Cell phones running older versions of Android that haven’t been updated for a while may receive some of the features available on Android. android 13. The news will come via the “Extension Software Developer Kit” (Extension SDK) tool, which Google released its first public release on Monday, 9 (9).
This new functionality aimed at developers, bring features from newer OS versions to older smartphonesmakes it available through applications compatible with such technologies. Android 13’s photo picker is one of them.
According to the Mountain View company, Extension SDKs It has the main advantage of not relying on a full Android update to make it available on older phones. Improvements come in “modular system component” updates.
Thus, mobile phone users whose software is no longer updated by manufacturers will still be able to access some new features. The system makes changes to the APIs used by the developers, allowing and, if so, releasing code to verify if the version of the device in question is compatible with that resource.
Testing with the Privacy Sandbox
In addition to the new version of the selector that makes it easy to share photos and videos stored in the phone’s gallery and adds other improvements, the extension SDKs should make it easy to expand. Privacy Sandbox tests on older Androids. The mechanism will change the processing of user data to display online advertisements.
With the beta version of Android Privacy Sandbox about to be released, older phone users will likely be able to try it without a full system update. This and other features should be available on phones running Android 10 and higher, according to Google.
Source: Tec Mundo
