Android N Comes First to Google’s Nexus Player

These days marked an important phase for Android OS, caused by the launch of the Android N version for some Nexus gadgets. While the Nexus Player seems to have become an item that cannot be bought from suppliers, it happens to represent the only one system operating the newest edition of Android.

Here is a list with some primary developments that are available to those who update their Nexus Players to the latest Android N version. The major modification that was already noticed is that in the N edition, people can now utilize the picture-in-picture mode.

That will allow them to proceed viewing a news selection, while also searching in another application or in the entire operating system. Common in the PIP mode, it means that the videos are displayed as tiny windows in one corner of the screen.

However, that is not a mandatory feature, as the program will be capable to find out which area of the PIP screen shows in and based upon on the application. Of course, it will require app designers to take advantage of the function before it will really be optimized.

When that does occur, it will bring extra in-app options too. For example, when in video apps, people could be viewing a movie and creating a playlist simultaneously. Another new function that was presented by Google this week is that customers will be allowed to record material.

Again, that will be mostly reliant on TV material applications using this option and is maybe more useful for smart TVs that arrive with the Android TV service already incorporated within their system. However, the idea is that customers will be capable to either start recording a TV show while watching it or schedule the device in advance.

Surely, the most apparent disadvantage here and particularly for Nexus Players, is that is an option which will consume a serious amount of storage memory. Consequently, unless people are utilizing Marshmallow’s adoptable functions for expanding their the internal memory, the advantages of this option will be restricted for Nexus Players when it becomes more popular.

One function that will be handy is the capability to change applications. Thanks to Android N’s multi-tasking features and the expansion of its PIP mode, Nexus Players now basically have a recent app selection. Pressing the menu button will start the latest applications list and let people to move to their recently used applications.

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