distributions.json

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        "title": "User Input",
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        "title": "Storage",
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        "title": "Wireless & Connectivity",
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        "title": "Battery - Project Volta",
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        "title": "Android in the Workplace and in Education",
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        "title": "Manifest Declarations",
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        "title": "API Change",
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        "body": "Last updated: May 1, 2024"
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        "title": "System",
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        "title": "User Input",
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      {
        "title": "User Interface",
        "body": "Themeable ColorStateLists"
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        "title": "Wireless & Connectivity",
        "body": "Hotspot 2.0<br>Improved Bluetooth Low Energy Scanning"
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        "title": "Android for Work",
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        "body": "Last updated: May 1, 2024"
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        "title": "Performance",
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        "title": "Battery Life",
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        "title": "Wireless & Connectivity",
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        "title": "VR",
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        "title": "Printing Framework",
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        "body": "Last updated: May 1, 2024"
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        "title": "VR",
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        "title": "User Interface",
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        "title": "User Input",
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        "title": "Wireless & Connectivity",
        "body": "APIs for Carriers and Calling Apps"
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        "title": "Wear",
        "body": "New Screen Densities for Wear Devices"
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        "title": "",
        "body": "Last updated: May 1, 2024"
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        "title": "System",
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        "title": "User Interface",
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      },
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        "title": "Media",
        "body": "VolumeShaper<br>Audio focus enhancements<br>Media metrics<br>MediaPlayer and MediaRecorder improvements<br>Improved media file access"
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      {
        "title": "Wireless & Connectivity",
        "body": "Wi-Fi Aware<br>Bluetooth updates<br>Companion device pairing"
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        "title": "Security & Privacy",
        "body": "New permissions<br>New account access and discovery APIs"
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        "title": "Runtime & Tools",
        "body": "Platform optimizations<br>Updated Java language support<br>Updated ICU4J Android Framework APIs"
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        "title": "",
        "body": "Last updated: May 1, 2024"
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        "title": "System",
        "body": "Android Go<br>Neural Networks API<br>Programmatic Safe Browsing actions<br>Shared memory API"
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        "title": "User Interface",
        "body": "Improved Notifications<br>EditText update<br>WallpaperColors API"
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        "title": "Media",
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        "title": "Security & Privacy",
        "body": "Fingerprint updates<br>Cryptography updates"
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        "title": "",
        "body": "Last updated: May 1, 2024"
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        "title": "System",
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        "title": "User Interface",
        "body": "Improved notifications<br>Improved text support<br>ImageDecoder and new animation classes"
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        "title": "Media",
        "body": "HDR VP9 video<br>HEIF image compression<br>Improved media APIs"
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      {
        "title": "Security and privacy",
        "body": "Android Protected Confirmation<br>Biometric authentication dialogs<br>Hardware security module<br>Secure key import<br>Client-side encryption backups"
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        "title": "Accessibility",
        "body": "Navigation semantics<br>Convenience actions<br>Magnifier"
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        "title": "",
        "body": "Last updated: May 1, 2024"
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      {
        "title": "User Interface",
        "body": "Smart Reply in notifications<br>Dark theme<br>Settings panels<br>Sharing shortcuts"
      },
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        "title": "Camera and media",
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        "title": "Security and privacy",
        "body": "New location permissions<br>Storage encryption<br>TLS 1.3 by default<br>Platform hardening<br>Improved biometrics"
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        "body": "Last updated: May 1, 2024"
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        "title": "New features",
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        "title": "Behavior changes",
        "body": "Exposure Notifications<br>Conscrypt SSL engine by default<br>Non-SDK interface restrictions<br>URI access permissions requirements"
      },
      {
        "title": "Security and privacy",
        "body": "Scoped storage enforcement<br>One-time permissions<br>Permissions auto-reset<br>Background location access<br>Package visibility<br>Foreground services<br>Secure sharing of large datasets"
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        "title": "",
        "body": "Last updated: May 1, 2024"
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      },
      {
        "title": "Behavior changes",
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      {
        "title": "Security and privacy",
        "body": "App hibernation<br>Nearby device permissions<br>Approximate location<br>Bluetooth permissions<br>Permission group lookup<br>Clipboard access notifications<br>Permission package visibility"
      },
      {
        "title": "Large screen support (12L)",
        "body": "System UI optimizations<br>App taskbar<br>Drag and drop an app into split-screen mode<br>fast app-switching<br>Visual and stability improvements to compatibility mode<br>Activity embedding with Jetpack WindowManager"
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        "title": "",
        "body": "Last updated: May 1, 2024"
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        "title": "New features",
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      },
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        "title": "Behavior changes",
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      {
        "title": "Security and privacy",
        "body": "Safer exporting of context-registered receivers<br>Enhanced photo picker privacy<br>New runtime permission for nearby Wi-Fi devices<br>Exact alarms permission<br>Developer downgradable permissions<br>APK Signature Scheme v3.1<br>Better error reporting in Keystore and KeyMint"
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        "title": "",
        "body": "Last updated: May 1, 2024"
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        "title": "Behavior changes",
        "body": "Foreground service types are required<br>Enforcement of BLUETOOTH_CONNECT permission<br>JobScheduler reinforces callback and network behavior<br>Apps can kill only their own background processes<br>Schedule exact alarms are denied by default<br>Data safety information is more visible<br>Minimum installable target API level"
      },
      {
        "title": "Security and privacy",
        "body": "Credential Manager<br>Improvements for app stores<br>Detect when users take device screenshots<br>Secure full-screen Intent notifications<br>Restrictions to implicit and pending intents<br>Safer dynamic code loading<br>restrictions on starting activities from the background<br>User consent required for each MediaProjection"
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        "body": "Last updated: May 1, 2024"
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