Android 10 features

Dark Mode

  • Go to Settings > Display Toggle on “Dark theme".

Focus Mode

  • To enable the new Focus Mode, you must have the Digital Wellbeing app. Go to Settings > Digital Wellbeing and parental controls > Ways to Disconnect. You’ll see three options - tap on each to set it up: Dashboard (set timers for specific apps); Wind Down (use Night Light to tint the screen for dim lighting and turn on Do Not Disturb);  Focus Mode (pause apps such as Facebook or Instagram so that you can literally focus on and not get distracted).

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New gestures

  • Go to Settings > System > Gestures > System Navigation (or 3-button navigation) From the three choices, select “Gesture navigation.” There will be a tutorial of the various gestures and how to use them.

Location Permissions

  • Go to Settings Go to Apps and notifications > Permission manager > Location You’ll get a list of all the apps that have permission to track your phone’s location. Tap on each ond to change its permission to “Allow all the time”, “Allow only while using the app”, or “Deny".

Privacy in Settings

Notification controls

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Miscellaneous

  • Google included limits on the access apps will have to photos, videos, audio, and downloaded files on devices. More control over how apps resume and pause when running in the background. A Settings Panel API that lets developers push a pop-menu for settings like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and NFC, so users won’t have to exit apps to go to settings and back. Improved sharing shortcuts, designed to make sharing targets more obvious so you can jump right into other apps. Google Assistant is able to do specific things in your favourite apps. Think: “Hey Google, start my run in Nike Run Club.” Google is supporting foldable phones - there’s even an Android 10 foldable screen emulator so developers can see how their apps might look.

How to get Android 10

  • Open Settings on your phone Go to System > Advanced > System update