Google may bring two new features with Android 14: Names and how will they help users

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Google may bring two new features with Android 14: Names and how will they help users

Gadgets Now Online / Gadgets Now / Updated: Jun 5, 2023, 09:48PM IST

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Google may bring two new features with Android 14: Names and how will they help users

At Google I/O 2023, the company previewed some features coming to Android 14. It also released a Beta version of the operating system. Now a researcher has claimed to have found two features that may make their debut later this year with the Android 14 OS.

According to Android researcher Mishaal Rahman, Android 14 may bring iPhone-like battery health monitoring capability and advanced memory protection features.

Battery health monitoring on Android
Google will reportedly bring the battery health feature with Android 14 for smartphones and tablets.

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The company has added new BatteryManager APIs to Android 14 beta. Two of them are public APIs which provide information about cycle count and charging status, while others are system APIs that report the device's manufacturing date, date of first use, charging policy and state of health.

Apple provides the feature in the iPhone, which displays information about the phone's battery's capacity, peak performance and whether the battery needs to be serviced.

Advanced memory protection feature
Rahman also said that he discovered a hidden 'advanced memory protection beta' feature in Android 14 to protect the smartphone from memory safety bugs.

Memory safety vulnerabilities accounted for a majority of severe Android vulnerabilities until 2022. Google has been working on supporting other means, like memory tagging, to mitigate memory safety vulnerabilities in Android.

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Other Android 14 features
Previous reports have pointed out that Google is working on new settings in Android 14 that will allow users to set all regional preferences from one place. This will essentially mitigate the need to access every app to change preferences.

Android 14 will also start blocking the installation of apps that target outdated versions of Android to help reduce the potential for malware.

Google released the first public Beta of Android 14 April this year. The beta version showed features mainly focused on system navigation, privacy, performance and user customisation to both developers and early adopters.

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