As expected, the development Android 14 going from strength to strength so Google posted first beta what will be the next stable version of its mobile operating system, which has long since expanded into other horizons such as vehicles and televisions. It’s important to note that this release is aimed at developers and people who want to volunteer to test it to report bugs, although that doesn’t stop curious people from using it to simply see what it brings and how development is going.

Google wants Android 14 to improve things like support for large-screen tablets, support for foldable devices, security, performance, and privacy. Following on from the official Android Developer Blog, we first find ourselves with “smarter system user interface”, which consists of a framework (framework) that provides services and a system user interface (system user interface) that provides control over these services.

Going deeper into the novelties at the interface level, we find a more prominent back arrow to facilitate the understanding of the function itself and the interaction with the application, which additionally complements the wallpaper or theme of the user’s device. On the other hand, applications can add their own functions to the shared sheets they invoke, and the system now uses multiple application signals to determine the order of direct action targets.

Android 14 improves language preferences for individual applications and enables dynamic customization through the appropriate section in System Settings and also provides a way for IME editors to learn the user interface language of the current application.

Google’s upcoming mobile operating system, which is still under development, has introduced this attribute accessibilityDataSensitive allow apps to limit the visibility of specific views to only those accessibility services that claim to help disabled users. This opens the door to protecting user data and preventing critical actions that may be taken unintentionally.

With the release of the first beta version of Android 14 Google invited developers to test their applications on the system using some device (on paper that can be sacrificed and is compatible, with a special mention of the Pixel) or resort to an emulator that runs the system. The Mountain View giant has asked developers to review app behavior, fix emerging issues, and direct builds to Android 14 by testing compatibility changes in developer options.

Moving away from the parts closest to the end user, there is the API Path, which provides a flexible mechanism for creating and rendering vector graphics. The aforementioned API, which was already present in the system, has been updated to include an interpolation feature between paths whose structures match exactly, allowing for transform effects.

As we can see, the first beta version of Android 14 has arrived with some logical development and new features. In addition to what was mentioned on the Android Developer Blog, future versions of the operating system will also emphasize, or at least seemed to be the intention in the past, for improve support for third-party stores, an aspect that largely comes from the push in favor of opening platforms that has been seen recently, and that has been joined by the governments of the United States and the European Union. At this point, it won’t hurt to recall the possible release of the web rendering engine and the likely support of third-party stores on iOS.

Who will try the news of the future Android 14? If so, feel free to check out our installation tutorial, where we’ll mark compatible devices and show you how to use Android Studio to get the emulator up and running.