Many Android phones are still running Android 10 even though Android 11 is out, and Android 12 is just around the corner, so this guide will be useful for many of you.
This is because not all phones are eligible for updates to newer versions of Google's OS, and even if your phone is, the boot is staggered. So depending on where you live and what type of phone you have, you might still be waiting for Android 10.
Android 10 was announced in mid-2019 and released at the end of the year, but it takes time to roll out to all eligible smartphones. From this date, new phones were released before new phones were released that also had a pre-installed version of the OS.
Among all the new Android 10 improvements, "Dark Theme" (a system-wide dark mode) is probably the most anticipated, along with gesture navigation (which some Android "forks" had anyway) and a focus mode to turn off notifications when you want. Get things done. There are of course more improvements, and we've detailed them all below.
Android 10 release date:
Android 10 has been officially released and is available on most smartphones. Each individual company needs to customize Android 10 for all their different phones, so the latest devices get the update, but older ones may take a while to receive it.
At the moment, with Android 11 growing in its teeth, and if your smart phone has not received Android 10, it very likely never will.
Some smart phones come with Android 10 already pre-installed, like the OnePlus 8, Samsung Galaxy S20 and others, but as newer Android updates become the norm, we'll see fewer and fewer phones come with Android 10.
If your smartphone isn't too old for Android 10 but doesn't have it yet, you can expect it to arrive soon.
Easter Egg game for Android 10:
There's a non-gram puzzle hiding in Android 10 if you know where to look. First, you'll need to have Android 10 to access the Easter Egg. Once you have Android 10, go to your phone's Settings, select "About Phone," then repeatedly press "Android Version." You will now be faced with a giant “Android 10” logo.
Android 10 features and changes:
With Google providing most of the information, as well as playing around with Android 10, we have a good idea of all the features of this version of Google's operating system.
Dark theme, system-wide dark mode:
It's coming to Android 10, and it's called Dark Theme. For now, it's limited to a few specific menus and apps, but more and more apps are still available in dark mode.
You will be able to launch the Dark Theme in two different ways, both of which are on the notification panel. The first way is with a dedicated dark theme hotkey that toggles between the default light theme and the new dark theme.
The second way is to turn on the battery saving mode, which will automatically turn on the Android 10 Dark Theme. This is an advantage for phones with OLED screens, which burn fewer pixels by essentially turning off pixels in areas of the display that are intentionally black.
Digital wellbeing:
In iOS 12, Apple introduced Screen Time to track device usage, and Android 10 has its own version called Digital Wellbeing, except it's not just about your own phone. Digital Balance offers you a number of ways to manage your screen time in a healthy way.
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