They didn't add the tapping on the back of the phone to activate certain features? And it doesn't look like there's anything different from the beta 3 to final version
One thing that I love about samsung settings, after an update to the os or an app, there is an orange dot next to a menu or a setting with a new feature. That way I can't miss anything new
7:00 Look at it this way: Look at Samsung an Google as separate brands. Do not think about Google releasing the update on august or september every year. Just think like Samsung releases their software updates every december and january.
@@sddrx6000 Yeah, but Samsung users appreciate the extra features they have over stock Android. Unlike Android 10 (with its new guestures and animations), Android 11 doesn't bring any significant change or features to the table.
Ugh if they renamed the "Gestures" screen to "Gestures & Actions" that would solve the Power Menu naming issue. Also, you can enable the 3-button nav on Pixels too. I use it and prefer it to the "swipey swipey" gestures since their interaction with slide-out menus is still a mess. There are dozens of us!
@@dog8438 I suppose that for number 3 you mean Pixel's version of Android. Because Pixels are not Nexus devices. Google also makes tweaks to stock Android and ads features to Pixels exclusively.
@@mxyznk Pretty sure I missed a few others. But if I put iOS any lower on the list (where it belongs) then this guy up here ^^ would be even saltier! Not a risk I was willing to take..
I think it's time for bringing more diverse sound control. Like imagine, you want to listen to songs on Spotify while playing a game. Sometimes, you want to lower the volume of song while playing game at full volume but you just can't do it. Android should provide more sound control over apps.
You can on Samsung phones. They have per app volume settings in the sound Assistant app. I often listen to Podcasts at night on Spotify at 80% volume set
I love bubbles. I've been using it with FB Messenger ever since I switched over to Android about a year ago. I know Messenger has had it for years so I always wondered "why isn't this system wide by now?" Glad it's finally here.
But what about gestures support for third party launcher? Edit : I have a motorola android one device on Android 10.. I hope stock android 11 supports it
It is still buggy. Tested Nova on Android 11 with gesture. There still be a slight delay before you can interact with your phone after returning home. So NO, there is no improvement.
Yep because google implement most of the feature back in android lollipop. The "bubble" concept had been around for ages. I even remember using it on a cheap 20$ phone on 2014 or something.
Fun fact: you say "What I want for Android 12...", and then I was looking at the right column of suggestions and the is your video of Android 12. Gonna view it right now :)
Dieter, what's wrong with the aspect ratio of your latest videos? Watching RU-vid on the 55" TV and it's very noticeable. Please, return full-screen 16:9.
That was when phones were so simple a child could navigate them. Even iPhones with Steve Job's concept of getting to anything within two buttons isn't practical anymore. Phones just do more than they ever could. I'm honestly impressed with how simple they've managed to keep it amongst all this new added ability.
@@Curiouscricket yeah but... you can't call it practical if the settings have options within the options which aren't related to it. It's like going to a bookstore and finding some shoes in there. At first they were placed in groups and categories that were easy and practical till android 8 made changes to the settings menu and layout. Now, it looks more of like an IOS were there are somethings which doesn't fit in that category. The only manufacturer that was able to keep things understandable is probably Samsung. The layout is simple and easy to understand, you can still feel a little bit of old android OSs in it, and the options are actually very useful. Also, I don't get why google doesn't want the notification and control center to be at the bottom when smartphones now days are bigger and taller.
The thing that I've been wanting android to do the most since the rise of tall smartphones is the notification shade to be in the bottom like in the previous IOS. I think it make sense since smartphones now days are a pain to navigate with one hand and I think having the notification shade at the bottom can help improve our comfortability when using an android device. I know what some o you are thinking (Kind of.) "What about the navigation gestures?" I'd put those in one buble that binds to the side of your screen. Pressing it will let you go back, pressing then dragging to the opposite side will show you the multitasking menu, and pressing it then dragging downwards will take you home. It function like a bubble where you can drag it to any side of the screen and it'll deform itself from a circle to a tiny bumb on the side of you screen.
You know when an operating system becomes mature is when developers starts bringing back old discarded features"bubbles" to their new version as they don't know what new they can do.
bubbles weren't discarded though, were they? I thought they were just not officially part of the operating system, and only used by apps such as facebook messenger as an overlay.
liam robertson bubbles were introduced with android 10. They (google developers) weren’t able to improve them and so we didn’t see the bubbles in the final release of 10. Same like this year for extended screenshots.
@@liam_iam Bubbles have been around for years on Android ROMs and Samsung phones (because Samsung copied them) That's why Samsung's implementation is better and not just limited to messaging apps
Out of all the new features in Android 11, I'm actually most excited for the new power menu. It'll save so much time and free up some other gestures for more macros.
I love watching Peter talking about new tech. It's like he's telling a story, and you can see that he's passionate about his job, which makes it even more exciting and enjoyable. Great review as always ❤️
Samsung should make it's own business user focused OS with Microsoft's services and software. I'd sign up for that! Microsoft's clean disciplined design language is genuinely important for FAST and accurate multitasking, instead of Google's 'chase that thing around the screen' and "oh this doesn't work? Why is it here?"
@Tech UniverseTV who cares? if my phone can handle it? And yes, I assure you, unlike yours, my phone can make bloatware practically unnoticeable. Money works
I’ve got mixed feeling on the bubbles. I believe Facebook rolled this out many moons ago and I wasn’t all that impressed but do like how it will help you use multiple chat apps. In turn, another reason Android is miles ahead of apple in terms of managing notifications
The bubbles have been around for a long time with the Facebook Messenger app. With Samsung, you can use that app as your main messaging app. I've been using bubbles for at least a year. It's awesome!
Yes, and google's the first one to implement it in android, because google wrote the source code for it. Facebook and samsung just use the code on their end...
Actually that was 'Draw Over Other Apps'. It officially launched on Android 1.6 but that API (Application programming interface) wasn't meant for Chat Heads and Floating Apps but developers and OEM used it anyway. But it had security flaw so Google created dedicated Bubble API for Chat Heads.
@@MattSpaul I said it before in the top but Facebook was using "Draw Over Other Apps" to create Chat Head but that code base is very unsafe. So, Google created dedicated Chat Head API in Android 11 and Facebook adopted the new code for Android 11 devices. Old Phones will still use that insecure mechanism.
It doesn't look like much but I've been seeing that Google reads my messages and automatically determines a reply. waiting for me just to press it. Aren't they stealing too much of user data now?
First, I am not a nerd, quite the opposite, this is the first time I decided to find out about an android system update, the reason being I have notice alot of changes on my Pixel 3 operating system and we'll not happy. Nevertheless I am now trying to figure out what other changes have taken place with Android 11 so as to avoid any more unexpected surprises from this upgrade. I have to say I appreciate you using the settings as way to explain this android 11, since tech dummy like me can only understand these changes thru the settings anything else I would be lost. Thanks again. Just in passing I am pissed I lost the power button screen shot feature and I would really like it back!
It doesn't matter if Samsung uses Samsung Pay and Samsung Smart Home in their Power Menu. Because any Banking and Home Automation app can add their options in Android 11's power menu. So, even if Samsung doesn't uses Google Home, if you manually download and install Google Home, all the Google Home option will be available on Samsung's Power Menu.
Thanks Dieter, now I know where to look forward to. Speaking of which, I was looking forward to that Scanwatch review since I saw that Withings dancing on your wrist. Did I miss it?
Conversation in that new Android 11 was implemented on Blackberry OS 10 called Hub, a message centre where users don't have to open the app to message using one of the apps including email
i like the bubles. You can toggle bubbles right now for different apps on android 10 in developer options. Some apps make better use of it by splitting up the conversation (not the same thing but a good way to get used to it)
Sole reason I haven't switched to apple is because of the Messenger bubbles. It's so good having all my chats on my screen without needing to leave the app I'm currently on just to reply or view the entire chat
I wanna tell you that for phones with other buttons aside from the power and volume rocker, the gestures menu is reserved for such buttons because its a "gesture" with how you interact with the phone, just in a hardware way The Google Assistant button on my Nokia 2.2 can be turned off or on in gestures
They have also added a new section of files with useful features like duplicate detection, unused files ecc... to help cleaning up the phone; By doing this they have redesigned how the system and apps manage all file, and this may cause some problems too
I actually believe the way forward for android is to simply not make features essential for that version. Meaning: chat bubbles, the power menu etc. are not core aspects of android and not necessary for them to be on every manufacturer’s device. They should be available to be implemented if desired and any necessary API’s should always be included at the core of android but by removing user facing features from the core of android, Google could start truly pushing all those core aspects of android through Google Play and users get a feature set from the manufacturer they choose. Basically creates and solves fragmentation all at the same time.
Not a fan of using bubbles on my Pixel 3, but I could seriously see myself doing that on a Surface Duo - tossing them to the corner of the right screen or something. Really nice!
Low key really hoping the Bubble functionality that's present in Android 11 gets extended to users on Android 10 (i.e. first gen Pixel owners) who have enabled it in the developer settings. I've always been a big fan of Facebook Messenger's chat heads for keeping tabs on a conversation while browsing the web or watching a video, so I was excited to see Google extending that functionality and building it into the OS, only for them to decide not to have it be user-visible in Android 10.
Why is everyone making such a big deal about the bubbles? Messenger has been doing that for years, it's nothing new. And at one point, Android 9 (at least on Samsung) allowed users to turn on bubbles for WhatsApp and SMS as well. But they were a bit clumsy (they were always separate from Messenger and unlike Messenger, they didn't attach themselves to the edge of the screen) so they removed it. And now they brought it back and everybody's like "oh my god, I've never seen such a revolutionary idea)
Samsung has had the option of the swipe button at the bottom for a long time now. Same with the power menu. It's not by default but rather an option you can choose to use, which basically sums up android.
Him: Talks about the Android 11 update and all its new features Me: Sitting here sighing because my phone only has Android 6 because it's out of manufacturing (I have an LG K20 Plus for those who are wondering)
You can remove those 3 dots at the bottom of the screen by going to gestures again. Lots of people like them, I sure do, but if you don't you can remove them.
Some of these new features have been on Samsung phones, like the permission settigns for location that apps can use (always - when app is in use - no), or the option to choose audio output from the notification shade. That's why having the latest Android version 'suboto presto now' on my phone is not that much of a deal.
the one thing about Android 11 that I don't like is that when you take a screenshot, edit it and save it ...it kicks you out of the app you're in and brings you to the home screen
