Android N will be the new version of the operating system that will arrive in the form of a definitive version in summer, and that is already available for some Nexus in its trial version. They talk about the new features that it incorporates, and of course some of them are very remarkable. But to be realistic, some of them were already present in other smartphones, including the Samsung Galaxy.
multi-window
Perhaps it is the most remarkable feature of the new Android N, and also one of the characteristics that most differentiated the high-end Samsung Galaxy S from almost all other mobile phones on the market, except for the high-end LGs that also included something similar. . Basically, it is about the possibility of running two apps simultaneously on the screen. We've been asking for this for Android for many years. Users who have a high-end Samsung Galaxy or LG already have this feature on their mobile, and now it seems that Google is finally going to integrate it natively into the new version of the operating system. However, we cannot say that it is something new.
Stylus
Android N will also feature native support for S-Pen-style stylus or pointers. That means that now it is more likely to see stylus from other manufacturers, even from manufacturers like Wacom, who do not launch a smartphone, but do make stylus of the highest quality. It is logical that this is not something new in some mobiles either. For several generations now, the Samsung Galaxy Note has been the only smartphone that has a high-quality stylus that works perfectly. Even so, the arrival of this feature to all Android phones is appreciated. Will stylus compatible with all mobiles arrive now that compatibility in these is something native to Android?
Pickups
Google is supposed to have improved Doze, but the truth is that Samsung had already achieved great autonomy with its smartphones by having improved energy efficiency. Phones with a battery whose capacity, in theory, should be higher, offer greater autonomy than mobiles with more battery capacity. Without a doubt, it is something very remarkable in the new generation and high-end Samsung Galaxy, and that now we may see in more Android phones, thanks to the new Doze.
Still, it's a positive
In any case, even if these functions were already included in other smartphones, it must be said that it is a positive thing that Android N includes these functions natively in the new version of the operating system. In fact, this is good even for Samsung, as it will make it easier for them to continue to have these functions, and even improve them. We can even say that they are not functions invented by Samsung. On many occasions, these functions have been devised by developers who have included them in a ROM, and whose characteristic has later been copied by Samsung, by Google, or by Apple. Users, after testing these ROMs, have had enough time to see the usefulness of these functions, and that is why they become functions that end up being integrated into the different versions of the operating system of the different smartphones on the market.
The important thing, in any case, is that no company enters a patent war for having copied each other's ideas, as we saw between Apple and Samsung, when we finally see that this is nonsense, because after all, the ideas have come from developers whose names we may not know, and who are behind the names of the big brands in the best cases, or sometimes, behind simple test ROMs that have enchanted users, that one day an engineer saw a company, and who decided to imitate.