When you get an incoming call with the Google Phone app, you'll have your standard answer and decline options, but then there will also be a "Reply" button. If you're enticed to replace your factory-installed dialer to take advantage of the spam-filtering capabilities, you don't want to miss out on other features like the ability to customize canned responses for declining calls.
So, at present, if you want to install the Android 11 now, then you must participate in the Android 11 beta program.Google is making its Phone app, the default dialer for Pixel and Android One devices, available to many other smartphones via the Play Store. Other OEMs will also soon announce the open Beta program for their devices after fixing all the bugs through the close beta program.
Currently, Oneplus 8 and 8 Pro have got the open Beta Program where the users can install the beta update manually. The Android 11 close Beta program for the developers has already been announced by Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, Realme, and OnePlus. If you are using devices other than Pixel phones then, first of all, you will have to join the Beta program from the company.
But your device should be eligible for Android 11 and the company has to open a beta program for your device to test early build. If you don’t want to wait for the OTA update, you can participate in the beta program. What if you have not received an Android 11 OTA update?
If an app is not used for a while, then its permission will be revoked. You don’t have to use separate apps for smart devices. Now you can control all the smart devices like smart TV, smart speaker, smart light connected to your phone through Android from one place itself. So the stock Android users will get screen recording features pre-loaded in the devices. Though screen recording feature is available in most of the UI but on Android 11 it will be built-in. This will be a built-in feature and will help you to multi-task and respond to messages without opening the app. With Android 11, you can use the chat bubbles with any type of chatting app. So you don’t have to worry anymore if you clear the notifications unknowingly. Notification historyĪnother feature of Android 11 is every single notification that is shown on your device will be saved automatically. You can categories the notification as conversations, alert and silent as per your choice. This is a very helpful feature as you can prioritize the notifications now on Android 11.