Android 9 Pie (Go Edition) with faster boot times, more to low-end devices
After months of beta updates, Android Pie was finally released in its stable avatar earlier this month. The update has started rolling out to the Pixel range of handsets as well as the Essential Phone. To strengthen its focus in the budget smartphone segment, Google on Wednesday announced the arrival of Android 9 Pie (Go edition), successor to last year's Android Oreo (Go edition) that was unveiled back in December 2017. The latest update brings major features such as a boost to internal storage, faster boot times, security features like verified boot, and a dashboard to monitor data consumption.
Android 9 Pie (Go edition) brings new features to Go version of Google’s app suite. Google Go is now capable of reading webpages aloud and highlight each word so you can follow along.Maps Go now lets you navigate using turn-by-turn directions using different transportation modes.
Late last month, Google had updated its YouTube Go app with a new .yt file extension that allowed users with Android Oreo (Go edition) smartphones to save YouTube offline videos to their gallery. The Google Go app was updated with webpage voice dictation and a new Navigation for Google Maps Go extension app was released.
Google claims that more than 200 handsets, in over 120 countries across the globe, now run Android (Go edition) - and that more than 100 manufacturers already have plans to release similar phones before the end of the year.
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