Android Pie

Dilawar
January 14, 2017

Android Pie (Android 9) was released in August 2018 and introduced gesture navigation and AI-powered features.

Key Features

  • Gesture navigation
  • Digital Wellbeing
  • Adaptive Battery
  • Adaptive Brightness
  • App Actions and Slices
  • Notch support
  • Indoor positioning with Wi-Fi RTT
  • DNS over TLS

Gesture Navigation

Pie introduced optional gesture-based navigation:

  • Swipe up from pill for recent apps
  • Quick swipe for previous app
  • Long swipe for app drawer

Digital Wellbeing

Tools to help users manage phone usage:

  • Dashboard showing screen time
  • App timers
  • Wind Down mode (grayscale + DND)
  • Focus mode (Android 10)

AI Features

Machine learning powers Adaptive Battery (predicts app usage) and Adaptive Brightness (learns preferred brightness levels).

Related Android Versions

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