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Android O Developer Preview overview : love it!

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Not even two days into spring and Google is already jettisoning developer previews for the next major version of its Android operating system. As you likely already know, Android O is here as a developer preview, allowing all Nexus and Pixel users to commit the ultimate rite of passage by using this one as a daily driver... if they dare! Always curious to give shiny new things a spin, we flashed the developer preview on our trusty and battle-hardened Nexus 6P. One thing led to another, and here you are reading this, hmm, "preview" of Android O's developer preview. All the changes you will spot at first sight are definitely on the evolutionary side of the spectrum and not on the revolutionary, and that's great, though we can easily see why some might deem the preview of Android O a bit boring. That's okay - it's merely expected to lay the foundations on which Google will be building on. It's almost a given that the upcoming developer previews will i