The latest version of Android P offers "near-final" features

Google urges developers to test their applications as a final version of the next-gen operating system

The latest version of Google P's Android, the next version of its system for the future. mobile operation, offers a set of features close to the final version. This new version should be presented later this year,

. This should attract developers looking to test their applications, see how they will work with the new features of Android P and the update restrictions.

These restrictions block the programming techniques that are used to access Android features in a manner not covered by the official Google Software Development Kit (SDK).

Google said the restrictions should improve stability, but can also applications that use the interfaces being limited.

New Features

Google's vice president of engineering for Android, Dav e Burke, said the new third beta is giving developers all they need to test applications or extend them to take advantage of the new Android P features such as multi-camera support, screen cutting (aka the "screen") and more detailed notifications.

"It is also important to test your applications for non-SDK interface uses and reduce your reliance on them," he wrote. "Whenever possible, you should use public equivalents of the Android SDK or NDK."

Google has finalized the Android P (API) development interfaces of last month's beta 2, so the beta 3 Burke wrote:

Developers who do not have a device Android-compatible P can use the Google simulator, which supports next-gen displays, such as long screens or those with a display cutout.

Google announced that it planned to offer five surveys in total, the fourth and fifth being official candidates. Bureta said: "Beta 3 is a" pre-release candidate version "with" near-end behaviors "

Final release

Google originally planned the final release for the third quarter, by which time on the handsets of some users, depending on the device manufacturers update policies. Burke said the final version would arrive "later this summer".

Since Android updates are not as easy to find as those for Apple's iOS, the new versions are found mostly in the hands of users. Google said, however, that it is working to make it easier for existing Android devices to receive new versions.

Android P introduces new features such as a dashboard to help users track and limit the use of their devices and applications a mode of not disturbing, cutouts. screen to support all-screen devices and navigation gestures similar to those of the iPhone.