Android 14 – Samsung and Co, who will receive the update?

Die Distribution of Android 13 fraud in August 2023 approx. 14.7 percent. the new version, Android 14already stands in the starting blocks. pixel users have had the opportunity for some time, the new Operating system as a beta version to download. So there are many innovations already known for this year’s operating system version. Here is a short summary again.

When is the update to Android 14 coming?

Google hat Android 13 last year End of August made available to all users. Also for that this year’s Android 14 (Upside Down Cake) was still during the Developer Preview 1 August targeted for the final release. However, since the beta 5.2 of Android 14 was only recently rolled out with some bug fixes, this has changed Final release so far postponed to September.

It is possible that the new OS will only be available with the upcoming Pixel 8 devices (as the successor to the Pixel 7 devices) will be launched in October. Android 12 was also available back then in October.

The first access to the Android 14 update will then be the Google-owned Pixel Phones. Other manufacturers usually need a little more time before their smartphones are supplied with the new operating system. Samsung will distribute the update relatively quickly, all other devices will have to be patient for the most part.

Which smartphones will receive the update to Android 14?

Some providers already have announcedwhich Smartphones in den Upside Down Cake allowed to bite:

Google – This Pixel devices get the update

Samsung – These Galaxy devices will receive the update

Xiaomi – These Redmi, Poco and Xiaomi devices will receive the update

Oppo – These devices will receive the update

Nokia – These devices will receive the update

OnePlus – These devices will receive the update

Motorola – These devices will receive the update

Other manufacturers distributing the update to Android 14

Other manufacturers who update to Android 14 promise are among others FairPhone 4, Nothing Phone 1 und 2, Asus, Vivo with the X80 Pro, Honor or Realme with the Realme 9, 10 and 11 series as well as the Realme C55, GT, GT Neo 3, GT Neo 3T, GT2, GT2 Pro und GT3 and Realme Narzo.

Thus it is planned Android 14 on a relatively large number of smartphones bring to. When exactly the rollout on the non-pixel phones will start is not yet known. If your smartphone is not one of the devices mentioned above, or if it has reached the end of life, there are many options, for example via one cheap smartphone tariffto get a new device.

What innovations does Android 14 bring with it?

Like any new operating system or each new operating system version brings too Android 14 some innovations with himself. Many innovations are already known from the previous beta versions. These include, among other things:

• Settings -> Notifications -> Light up for notifications. When you get a notification or an alarm goes off, the camera flash or screen will flash briefly

• Settings -> Display -> display size and text. The font size can be increased to 200% on Android 14 (previously only up to 130%) in order to be able to read the text even better.
• Predictive Back Gesture. However, the predictive back gesture must first be enabled via the developer options “Smart Back Touch Gesture Animation”. Your phone’s settings will then show you a preview of the screen you’ll reach next with the back gesture.

• Settings -> System -> Multiple users. Starting with Android 14, when allowing multiple users, it is possible to specify that the guest user has access to the phone and call history, and that all guest apps and data are deleted when guest mode is exited.

• Health Connect App is already implemented, no separate download necessary
• IMEI and EID numbers can be accessed via Settings -> About phone -> and tapping on the “Tap for info” option for EID and IMEI. So far, the IMEI numbers (SIM 1 and 2) were always directly visible

• Confirm unlock automatically. Unlocking by PIN is improved. With a PIN with at least 6 digits (before the option doesn’t exist) you don’t have to tap enter after typing. Furthermore, as the PIN is entered, the dots keep changing their shapes.

• More privacy. For apps that want to access your gallery, you can choose to only allow access to individual images.
• In Settings -> About phone -> Model -> will do that Year of manufacture of the device is displayed

• Settings -> Battery -> Battery usage -> Shows Screen time in minutes since last full charge

• Customizable lock screen clocks and shortcuts. There are 9 lock screen clocks, 7 of them are just different fonts, clock color and size are also customizable.

Other innovations in Android 14

• Select Permissions. Users no longer have to release all memory to an app.
• Permission for newly installed appsthat track a schedule and have an alarm function
• Notification of changed app permissions
• Optimizations in two Android interfaces for better efficiency when downloading larger files or doing background activities.
• Apps designed for Android 5.1 or older, can be no longer install. The reason is that the old APIs do not use the new security and privacy features and therefore pose a security risk. If the apps were installed before the Android 14 update, they do not pose a problem.

Conclusion

In addition to the above innovations will be many more show once the new Android 14 operating system was rolled out. Pixel users are the first to benefit from this, all other smartphone manufacturers will follow sooner or later.