Google announced the first Android Q beta on March 13, 2019, but only a handful of devices can access this early build. The devices in question are all six Google Pixels, dating back to 2016 models.

At the moment, all we know is that the OS is called Android Q. The wait for the official name should go all the way to Q3 2019, which is when the stable version will be released to the public.

Android Q Features

1) Focus on privacy in Android Q: Google’s new operating system will focus primarily on privacy in the Android Q. In the Android Q, users will be able to decide which app to permit and which app does not have to permit. In all the Android operating systems that have been launched so far, if an app asks you for a permit of the location then you grant it permission only if you can access that app correctly.

2) Secure permissions: Since Android 6.0, Google introduced a more robust app permissions system for Android. With Android Q, Google will move one step further. It is expected that the Android Q will provide the option to allow or deny the application to use the clipboard data. This application will prevent access to the copied data without user consent.

The user will have more control over any shared files. For this, the user will get more run time permissions through which permissions of photo, video or audio can be controlled. Now the user will only specify which downloaded file will use an app. This means that no app will be able to access any file from itself.

3) Built-in screen recording in Android Q: One of our most requested features for Android, built-in screen recording, is Available in the first beta of Android Q.

4) Android Q for Foldable Screen: The Android Q operating system app will give developers the advantage that they can develop apps based on these foldable screens or large screen devices.

5) Dark Mode: An early leaked build of Android Q suggested users will be able to enable a dark mode to darken everything from notifications to the settings.

Highlights of Android Q

Google is including limits on the access apps will have to photos, videos, audio, and downloaded files on devices.
Android Q will have more control over how apps resume and pause when running in the background.
A new Settings Panel API that’ll let developers push a pop-menu for settings like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and NFC, so users won’t have to exit apps to go to settings and back.
Total support for foldable phones, which Google first promised us this past November.
Improved sharing shortcuts, designed to make sharing targets more obvious so you can jump right into other apps.