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Google is rolling out Android 15 Developer Preview 1 today. This is the ninth year of Google providing an early look at the direction Android is going ahead of the stable launch later this year.
For the fifth year, the preview is getting underway in February to give developers more time to offer feedback and update apps.
There are several Android 15 tentpoles, starting with Protecting user privacy and security. This includes the latest versions of the Privacy Sandbox on Android and Health Connect, which has new fitness, nutrition, and other data types. Google also mentions partial screen sharing and Casting from Android 14 QPR2.
Then there’s a new FileIntegrityManager with APIs that “tap into the power of the fs-verity feature in the Linux kernel.”
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