Android 9: Innovations - these features you should know

Android 9 has been equipped with various innovations by Google. For example, the latest version of the operating system not only requires 500 MB less storage space, but also leads to a shorter boot time of your smartphone or tablet. What other new features there are, we explain here.

Android 9: These are the most important innovations

Having updated your Android device to Android 9 not only causes your smartphone or tablet to boot faster, but it is also associated with the availability of a number of new features.

1. So Android 9 has a new navigation bar, which consists only of a small line at the bottom of the screen.
2. If you use your Android device together with a Bluetooth speaker or headphones, this can remember the set volume under Android 9.
3. The printing function via WLAN has also been improved. So you can now print not only when you are on the same network as the printer, but also when you are connected to another wireless network.
4. New is also the Digital Wellbeing app, which analyzes your usage behavior and allows you to set time limits for the use of individual apps.

New features: How to use Adaptive Battery on Android 9

New after the update to Android 9 is also the Adaptive Battery function. If this is turned on, the device's battery consumption is automatically adapted to your usage behavior, thus improving battery life. To check whether the function is enabled on your Android device, please open the settings and navigate to "Device Maintenance". There, first tap on the "Battery icon", then on the "Three-dot icon" and make sure that the slider next to the "Adaptive Battery" entry is glowing blue.