Friday, September 25, 2015

Google Play Services 8.1 rolling out in Android devices





Google Play services 8.1 brings the new Android 6.0 Marshmallow permissions model, which Google first announced at Google I/O earlier this year. Its important for Android developers to implement this new permissions model into their apps to ensure users are getting enough control over which permissions are granted to their mobile devices. 


Play Services 8.1 Features :


App Invites :

This new feature allows you to implement a way for existing Android and iOS users to invite their Google contacts via email or SMS to try your app. Play services 8.1 gives you the ability to customize the email invitation, including adding a custom image, and even specifying a call-to-action button text.


Ambient Mode Maps :


Play services 8.1 brings ambient mode support to the Google Maps Android API. This means a simplified low-color rendering of the map will be seen in Google Maps, which reduces power consumption by lighting fewer pixels. To learn more about this feature, head to this link.


Nearby Status Listener : 


Google Nearby lets you build simple interactions between nearby devices. This new addition will let your app receive callbacks when an active Nearby publish or subscribe expires, which will end up freeing you from tracking the TTL and allow your apps user interface to more accurately reflect whether or not Nearby is active.


Nearby Devices :


Near by devices to extend messages and It is also use by Beacons to sand the information near by devices and that can be use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth signals to connect and extend data. It is also using the device speakers to transmit high frequency sounds, sounds human can not hear. You know sound use for navigation and communication by bats.  




Play Game API :


This new API lets you build better, smarter games by allowing you to tailor user experiences to specific segments of players and different stages of the player lifecycle.







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