Google’s second developer preview for Android 15 has been released, bringing long-awaited support for satellite connections, as well as several improvements to contactless payments, multi-language recognition, volume consistency, and interacting with PDFs through apps. Improve.
These developer-focused betas are proving grounds for features that might Making it the final version scheduled for public release later this year. According to Google, the public beta should be tested between April and July.
The latest developer preview resolves some headaches and security issues that Android users have encountered, such as giving apps more visibility into why certain services may not be available when the device is using a satellite connection. This is also the first official confirmation that Android 15 will be equipped with satellite messaging capabilities. Google’s press release stated that the new preview version includes support for “pre-installed RCS applications to send and receive messages using satellite connections.”
Apps introduce support for screen recording detection, allowing them to notify users when their activity is being recorded. The reliability of one-click contactless payments for apps using NFC has also been improved, and the multilingual audio recognition introduced in Android 14 has been improved to avoid missing words when users switch between languages.
Smaller screens on flip phones should also become more useful as developers have direct access to more ways to interact with the phone, while support for the new CTA-2075 loudness standard should help Android users avoid inconsistent adjustments when switching content volume. Finally, Google is making “substantial improvements” to PDF functionality in the app, adding support for password-protected documents, comments, form editing, search, and copy selection.
