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Google begins posting Nexus images for the Android 7.0 Nougat update

Initially, all of the handsets that participated in Google’s Android beta program will be updated with the final version of Android 7.0.

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For the last few weeks, LG has been bragging about how the LG V20 will be the first non-Nexus smartphone to arrive with the Android 7.0 Nougat OS. And while we’re giving credit where credit is due, let’s not forget that it was actually Microsoft-yes, really-that first introduced major platform support for side-by-side apps, in Windows RT back in 2012. New Nexus handsets are expected from Google before the end of 2016, and these will come with Nougat out of the box.

BlackBerry hasn’t yet confirmed when owners of the BlackBerry Priv or DTEK50 will receive the bump to Android 7.0, but the firm has promised a boost in device security when the update eventually arrives.

The new OS can better isolate and protect files for individual users on a device.

“Google has taken a different approach to build and launched Nougat which was announced earlier this year”.

If you’re already on the Android N developer preview, then you’re going to find that update waiting for you – and we already told you how to get it. Nougat also allows two applications to be viewed side-by-side or on top of each other. The windows are resizable, too, by simply dragging the divider. This can be done by double-tapping on the square button that shows the most recently used apps, known as the Overview button. This means by 20 November, every eligible HTC should have had the Nougat update pushed to it. HTC says the 10, One A9 and One M9 will receive the new software.

The developers added: “Starting with the release of Android Marshmallow past year, we have been making the battery smarter”. And since you waited, you get access to Android 7.0 right away rather than having to take your place in line for future Android 7.x beta releases. “Your device can now drop into lower power usage when it’s getting jostled around in your pocket or bag while on the move”.

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Nougat brings good news for gamers as well, as Google has added support for the novel Vulkan standard – a new computing and graphics API.

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