/call screening
Managing app folder access
Emergency info
Better backups and Accessibility settings
Android for Work
OTHER FEATURES
In the leftover pile we have an assortment of stuff, from Allo and Daydream to Night Mode and VR. To run through them quickly, Google Assistant won’t appear until the new Nexuses arrive with Allo on board (we’re not even sure we’ll see Allo released as a standalone app before then).
While Nougat officially supports both Daydream VR and Project Tango, that won’t really matter until we start seeing Nougat appear on Daydream-ready devices and the Tango phone. Various mentions of VR mode already exist, but they don’t do much yet. We also don’t have any Daydream headsets for the Nexus 6P either, assuming it will indeed support full blown Daydream VR.
Android’s blue-light filtering Night Mode is another weird one. A piece of leftover code from the first developer preview meant Night Mode stuck around in the previews as long as you kept accepting the OTA updates and didn’t flash a new factory image.
Oddly, Night Mode still appears for some people in the final build of Nougat, although its functionality seems to be a little wonky depending on who’s using it. A new app has appeared to bring it back fully (as all the relevant code remains in Nougat), but again, even that’s not working for everyone. Hopefully Google will fix those performance issues and bring it back officially in the next MR update.
Finally, there are a couple of new features in Developer options that are actually pretty useful to regular folks if you’re willing to risk breaking things in order to make use of them. You can now tell Android to allow an app to be moved to the SD card even if the app’s manifest values say it can’t be.
Furthermore, you can tell the system to force any app to appear in split-screen mode, even if it hasn’t been designed to do so. Of course, the Google Camera – the most obvious non-split-screen-friendly app of them all – is somehow exempted from this kind of coercion.
- Don’t miss:Android 7.1 is already in the works
WRAP UP
If you’ve made it this far then you’ll be painfully aware of just how few sexy and exciting “general audience” features Android Nougat has and just how many boring but ultimately more-useful-for-everyone nerd-features it packs in instead. There is a lot of customization potential in stock Android now, more than there has ever been before, but it is perhaps wisely kept out of mainstream view.
Nougat adds some great features, the kind of stuff we used to have to turn to custom ROMs, manufacturer skins or third-party apps to get. But most of these will only really ever be used by advanced users – either because they are too complicated for the ‘average user’ or because most people will never even realize they even exist.
This is perhaps, the best way to sum up Android 7.0 Nougat. It’s an Android version for Android fans. It does the basics well and without much fuss for everyone, but for those of us willing to dig around or with an eye on the future, there’s plenty to keep us busy. It’s remarkably stable with only a few inconsistencies and bugs: certainly the fewest I’ve ever seen on a new Android version.