{"id":21005,"date":"2018-01-23T13:04:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T11:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=21005"},"modified":"2018-04-06T09:57:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T07:57:32","slug":"google-announces-a-new-feature-in-android-8-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/google-announces-a-new-feature-in-android-8-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Google announces a new feature in Android 8.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wi-fi hotspots are great because they let you save your precious mobile data, but often you connect to a free wi-fi hotspot find that it&#8217;s slower than a sloth on a lazy Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Google&#8217;s aware of this issue and is addressing it in the Android Oreo 8.1 software update.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Public Wi-Fi can be spotty. For the first time, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AndroidOreo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AndroidOreo<\/a> 8.1 lets you take out the guesswork &amp; see the speed of networks before you hit connect. Rolling out now: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lSzvCFgNk7\">https:\/\/t.co\/lSzvCFgNk7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/60EmoPxUX4\">pic.twitter.com\/60EmoPxUX4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Android (@Android) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Android\/status\/955485238859313152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Google says that connection speed will show under the names of public wi-fi networks and advises that speed can change with signal strength:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Slow<\/strong>: If you can use Wi-Fi calling,\u00a0you can make phone calls and send texts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>OK<\/strong>: You can read webpages, use social media,\u00a0and stream music.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fast<\/strong>: You can stream most videos.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Very Fast<\/strong>: You can\u00a0stream very high-quality videos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t want to see network speed, open your device&#8217;s Settings app\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Settings app\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/9UoF6T0z5irdwevAnIc1hgUk6BclU2QGRMbZ9spX_uglqGx4xde4jJgY3anMaB8UFKs=w18-h18\" alt=\"Settings app\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"and then\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/nHFGZ_9xjCh-mP83zMzXQVJF5VYf2n6kwoBIxB2zv3V4VPT4gNTtBye8lYznogLqLPY=w13-h18\" alt=\"and then\" width=\"13\" height=\"18\" \/>\u00a0<strong>Network &amp; Internet<\/strong>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"and then\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/nHFGZ_9xjCh-mP83zMzXQVJF5VYf2n6kwoBIxB2zv3V4VPT4gNTtBye8lYznogLqLPY=w13-h18\" alt=\"and then\" width=\"13\" height=\"18\" \/>\u00a0<strong>Wi-Fi<\/strong>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"and then\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/nHFGZ_9xjCh-mP83zMzXQVJF5VYf2n6kwoBIxB2zv3V4VPT4gNTtBye8lYznogLqLPY=w13-h18\" alt=\"and then\" width=\"13\" height=\"18\" \/>\u00a0<strong>Wi-Fi Preferences<\/strong>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"and then\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/nHFGZ_9xjCh-mP83zMzXQVJF5VYf2n6kwoBIxB2zv3V4VPT4gNTtBye8lYznogLqLPY=w13-h18\" alt=\"and then\" width=\"13\" height=\"18\" \/>\u00a0<strong>Advanced<\/strong>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"and then\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/nHFGZ_9xjCh-mP83zMzXQVJF5VYf2n6kwoBIxB2zv3V4VPT4gNTtBye8lYznogLqLPY=w13-h18\" alt=\"and then\" width=\"13\" height=\"18\" \/>\u00a0<strong>Network rating provider<\/strong>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"and then\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/nHFGZ_9xjCh-mP83zMzXQVJF5VYf2n6kwoBIxB2zv3V4VPT4gNTtBye8lYznogLqLPY=w13-h18\" alt=\"and then\" width=\"13\" height=\"18\" \/>\u00a0<strong>None<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>NB:<\/strong><\/span> This feature will only be available\u00a0in Android Oreo 8.1.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not sure which Android version is on your phone, click <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/pixelphone\/answer\/4457705\">here<\/a> to find out how to figure it out.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Shop Android phones<\/strong><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21012\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Masthead_05a_frontback_1.max-2800x2800-1024x569.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Masthead_05a_frontback_1.max-2800x2800-1024x569.png 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Masthead_05a_frontback_1.max-2800x2800-300x167.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Masthead_05a_frontback_1.max-2800x2800-768x427.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search?search=android%20phone&amp;category=126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20218\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Buy-Now-300x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"41\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Buy-Now-300x64.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Buy-Now-768x163.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Buy-Now.png 846w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wi-fi hotspots are great because they let you save your precious mobile data, but often you connect to a free wi-fi hotspot find that it&#8217;s slower than a sloth on a lazy Sunday. Google&#8217;s aware of this issue and is addressing it in the Android Oreo 8.1 software update. Public Wi-Fi can be spotty. For<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/google-announces-a-new-feature-in-android-8-1\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2850],"tags":[155,2790,2791],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-23-at-12.48.32.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21005"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21005"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21014,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21005\/revisions\/21014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}