Android OS - Simple pres.
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Android is a Linux-based mobile operating system developed by Google, primarily for touchscreen devices like smartphones and tablets. It supports a wide range of features including messaging, web browsing, and external storage, and is used by various manufacturers. While Android has strong security measures, the Google Play Store hosts more harmful apps compared to other platforms, and the privacy features include multiple methods for securing personal content.
Android OS - Simple pres.
- 1. Android OS Supervisor: Eng. Ma’ali Al-Ja’bari By: Meqdad Darweesh Mohammad Za'tari
- 2. What is Android? Android is a mobile operating system (OS) based on the Linux kernel and currently developed by Google. With a user interface based on direct manipulation, Android is designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers, with specialized user interfaces for televisions (Android TV), cars (Android Auto), and wrist watches (Android Wear). As of 2015, Android has the largest installed base of all operating systems.
- 3. Which devices it is designed for? There are many companies that used Android OS. like Samsung, HTC, Motorola and Sony, Acer, Alcatel, Asus, Huawei, LG and ZTE have all made Android phones (and tablets) too. Apple, Nokia and BlackBerry do not offer Android handsets however.
- 5. Android Features - Messaging , SMS and MMS. - Web browser , Google Chrome and Applications of other Browsers. - Voice-based features, Google Voice Search …etc. - Screen capture, Android supports capturing a screenshot by pressing the power and Home-screen buttons at the same time.
- 7. Android Features - Tethering is connecting one device to another. - Media support Android supports the following audio/video/still media formats: AAC, MPEG-4 SP, AMR, AMRWB, MP3, MIDI, WAV, JPEG, - PNG, GIF, BMP.
- 8. Android Features - External storage Most Android devices include micro SD slot and can read micro SD cards formatted with FAT32, Ext3 or Ext4 file system. - Java support Most Android applications are written in Java. - Widgets, IOS doesn't support this.
- 9. Google Play Store - Easy to use, search, rate and comment about Apps, ignore spelling errors in search box and show more related results. - The most Apps are free in Google Paly Store. - Support Multilanguage. - Easy to upload your application. - Published more than Apple store, because it's a feature in Android and in the same time Android OS used in many types of devices.
- 11. Security Android as an operating system is very secure. It has multiple layers of protection to keep malware at bay, and it requires your specific permission to do almost anything that could lead to your data or the system being compromised.
- 12. Security
- 13. Flaws in Google Play store Harmful apps in Google Play store more than Apple store. developers of Apple store are active more than in Google Play store. Testing operations in Apple store are more than Google Play store.
- 14. Privacy The level of privacy in Android OS is very good. Many methods to protect your personal content. Like Screen Lock by password, pin, photo password, fingerprint and pattern. A lot of Apps to rise up the level of privacy. Fact: There is no 100% level Security.
- 15. The End