Reading The Android 'P' Leaves: 5 Things The Beta Could Tell Us About The Pixel 3

A notch and a dual camera could be in the cards

- Michael Simon

With this year’s I/O still on the horizon, Google has given us our first sneak peak at Android P (go. pcworld.com/andp), and there’s a lot to digest. While it’s light on major front-facing features, there are a lot of changes that will impact flagship phones in 2018 and beyond, starting with the Google Pixel 3. Here are five things we learned from the first developer preview:

1. IT WILL PROBABLY HAVE A NOTCH

It was previously rumored (go.pcworld.com/ ntch) that Android P would include support for notched displays, but now we have some confirmation. And it’s more than a simple resolution shift. Google is baking support for “display cutouts” deep in Android P, with new platform and API layouts that help developers build immersive apps that work around the notch and use it to their advantage. That means the next crop of notched Android phones will get a much better experience on Android P, and the Pixel 3 could very well be the phone that kicks off the new class.

2. IT COULD FINALLY HAVE A DUAL CAMERA