Multiple Blue Rings

John Doe

Google has just released the first Android 14 developer preview.

Prior to Android 10, Google used to name its Android versions after sweet treats.

This included Android 6.0 Marshmallow, Android 8 Oreo, and Android 9 Pie.

Android 14 also brings tweaks related to language

Android 14 gendered languages via the Grammatical Inflection API.

Google notes that Android 14 is expected to reach the platform stability milestone in June

Google users can now scale font sizes up to 200% in Android 14 versus Android 13 topping out at 130% on Pixels.

Android 14 brings a variety of changes in an effort to improve battery life.

Google is implementing a “schedule exact alarm” permission, requiring all newly installed apps