Android P Developer Preview 1 is here with notch support, indoor positioning, better messaging notifications

07 March 2018
It's an alpha type release, so it's aimed squarely at developers.

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Anonymous, 07 Mar 2018Haven’t you noticed the trends with smartphones in the past... moreno

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    • 08 Mar 2018

    Google finally understand, that notch is the future.
    better late than never I guess

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      • 08 Mar 2018

      M33, 07 Mar 2018What's the point of the notch, why I have to use it and how... moreIt has SUPPORT for a notch. it doesn't mean it'll be though.

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        • 08 Mar 2018

        Jason Melling, 07 Mar 2018Yawn.... "We'll make the icons a different colour and move ... moreDo you think it's easy to make an OS? I am a developer. and I myself find it hard to develop one.
        Think you can do it better?

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          • 08 Mar 2018

          Anonymous, 07 Mar 2018I'm still on gingerbread what is this strange P??I'm on 8... P is the LATEST android iteration. versioned 9 (or 8.2)

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            • 08 Mar 2018

            Circular colourful icons in settings and too much rounded corners on notification panel and volume sliders, Google is mixing TouchWiz with iOS, and it looks..eh... Seriously Samsung Experience 9 looks way better. It might be laggy sometimes but it is user friendly and much cleaner than TouchWiz. Reply only if you have tried or used it.

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              • 08 Mar 2018

              No, It doesn't look like iPhone. Android is 100 % better than iOS. Android P design is absolutely materialistic. I like the New Icons in Quick Settings.

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                • 08 Mar 2018

                This is why I start hating google.. They will puke against it and later will eat the same..

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                  • 08 Mar 2018

                  P looks stupid with the notch

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                    • 08 Mar 2018

                    This design looks like iphone i hate it

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                      • 08 Mar 2018

                      rcl4444, 08 Mar 2018Seriously, they all copy each other - Apple included. Howe... morewhy is everybody so obsess on who did it first and the essential notch?! so christ sake people the essential notch is only the selfie camera, if other oems wanted that design then they should have copied that design, but they did not. its the iphone x notch design they copied. the point is if they wanted a notch then make they should have made their own design but nooooooooo, they copied the iphone x design only made it small but the design curves are there. they could have made a square notch or a rectangular notch, or a circle notch but noooooooo they copied the slanting design notch.

                      its fine to copy the notch idea but to copy also the design of the notch is crap.

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                        Anonymous, 07 Mar 2018notch design omg so embarrassing.let me remind you that apple had followed the essential phone notch...

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                          • 08 Mar 2018

                          sigh...
                          a notch is fine too
                          *unzip

                            Anonymous, 07 Mar 2018Haven’t you noticed the trends with smartphones in the past... moreSeriously, they all copy each other - Apple included. However whether they are the first or they are following others, when Apple do something they generally manage put their own mark on it then sell it to the hilt as a major 'Apple' feature (that's Apple marketing for you) - so everyone believes "wow, look what Apple have done!". In this case Essential phone did the notch before Apple, but few cared until Apple made it "an elegant solution".

                            Though its true that then others tend to (rather shamelessly) trip over themselves trying to copy it.

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                              • 08 Mar 2018

                              the notch which was suppose to be the distinguishing design of the ipx and the up and coming iphones to differentiate from other phones is now supported by google. guess google did not hear their android users that they hated the notch because its design by apple

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                                • 08 Mar 2018

                                notch support, LOL!

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                                  • 07 Mar 2018

                                  I'm still on gingerbread what is this strange P??

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                                    • 07 Mar 2018

                                    AnonD-739231, 07 Mar 2018This 'notch' thing really needs to go! Just because Apple d... moreHaven’t you noticed the trends with smartphones in the past decade. iPhones have always taken the lead and then the rest follow.

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                                      • 07 Mar 2018

                                      notch design omg so embarrassing.

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                                        • 07 Mar 2018

                                        is Android P going to be called POLO looking green and white and all minty?