The Canadian firm says that the newest Android OS replace will include Android’s month-to-month safety replace for Might. The corporate suggests customers obtain the replace by way of Wi-Fi to keep away from pointless information expenses. Customers can manually examine for updates by way of Settings > About > System replace > Verify for replace.
To recall, the corporate kicked off its Android Marshmallow beta programme earlier this month, the place it invited BlackBerry Priv house owners to join the Beta Zone program and contribute to testing Android 6.0 on the handset. Beta programme members report that they obtained an replace of about 1.8GB that introduced the brand new Android OS replace other than different modifications. The largest spotlight of the Android 6.0 Marshmallow replace for Priv customers in beta program is that it brings Android safety replace for Might, which is but to be rolled out for Nexus units.
BlackBerry says that it has added a number of safety, efficiency, and digital camera enhancements with its newest replace for Priv customers.
Among the options the replace brings embody customised private information permissions by way of DTEK app by BlackBerry, and new S/MIME help in BlackBerry Hub which is able to let customers digitally signal and encrypt emails. The replace additionally brings enhanced BlackBerry Keyboard which now supplies predictive typing, accuracy, and entry to over 200 new and up to date emojis. It additionally provides new Keyboard gestures together with the brand new swipe functionality that enables customers to tug finger throughout the keys to enter phrases on the digital and/or bodily keyboard.
The Marshmallow replace for Priv provides higher cursor management for simpler positioning and management. The brand new floating cellphone indicator exhibits cellphone’s mute standing at a look. For instance, Priv customers will see yellow when name is muted and inexperienced when it is not. The BlackBerry Hub provides new social media apps resembling Instagram, Skype, Slack and Pinterest. The BlackBerry Launcher has been up to date to higher organise apps and widgets into Current, Private and Work sections.
The Marshmallow replace for Priv additionally brings enhancements to battery lifetime of the machine. Now, when the machine is at relaxation, Doze will routinely put apps into sleep state to extend standby time. With media card encryption help, customers will be capable to safe their personal paperwork. The replace provides some digital camera upgrades as nicely together with document movies at 24fps which BlackBerry touts is the usual “body price utilized in skilled feature-length movement photos.” The Priv will even help Gradual-Movement movies and may document movies at 120fps and play them again at 30 fps. The corporate nonetheless notes that audio as of now isn’t supported for slow-motion video at the moment.
