With Android 15, Google provides many phones with numerous new features. MeinMMO presents some exciting features that you can use with Android 15.
With Android 15, the next major upgrade for many phones is set for 2024. Alongside a new version, there are also new features that are supposed to bring various benefits.
MeinMMO presents the most exciting features that you will soon be able to use with Android 15. More information about the release of Android 15 can be found in the following article directly on MeinMMO:
Private Space
“Private Space” is certainly the interesting new feature with Android 15. You will get a private area where you can separate important apps or sensitive data from your other apps.
In the future, you can lock your health app or your banking app in the private area and protect it with an additional password.
Also practical: When the private area is locked, apps are hidden from the “Notes,” notifications, settings, and other apps view.
Improved Protection Against Fraud, Scams, and Malicious Apps
With Android 15, there are supposed to be improvements especially in terms of security. Android phone owners are regularly targets of scammers. For this reason, the following improvements are to be made:
- Google will use AI through Play Protect and on devices to look for suspicious behavior and mark it accordingly.
- Messages with one-time passwords (OTPs), which are typically used for two-factor authentication, are now hidden from the notification system, making it harder to intercept them.
- Restricted settings will also be expanded for sideloaded apps. These are all apps that you download from third-party websites and that do not come from the Google App Store.
- Android 15 is also supposed to protect you from apps that hide behind other apps or lay invisibly over them, secretly collecting clicks.
Better Battery Life
With Android 15, Google has adjusted the energy system of Android. Various optimizations and efficiency improvements should have a positive impact on battery life. Android 15 is supposed to restrict apps that primarily run in the background and use energy accordingly.
How this will affect battery life in practice is still unknown. It will also depend on the hardware and the size of the installed battery. For very cheap entry-level models, you should not expect miracles. To see how well such a cheap phone performs in everyday life, read on MeinMMO:
Volume Changes Across All Apps
Version 15 brings official support for the CTA-2075 volume standard for Android. This means that volume levels between apps will be compared, the characteristics of your speakers, headphones, or earbuds will be taken into account, and the sound will be intelligently adjusted to avoid sudden jumps or drops.
In the future, you will no longer be overwhelmed by the sound of an app you want to start while you have a music app or another app open.
Improved Camera App
Google is also adapting the camera app. This especially applies to owners of a phone who rely on the official camera app from Android and not like Samsung, where a custom app is offered as standard.
Google speaks of a better low-light camera and promises several significant improvements for nightlife enthusiasts:
- The low light boost should make images much better in poor lighting conditions. Additionally, it should become easier to scan QR codes in low light, for example, when you are sitting in a dark bar, and the drink menu is only available digitally.
- There are also new options in the camera app that will allow you to better control the flash, such as the flash intensity or a continuous flash mode.
Better Handling of PDF Files
PDF files on the phone have always been a tedious small task. Android has always offered minimal support, and in the end, one would prefer to install a better third-party app. In the future, all of this should become easier and better:
- PDFs should load faster.
- Official support for password-protected files.
- Annotations, form editing, and copy selection will also be offered.
- Searching within a PDF file is now also possible.
App Tip for Android: Prices have been rising for months. MeinMMO editor Benedikt Schlotmann has tried several apps to save more money. And it was really worth it. Because at the end of the month, there are always a few euros left because he actually kept one app on the phone: I use a free app on Android and save about 30 euros every month with it
