Pistachio
OK, not candy, but.....
Google's revealed the stuff it's added to the next version of Android, which for now is known only as "P" while the world waits for it to earn a confectionery-related name.* To The Register's mind, the most interesting bits relate to security, as Google's decided that "Android P restricts access to mic, camera, and all …
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see references to major.minor.patch
I never understood their logic for going for a major version number bump every year - to me it doesn't look like there are enough significant changes for that.
Likewise for iOS. Adding a few emoticons and tweaking how the notifications work isn't really a major change..
"Google's decided that "Android P restricts access to mic, camera, and all SensorManager sensors from apps that are idle." This change has been made to stop apps snooping, which is hard to argue against!"
Third party apps, you mean. Will they apply the restriction to their own stuff?
"Indoor positioning over WiFi, thanks to support for 802.11mc, aka WiFi Round-Trip-Time (RTT)"
Please allow this to be disabled. It'll give the police a clue as to which part of the basement to dig up to find the bodies. I spent more time on those spots to dig the holes, etc.