More control, personalization, and accessibility features in Android 14
With new and improved features to test out on Android 14, you can express yourself, take control, and be secure.
Android's VP of Engineering
Three phones with vibrant backgrounds and lock screens, "Android 14" written in bold letters in the center, and a green bugdroid peeking out from the left.
One of the numerous ways your Android phone improves over time is through new Android versions. A new media player, cross-device copy and paste, spatial audio, messaging app streaming, and many more innovations were included in Android 13 when it was released last year. Additionally, we took a step ahead with a few large-screen features that were initially intended for Android 14 and released them as upgrades to Google 13. A more refined Taskbar, enhanced foldable compatibility, and improved multitasking are all included in those changes.
As of right now, Android 14 is available, and it is jam-packed with features that will make it easier for you to personalize the way your device behaves, give you more control over your health and safety, and increase accessibility. Let's see what has recently been added.
Additional means of expression
a dynamic animation of someone building up an indigo mansion made of plants as their phone's generative AI wallpaper.
Your electronics are an expression of your personality, whether it's the color of your phone, the phone case you choose, the hardware configuration of your device, or the software settings you've chosen. You can always express yourself with Android from the wallpaper, style, and color scheme to the buttons and backdrops, in both useful and beautiful ways. We are now adding more options for customizing your phone to your liking.
The revamped customization picker in Android 14 makes it simpler to change wallpapers and update what you want to see at a glance. For quick, one-tap access to your most frequently used functions right from your Android lock screen, you can now add custom lock screen shortcuts, like the Google Home app or a QR reader.
Choose the fonts, widgets, colors, and formats that best suit your taste from a selection of fresh, carefully curated lock screen layouts. These choices also employ AI to modify your displays based on the circumstances. For instance, if the climate is Your lock screen weather widget will become more noticeable if the weather takes a sudden turn for the worse.
Additionally, Android 14 enables you to express your creativity and artistic side without any prior artistic training. Generative AI wallpapers, which are exclusive to Pixel 8/8 Pro, let you make backgrounds that reflect your style by using text-to-image diffusion models produced by AI. With only a few touches, you can quickly create never-before-seen wallpapers by selecting from pre-set options.
Android 14 has a monochromatic theme that makes muted colors look sleek and elegant throughout your entire smartphone if you want a less vibrant and eye-friendly phone style.
Android also aids in enhancing the quality of your photos and cameras. High dynamic range (HDR) video capability was added to Android 13 in this Android 14 supports HDR photos with Ultra HDR and (HDR) video. Your images will appear their finest thanks to Ultra HDR, which brings out vivid colors, brighter highlights, and darker shadows. Plus, Ultra HDR captures and shows high-definition photographs without affecting the original quality of the picture because of the fantastic HDR screens that are available on many of today's phones.
greater control over your data, security, and well-beingPeople can track their levels of wellness, health, and fitness using apps. However, the data that is gathered is frequently contained within each specific app, which restricts your access to and control over your data. Your Android 14 settings now include Health Connect as a central location to store all of your data so that you can maintain privacy control. also your On your phone, data is safely encrypted, ensuring that neither Google nor anyone else can access it or use it in any other way. To get started, just connect and sync your preferred health and fitness apps, such as Oura, Peloton, and Whoop.
Additionally, you'll be able to see more information about how the apps that ask for access to your data are using it. With the new data sharing enhancements on Android 14, you'll be told when an app is sharing location data with third parties and may decide whether or not to provide access when you're requested to grant apps permission to information like your location.
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Your device's personal identifying numbers (PIN), which are among your most private data, are likewise covered by digital protection on Android 14. Android 14 encourages you to create a six-digit PIN, which increases PIN security. You won't need to press enter once you've entered the proper 6-digit or longer PIN; your device will do it for you.
More features for people with low vision and hearing impairments
Numerous hearing and vision-inclusive capabilities are included in Android 14. With the ability to pinch to zoom in and out from 100%, Android 14's upgraded magnifier is easier to use for people with low vision. In a new Magnifier Settings tab, you can also alter the magnifier's size and choose how much of the screen is magnified. also to stop By enabling your magnification to "Keep on when switching apps" in Android's accessibility settings, you can prevent your magnifier from shutting off when you transition between apps.
Additionally, Android 14's font size Quick Settings tile allows you to alter the font size of the text on your smartphone fast. Nonlinear font scaling, which enlarges larger font sizes more gradually than smaller font sizes, also improves readability. This keeps text that is already big enough from expanding bigger than it needs to be, allowing you to read what is on your screen without having to worry about text being cut off, wrapping to many lines, or messing up the flow of the page.
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We also made updates our strategy for making hearing accessible. A dedicated hearing-aid setup flow from the Accessibility settings, a simple way to route audio to various outputs, and the ability to rapidly access hearing aid controls from a shortcut are just a few of the more user-friendly ways to connect to and interact with your hearing aids in Android 14.
Similar to how not all of our users always respond well to notification sounds, rings, or alarms. When you get incoming notifications on Android 14, you may enable "Flash notifications" from the Accessibility and Notifications settings to receive visible light flashes.
Purchase Android 14 now.
Other intriguing additions in Android 14 include automated framing for video conversations, one-tap access to Google Home controls, performance enhancements, and more. More information about the most recent version at android.com/14.
Beginning today, Android 14 will begin to roll out to supported Pixel smartphones. Later this year, additional of your favorite devices from Samsung Galaxy, iQOO, Nothing, OnePlus, Oppo, Realme, Sharp, Sony, Tecno, vivo, and Xiaomi will also support Android 14.
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