Fall is here and so does the season of new releases of mobile operating systems. Google released a new Android version 9, named as Pie and Apple released a new iOS version 12. These new versions of operating systems have come up with improvements in key areas of simplicity, digital wellbeing, intelligence, privacy, and security. In this newsletter, we highlight major features of both operating systems and bring you the latest news of mobile engineering space.
MobiCast - Fall 2018
Android Pie – New Features
- Indoor navigation using Wi-Fi RTT
- Redesigned Quick Settings Menu
- Gesture Navigation Controls
- Smarter Notifications, Quick Reply
- Display Notch Support
- Weather, Events, and More on Lockscreen
- Dark Mode (Themes)
- Digital Wellbeing
- New Vertical Volume Bar
- Volume Controls Media Output
- Power Menu Screenshot Shortcut
- Clock on the Left
- Battery Status Info
- Redesigned (Colorful) Settings Menu
- Simplified Location Settings
- Easier Do Not Disturb Mode
- Rotation Tool (and Lock)
- Manage "Recently Sent" Notifications
- Dismiss Notifications
- Picture-in-Picture Shortcut Options
- Android Pie Fingerprint Scanner Changes
- Over 150 New Emoji in Android Pie
- Release Date
- August 06, 2018
- Code Name
- Pie
- Version Number
- 9.x
- Supported Devices and OEMs
- Google Pixel 2, Google Pixel 2 XL, Google Pixel, Google Pixel XL, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus Player, Essential PH-1 and other devices of OEMs such as HTC, LG, Motorola, Nokia, OnePlus, Oppo, Samsung, Sony, Vivo, and Xiaomi
iOS 12 – New Features
- Improved Performance
- Group FaceTime up to 32 participants
- New Memoji in Messages
- Screen Time Reports
- Grouped Notifications
- New Do Not Disturb options
- Augmented Reality experience enhanced
- Intelligent Search in Photos
- Improved Portrait in Camera
- Improved experience in Siri
- More Privacy and Security features
- Redesigned Voice Memos
- New app called Measure
- CarPlay navigation supports 3rd-party apps
- More battery information
- New dictionaries and English Thesaurus
- New updates in gestures for iPad
- Release Date
- September 17, 2018
- Supported Devices
- iPhone 5s and above, iPad Air and above, iPad mini 2 and above, and iPod Touch 6
News Flash

Open-source Mobile Automation Tools release updates:
- * Calabash-Android did not release any new version 0.9.7
[Download link | Release notes] - * Calabash-iOS released a new version 0.21.6
[Download link | Release notes] - * Appium released a new version 1.9.1
[Download link | Release notes]
Mobile OS release updates:
- * Apple released a new iOS version 12 beta 6 (build 16A5345f)
[Download link | Release notes] - * Google released a new version Android 9 Pie (Developer Preview 2)
[Download link | Release notes]
Mobile OS SDK release updates:
- * Apple released a new Xcode 10 beta 6 (build 10L232m)
[Download link | Release notes] - * Google released a new Android Studio version 3.2.0
[Download link | Release notes]

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