Android 14 was official released on Thursday with the launch of the new Pixel 8 & 8 Pro, rollout of Android 14 has begun to Pixel phones and will follow to other brands later this year.
Complete List of Phones Supporting Android 14 Update
Android 14 New Features
Accessibility
- Support for font scaling up to 200%
- Dedicated hearing devices section in the Accessibility settings panel
- New way to route audio to different outputs
Camera
- Improved camera extensions
- Request override controls for zoom
Audio
- Lossless audio support
Privacy
- New permission model for apps that need to access nearby devices
- Easier to manage app permissions and see which apps are accessing data
Performance and battery life
- Better memory management
- More efficient power usage
Support for new devices and technologies
- Foldable phones and tablets
- Latest version of the Bluetooth standard
Other notable features and changes
- New lock screen customization options
- Separated ringtone and notifications volume sliders
- Ability to automatically pair a URL with a shared screenshot of a web page
- Advanced memory protection to protect against exploits (Armv9 silicon only)
- An update ownership feature that allows a third-party app store to be the sole source of automatic updates for a given app
