{"id":7316,"date":"2016-08-24T12:30:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/?p=7316"},"modified":"2016-08-24T12:30:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T07:00:32","slug":"easy-floating-apps-rich-vulkan-3d-awesome-vr-make-a-powerful-android-nougat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/2016\/08\/easy-floating-apps-rich-vulkan-3d-awesome-vr-make-a-powerful-android-nougat\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy floating apps, rich Vulkan 3D, awesome VR make a powerful Android Nougat"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Easy floating apps, rich Vulkan 3D, awesome VR make a powerful <strong>Android Nougat 7.0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_7319\" style=\"width: 847px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Android-7.0-Nougat-logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7319\" class=\"wp-image-7319 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Android-7.0-Nougat-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Android-7.0-Nougat-logo\" width=\"837\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Android-7.0-Nougat-logo.jpg 837w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Android-7.0-Nougat-logo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Android-7.0-Nougat-logo-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Android-7.0-Nougat-logo-700x468.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Android N 7.0<br \/> Nougat &#8211; Logo<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Android-7.0-Nougat-logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Android N 7.0 &#8220;Nougat&#8221;<\/a> is the 7th major version of the latest Android operating system. It was first released as a beta build on March 9, 2016 and Android 7.0 Nougat was <strong>officially released on August 22, 2016<\/strong>, with the Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 9, Nexus Player, Pixel C and General Mobile 4G as the first devices to receive the said update.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">Android 7.0 Nougat seems to boast so some really awesome new features: Here are few of them:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Over 1500 emoji including 72 new ones.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A multi-window support which allows floating apps so that you can switch between apps with a double tap and this in turn allows easy accessibility on a desktop layout feature.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Vulkan 3D rendering API<\/strong> empowering <strong>high-performance 3D graphics<\/strong> on &#8216;enabled and supported devices&#8217; to display rich media content in a way that will blow your mind.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Another system partition, which gets updated when not in use and thus allowing for seamless system updates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Improved Doze functionality<\/strong>, which aims to prolong battery life.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Enjoy your favorite apps in <strong>virtual reality<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With Virtual Reality mode, Android Nougat is all geared up to transport us to new worlds. It&#8217;s announced to come soon with Daydream-ready phones so you can Daydream on a virtual reality platform<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Picture-in-picture support for Android TV<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7318 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/phone_doze-1024x287.png\" alt=\"phone_doze Android 7.0 Nougat\" width=\"660\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/phone_doze-1024x287.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/phone_doze-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/phone_doze-768x215.png 768w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/phone_doze-700x196.png 700w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/phone_doze.png 1070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7317 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/vulkan-api.jpg\" alt=\"vulkan api 3d rendering Android N 7.0 Nougat\" width=\"571\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/vulkan-api.jpg 571w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/vulkan-api-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.android.com\/versions\/nougat-7-0\/\" target=\"_blank\">You need to see this in action on their website &#8211; Android Nougat 7.0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As always, Android has chosen a <strong>confectionery name<\/strong> for it&#8217;s Version 7.0 update.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">Different versions of Android so far:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966; text-decoration: underline;\">Android Versions till date:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">1.0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">1.1<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Cupcake 1.5<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Donut 1.6<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Eclair 2.0-2.1<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Froyo 2.2 &#8211; 2.2.3<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Gingerbread 2.3-2.3.7<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Honeycomb 3.0 &#8211; 3.2.6<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Ice Cream sandwich 4.0 &#8211; 4.0.4<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Jelly Bean &#8211; 4.1 &#8211; 4.3.1<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">KitKat 4.4 &#8211; 4.4.4<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Lollipop 5.0 &#8211; 5.1.1<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Marshmallow 6.0 &#8211; 6.0.1<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Nougat 7.0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>What is a Nougat?<\/strong> Well, it&#8217;s a family of confections made with sugar or honey, roasted nuts, whipped egg whites, and sometimes chopped candied fruit. The word nougat comes from Occitan pan nogat from Latin panis nucatus &#8216;nut bread&#8217;. It is used in a variety of candy bars and chocolates (which is what reminded me of Seinfeld episode of George Costanza shared below. This episode focused on the character getting into an extremely funny and frenzy debate with an automobile mechanic over a candy bar of Twix and discussions over a cookie and a nougat.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The moment I read the term Nougat I remembered George Costanza from their Seinfeld Dealership episode, where he says, <em>&#8220;I\u00a0think I&#8217;ve reached the point in my life where I can tell between <strong>nougat<\/strong> and <strong>cookie<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since he can, I thought of sharing few details of what Nougat is so that from now on, you can too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7320 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tumblr_nin4bmnGIG1u5xvbuo1_1280-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Jerry Seinfeld George Costanza Nougat \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tumblr_nin4bmnGIG1u5xvbuo1_1280-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tumblr_nin4bmnGIG1u5xvbuo1_1280-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tumblr_nin4bmnGIG1u5xvbuo1_1280-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tumblr_nin4bmnGIG1u5xvbuo1_1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How many versions of Android have you tried so far?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>What do you think they will name the next one starting from O?<\/strong> Could it be\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Ontbijtkoek<\/span><\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What do you think? <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Do share your comments, would love to hear from you.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Let&#8217;s Connect &#8211; 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