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How to play Android 11 Easter Egg game (Android Neko Cat game)?

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Android 11 Easter Egg game: Neko catAndroid 11 has returned with an Android Easter Egg game. For each major version of Android from Android Gingerbread, an Easter Egg has always been included as a mini-game in the Android System with Android 10 being an exception.

In previous Android systems, such as In Android Lollipop and Marshmallow, the Easter egg game is usually an entirely new game. However, the Android 11 Easter Egg has brought back the beloved Android Neko game that was initially introduced in Android Nougat.

This guide will explain what the Android 11 Easter Egg game is, how to access it and how to play the game (Android Neko Cat game).

What is the Android 11 Easter Egg game?

For Android 11, its Easter Egg is called the Android Neko game. The game works in a similar way as it does in Android Nougat, with the main objective of the game being having users collect cats by providing them with food, water and toys.

Unlike the previous Easter Egg games, the Android 11 Easter Egg is not played in the Quick Settings but rather in the Device Controls under Power menu.

How to access the Android 11 Easter Egg?

Like the previous Easter Egg games, the Android 11 Easter Egg game need to be enabled through the phone Settings.

The following steps will show how you can enable (and disable) the Android 11 Easter Egg game via Settings.

Step 1: Access Settings

Enter Settings either through the quick settings panel or by tapping on the Settings icon in the apps menu, as shown in the two following screenshots.

Quick Settings Panel Android Apps menu

Step 2: Access Android Version

In Settings, scroll to the bottom of the Settings menu and tap on About phone as shown below.

Android 11 Settings

In the About phone page, scroll down until you see Android version and tap on it.

Make sure that it says 11 under Android version, if not you will be unable to access the Android 11 Easter Egg game. (Please refer to this guide on how to update your android version)

Android 11 About phone

Step 3: Access the Easter egg

After tapping on Android version you’ll be brought to a page which allows users to view the information about the Android system.

Tap on Android version 11 rapidly to access the Android 11 easter egg. A green dial should appear as shown below.

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What’s new in Android Oreo 8.1: Android Oreo 8.1 vs Android Oreo 8.0

New features and enhancements introduced in Android Oreo 8.1

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Android Oreo 8.1 vs Android Oreo 8.0There are two versions of Android Oreo: Android Oreo 8.1 vs Android Oreo 8.0.

Google released Android Ore0 8.1 in December 5, 2017,  in less than 4 months after the release of Android Oreo (8.0).

There are a couple of new features and enhancements (as well as bug fixes) in Android Oreo 8.1, compared to Android Oreo 8.0.

This Android Oreo guide will show you the new features in Android Oreo 8.1. For new features in Android Oreo 8.0, please check this post.

Android Ore0 8.1 new features: #1. Neural Networks API

With Android Oreo 8.1 update, Android API level climbs to 27 with considerable changes for developers, especially in machine learning.

Neural network processing, which provided a much faster computation than with general-use CPU alone, is one of the most prominent features in Android Ore0 8.1.

Neural Networks API provides a base layer of functionality for higher-level machine learning frameworks. It can be called by machine learning libraries, frameworks, or relevant tools so that developers can train their models off-device and deploy them on Android devices.

With Android Neural Networks API, apps can run computationally intensive operations on mobile phones and to support on-device inferencing including classifying images, predicting user’s behaviour and selecting appropriate responses to search query.

Because inferencing is on-device, all your data are kept on the phone. So, it is unnecessary to worry about the privacy issues.

Android Ore0 8.1 new features: #2. Android Oreo (Go edition)

Android Go is a smaller and lightweight version of Android targeted for more entry-level smartphones.  It will complement Android One, which targets for middle range devices with pure Android experiences.

Android Oreo (Go edition) is the first release of Android Go. Some Android Go devices will be available in the market in 2018.

Compared to stock Android, Android Go is optimized for smartphones with lower specs:

  • Memory optimizations: memory usage is improved to ensure that apps can still run efficiently on devices with 1GB or less RAM.
  • Optimised Google Apps:  Google apps are redesigned for lighter updates and optimised to ensure they use less memory, storage space and mobile data. This allows them to create more space and at the same time improving the phone’s performance.
  • Google Play: All apps will still be available on devices running on Android Go.  But Google Play in Android Go would highlight apps that are specifically optimised for Android Go.

We will review some Android Go phones once they are available.… Read the rest

Android Oreo Guides

Detailed step-by-step Android Oreo guides help you use your phone and tablet efficiently.

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Android Oreo GuidesWhat is Android Oreo?

Android Oreo (aka Android O) is the 8th major version of Android.

There are two versions of Android Oreo: Android Oreo 8.0 and Android Oreo 8.1.  This Android Oreo Guides page covers both of them.

Android Oreo is a major update for Android Nougat (Android 7.0/7.1) with many new features and improvements.

For example, Android Oreo 8.0 introduced the picture-in-picture mode (PIP), notification snoozing, notification channels, notification dots, autofill. Android Ore0 8.1 introduced Neural Networks API, Android Go (Oreo edition), Visual Core.

Even many seasoned Android users may get lost in the new features and enhancements in Android Oreo.

These Android Oreo guides will help you use the prominent new features in Android Oreo 8.0 and Android Oreo 8.1.

List of Android Oreo guides

This is a live page.  New Android Oreo guides will be released and added once they were fully tested and verified.

So, if you cannot find the Android Oreo guides you want, you may check back later.

You can also post your questions or problems in the comment box below. We will try to give you a quick answer and release the relevant Android Oreo guides earlier.

1. Top 10 new features in Android Oreo 8.0

This Android Oreo guide explains the top 10 new features of Android Oreo 8.0: PIP mode, notification dots, notification channels, notification snoozing, adaptive icons, performance improvements and battery usage optimization, smart text selection, refined Settings menu, auto-fill, new Easter egg and new emojis.

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2. Android Oreo 8.1 vs Android Oreo 8.0: what’s new in Android Oreo 8.1 update?

There are two versions of Android Oreo: Android Oreo 8.1 vs Android Oreo 8.0.

This Android Oreo guide shows you the new features in Android Oreo 8.1 including Neural Networks API, Android Oreo (Go edition), visual core, battery levels of connected Bluetooth devices,  and a few more.

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3. How to use picture-in-picture (PIP) mode in Android Oreo?

Picture-in-picture (PIP) mode allows you to run two apps simultaneously with one app floating over the other app.

This Android Oreo guide shows you how to use picture-in-picture (PIP) mode in Android Oreo 8.0 and 8.1.  Two examples of using picture-in-picture (PIP) mode in Android Oreo: VLC player and Google Duo, are used.

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4. How to use notification snooze in Android Oreo?

Notification snooze allows you to temporally snooze a notification and act on it later on.… Read the rest