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Android Oreo continues the sweet-themed naming convention of Google's mobile operating system Google has released the latest version of its Android mobile operating system (OS), which is named after Oreo chocolate biscuits. It adds a new "picture-in-picture" mode that lets some apps run in a small corner of the screen. Google's own Nexus and Pixel phones are expected to be the first to receive the software update. New versions of Android can be slow to roll out, and just 14% of Android devices run the previous OS, Nougat. Android Oreo introduces measures to help people manage the volume of notifications on their devices, which has been described as "notification diarrhoea". App developers will now be able to split notifications into categories, so people can block some types of alert while still receiving others. Previously, Android users could only allow all or block all notifications from each app. Android Oreo lets some video calls appe...

By David Ruddock As you probably well know, Android O is well under development, with 4 developer beta builds already out for eager early adopters to try out. However, an official date on when the final update would become available is still a mystery, as usual. Tech pundit David Ruddock seems to be convinced that the official update is about to drop within a week. This isn't on a whim, too — he first claimed this back at the start of June, citing a source which he claims is reliable. Yesterday, he tweeted on the topic again, saying that the official Android O should be hitting Pixel devices within a week. As for what O stands for — it's still shrouded in mystery. Do note that even if Mr. Ruddock's information is correct, some last minute changes may force Google to push the update forward in time. Issues and ideas popping up in the eleventh hour are probably a good reason why Google doesn't like to announce update times — it's done when it's done. The time...