A Detailed Guide to Android 11

International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056

Volume: 08 Issue: 01 | Jan 2021 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072

Mr. Shubham Randive

Student, Semester-III, MSC(I.T.), Keraleeya Samajam’s Model College, Dombivali East, Thane, Maharashtra, India

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Abstract - Android 11 is shaping the leading edge of mobile

innovation with advanced machine-learning. Android 11

contains a various features such as Live option, foldables, 5G

networks, smart reply in notifications, Dark Theme, Gesture

Navigation, Setting panels, sharing shortcut, focus mode,

family link, location restrictions, protection from device

tracking, limiting application access to external storage,

enterprise security, Device-specific security measures. Android

11 is better in performance as compared to android 10 and in

some parts to IOS 14.

Key Words: Features; Android 11 vs Android 10;Android 11

vs 1OS 14; Pros and Cons;

1. INTRODUCTION

Android is software platform and operating system for

mobile devices, based on the Linux kernel, and developed by

Google and later the Open Handset Alliance. Android 11 is

built around three important themes. Android 11 is shaping

the forefront of mobile innovation with advanced machine-

learning and support for emerging devices like foldables and

5G enabled phones. Android 11 has a main focus on privacy

and security, with many features that give users greater

protection, transparency, and control. Finally, Android 11

expands users' digital wellbeing controls so individuals and

families can find a better balance with technology. Android

11 was launched in September 8 2020 but not available on

many mobiles.

2. ANDROID 11 FEATURES

 Native screen recording

Google has been playing around with native screen

recording feature since the early builds of Android 10. In

Android 11 new Screen Record icon is there in the Quick

Settings selections on top of the display. We expect this

feature to make it to the final version this time around.

 Chat Bubbles in Android 11

Bubbles are basically like Facebook Messenger chat heads

but for the other applications. The feature was actually

launched with Android 10. Google is finally bringing it to the

forefront. It works with applications like Telegram and

WhatsApp just fine.

 Share menu pinning

The feature was introduced with Android 7 Nougat.

However, the current Android sharing menu has been a

mess. Android 11 will allow you to pin 4 apps you share to

the most frequently, to the top of share menu.

 Mute notifications while video recording

Notifications can be irritating at many times, especially when

you are trying to click cute pictures of your pet. With

Android 11, Google is introducing a new camera Application

Programming Interface called setCameraAudioRestriction().

It will enable developers to allow their applications to mute

sounds, vibrations, or both while the camera app is open.

 Airplane mode no longer kills Bluetooth

Till Android 10, turning on Airplane mode would also kill the

Bluetooth. However, it’s changing with Android 11. Now in

Android 11, Bluetooth stays on when Airplane mode is

activated.

 Notification History

Early Android was not allowing you to review the

notifications you have dismissed. However, that feature is

changing with Android 11. The new Android 11 will

effectively recreate all the notifications you dismissed in the

Notification History feature.

 Revoking permissions for unused apps

There is a new feature within the “App Permissions” section

of each applications. Enabling the option will automatically

revoke all permissions for the applications if you haven’t

used it for “a few months.”

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 Variable refresh rate

High refresh rate displays have been trending now a days.

And, Android 11 will let you set a preferred frame rate for

each window of applications and games. On devices that

support variable refresh rates, the system will use the

application’s preferred frame rate.

 One-time permission

Early Android 10 lets apps grab your location, microphone,

or camera data only while the application is open. Now, with

Android 11 you will be able to approve those permissions

just a single time and the Operating System will revoke the

permission later.

 Resume on boot

This new feature in Android 11 lets apps access Credential

Encrypted (CE) storage after the OTA reboot without the

user needing to first unlock the device. In layman terms, it

means that the apps can resume normal functionality and

receive messages properly.

 Improved Project Mainline in Android 11

Android 10 brought the ability to update parts of Android

right from the Play Store. Now, the Android OS will allow

even more parts of Android to get updates without needing

to send out a full OTA.

 Better curved display support

You know how applications and things like keyboards spill

over the edges on curved displays? It will change with the OS

as it will let developers specify the interactive area of a

screen.

 New tech

Android 11 will combined with the new technologies

including foldable devices, 5G and in a better way. This

feature also includes low-latency video decoding for game

streaming services such as Google Stadia.

 Scoped storage

Scoped storage was also present in beta builds of Android

10. Basically, in the interest of better security, the system

allows applications to only have access to certain parts of the

filesystem. Google says it has acknowledged the issues and

will give more time to developers to fully transition to the

new OS.

 Redesigned power button menu

The power button menu in new Android 11 will mostly be

occupied by the fast controls for connected smart home

devices, including a live camera feed.

3. Android 11 vs IOS 14

 Privacy: Privacy is easily the most important condition

of any digital device and both Apple and Google have

further improved their privacy features in the latest iOS

14 and Android 11. The privacy measures are improved

on iOS 14 is on a better margin as the iOS 14 is the first

ever iOS that will give notifications to the users

whenever an applications is using their camera and also

give them better control over what applications track

them. While with Android 11 they're offering One-time

permission for applications to access location data or

camera and microphone; this feature won't be always

active. Android 11 now uses scooped storage that'll

keep an application from using entire storage of device.

Here I think both iOS 14 and Android are tied as both

previously had those features.

 Messaging: iMessenger is a highly used app on iPhone

for text messages and in iOS 14 they have improved it

by a lot and the users will now be able to enjoy the

popular features available on applications like

WhatsApp and Telegram. iOS14 also uses memoji that

can be used on Whatsapp and Telegram. In Android

they've incorporated Chat bubbles like we saw on

Facebook Messenger to make texting a lot easier and

much faster. Android 11 is the better than ios14 in the

messaging section as they are using the bubbles,

although iOS might go ahead next time.

 Quick Settings: Android 11 has the biggest change in

the Quick setting function. Now that Android have

made changes in it, it looks quite impressive and has

added a music player widget to it (thumbs up to that)

while iOS 14 Quick settings function remains mostly

unchanged by they've added a few new toggles.iOS 14

Quick settings menu still looks much better than the

Android 11.

 Camera: No new changes for camera in either iOS 14 or

Android 11.

 Recent Apps: The new iOS 14 uses the same setup as

there was in previous few iOS versions while Android

11 definitely has the worst possible recent apps setting

as it displayed just 1 app at a time with a slight hint of

the other recent apps on the side.As someone who

constantly switches between the apps, this set-up is a

nightmare.

 Widgets: And here we have the one of the best feature

of iOS 14, widgets have been around on Android for

long but they don't do more than telling the weather

but in iOS14 you get widgets for everything and you can

also easily create custom widgets for any application.

Even though Android was the first to launch these, iOS

has clearly done it better than Android.

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 App clips/ instant apps: This is one of the best feature

to checkout any apps and I'm glad that it is now

available on iOS devices App clips is quite similar to the

Google Play Instant applications that was released in

2017. iOS14 app clips will enable apps to users to use

an app without downloading the app, and these app

clips will perform specific tasks like renting a car,

booking tickets (by incorporating it into Yelp). These

app clips can use no more than 10 MB of storage space

in device. Android OS already has this feature in

previous versions and it is a bit better than the one in

the iOS14 as you can even play games with Google Play

instant. Android applications are far much better than

IOS app clips.

 Battery life: There is no improvements for battery in

either iOS 14 and Android 11. If they had, they'd be the

instant winner.

4. ANDROID 11 PROS AND CONS

4.1 PROS

 Improved security and app privacy options

 Messaging improvements

 Screen recording

 Convenient media and smart home control

 Many hardware choices

 5G support

4.2 CONS

 Most current Android phones won't get it

 Some complication and inconsistency remain,

compared with iOS

 Less energy with desktop and wearable ecosystem than

iOS

5. ANDROID 11 VS ANDROID 10: WHAT HAS CHANGED?

Here are some changes in Android 11:

 Conversations in the notification shade

Android 11 is prioritizing seamless communication as there

is now a dedicated section called Conversations at the top for

messages from various installed chat applications. Your

active message notifications will show up above all other

notifications. This makes sense since every app wants a piece

of the notification shade and things will be a little less mess

up now. You can focus better on active conversations.

Besides, there are two more sections Alerting Notifications

and Silent Notifications. You can now prioritize notifications

from your favorite contacts or conversations to appear up

top and bypass the DND restriction.

 Chat Bubbles

The Chat bubbles will let you keep several active

conversations on your home screen. Chat bubbles should

work like the FB messenger bubbles, but other messaging

apps in the Google Play store will be able to efficiently

implement them. To activate the bubbles, all you need to do

is long-press on the message notification and select the

option to open in a bubble.

 Super Power Menu

Android 11 has got the new super Power Menu, which lets

you manage connected IoT appliances as well as

bank/payment providers from a single screen. You will still

have the Emergency button and boot options here.

 Pin Apps in the Android Share menu

Android 11 has an option to pin applications you frequently

share with to the top of the list. The option was there in

Android 10 Beta but was removed in the final version. I hope

this time it’s here to stay.

 One Time Permissions

You can now give applications permission for just one time.

This way you can give apps not fully trust permission to use

your camera, or your location just for once instead of lifetime

access. And this is definitely a big step forward for better

user privacy.

Further, it also presents a settings element known as

Permissions reset, which will automatically clear all

permissions from apps that you haven’t used in a while.

When this process is done, you’ll be notified of course.

 Native Screen Recording

Custom skins from most of the Android manufacturers

already have native screen recording feature, and the stock

Android 11 will now have one as well.

The feature was a part of Android 10 beta but was later

removed. On Android 11, screen recording can be accessed

through quick settings.

 Check what Codecs your Headphones support

Unlike on Android 10, the Bluetooth Audio Codec selection in

Android 11 developer options greys out codecs that are not

supported. The Android 10 has the option as well, but

unsupported codecs are not greyed out. You can also switch

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between the supported codecs as headphones don’t always

use the best option by default.

 Option to check the Display Refresh Rate

With the high refresh rate screens increasingly becoming

common, Google has added an option to show refresh rate

under developer settings. This is great since you won’t have

to move through shady apps to check if your phone’s screen

is actually refreshing as advertised.

 Media Controls Carousel

Media Controls carousel in Quick Settings. Users would also

be able to resume the playback after the session gets closed

or canceled or even after a device reboot.

6. CONCLUSION

In over research we have discussed about the features,

security and performance of Android version 11.We also

compared Android 11 with Android 10 and IOS14. The

performance comparison of Android 11 was much more

better and secured than Android 10.

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