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Introducing Android 8.0 Oreo

160 points by janober 9y ago

jmiserez 9y ago
The actual Android 8.0 website linked in the article (https://www.android.com/versions/oreo-8-0/ https://www.android.com/versions/oreo-8-0/) showcases the features much better than the blog post. It’s actually a really nicely done page, even on mobile. EDIT: sorry i inadvertently removed my comment on emojis. I was lamenting the fact that the emojis look so different from iOS, which could lead to misunderstandings. And that I find it crazy that every vendor has to make them so drastically different just to prevent infringing on someones copyright.
- izacus 9y ago
  Well, Apple can update theirs to be less confusing as well, no? ;) I for one will miss the old blobmojis which at least had some personality.
  - jquery 9y ago
    Speaking as an iOS user, the blobmojis are my favorite part of Android. I regularly use them in Hangouts between my wife and I. I'm going to miss them greatly, they had incredible personality.
- giancarlostoro 9y ago
  I always liked Microsoft's approach to emojis, a font that any other manufacturer / vendor could use. The benefit being that if your device doesn't have emojis, it does have fonts and can download fonts, thereby emojis would load. I can't find the article about it, read it ages back, but it was kind of interesting.
- dang 9y ago
  Yes, since https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15066729 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15066729 was posted earlier and points to the canonical site, we've merged this thread into that one.
- reaperducer 9y ago
  I agree, the Android page is very nicely done. But it reminds me too much of a copy of Apple's much better MacPro page: https://www.apple.com/mac-pro/ https://www.apple.com/mac-pro/
Necromant2005 9y ago
Android 8 is crazy slow. Everything is slooooooowwwwww. I used android since Nexus One. But it makes to sense to wait. It's just a rubbish.
- Necromant2005 9y ago
  It drains my phone battery with the same speed as previous version, but all application are in "optimized cpu cycle", that leads to slooooowwww application opening and switching. Sometime I caught myself with a though to throw my Nexus 5x to a wall. Im observing Android ecosystem for a while and I don't see any good changes - only minor updates that presented as big deal. If Android is unfixable, broken by design, do something: a new operating system, a new way to manage memory and cpu adapted for ARM battery saving from the scratch. It's hard, it's painful, but WTF you're GOOGLE with thousands employees ready to start creating a new amazing stuff.

160 points by janober 9y ago

The actual Android 8.0 website linked in the article (https://www.android.com/versions/oreo-8-0/ https://www.android.com/versions/oreo-8-0/) showcases the features much better than the blog post. It’s actually a really nicely done page, even on mobile. EDIT: sorry i inadvertently removed my comment on emojis. I was lamenting the fact that the emojis look so different from iOS, which could lead to misunderstandings. And that I find it crazy that every vendor has to make them so drastically different just to prevent infringing on someones copyright.

izacus 9y ago
Well, Apple can update theirs to be less confusing as well, no? ;) I for one will miss the old blobmojis which at least had some personality.
- jquery 9y ago
  Speaking as an iOS user, the blobmojis are my favorite part of Android. I regularly use them in Hangouts between my wife and I. I'm going to miss them greatly, they had incredible personality.
giancarlostoro 9y ago
I always liked Microsoft's approach to emojis, a font that any other manufacturer / vendor could use. The benefit being that if your device doesn't have emojis, it does have fonts and can download fonts, thereby emojis would load. I can't find the article about it, read it ages back, but it was kind of interesting.
dang 9y ago
Yes, since https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15066729 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15066729 was posted earlier and points to the canonical site, we've merged this thread into that one.
reaperducer 9y ago
I agree, the Android page is very nicely done. But it reminds me too much of a copy of Apple's much better MacPro page: https://www.apple.com/mac-pro/ https://www.apple.com/mac-pro/

Necromant2005 9y ago

Android 8 is crazy slow. Everything is slooooooowwwwww. I used android since Nexus One. But it makes to sense to wait. It's just a rubbish.

Necromant2005 9y ago
It drains my phone battery with the same speed as previous version, but all application are in "optimized cpu cycle", that leads to slooooowwww application opening and switching. Sometime I caught myself with a though to throw my Nexus 5x to a wall. Im observing Android ecosystem for a while and I don't see any good changes - only minor updates that presented as big deal. If Android is unfixable, broken by design, do something: a new operating system, a new way to manage memory and cpu adapted for ARM battery saving from the scratch. It's hard, it's painful, but WTF you're GOOGLE with thousands employees ready to start creating a new amazing stuff.