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Samsung has announced that soon it will start Beta testing for Android 7.0 Nougat for its flagship phones Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge in the United Kingdom. Beta testing is a Quality Assurance check done before releasing a product into the market.

Beta testing is done by making software available to some end users interested in downloading the software and gives the manufacturers the feedback about the software. Based on the feedback, necessary fixes and enhancements are done to the software before releasing it full pledged into the market.

Android 7.0 Nougat is the seventh version of Operating System from Android and is the successor to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. It is now open for Beta testing and Samsung is the first Smartphone to receive it. The Beta test will allow customers to use Android 7.0 earlier and give feedback on it before the official rollout. 

Beta Testing For Samsung Devices

Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge users are required to sign up for Samsungs s/w Beta Test program to get instructions regarding Android 7.0. It will be available from Nov 9 for UK people.

Users who have signed up for the program can download the software from Samsung's Galaxy beta application program. Also, it is available only for fixed number of users i.e. not all the users registered for beta testing are eligible for it.

This assurance check will run until mid-December. This beta testing is not eligible for Batman injustice edition, and Olympic edition of Galaxy S7 series.

Let us look at what Nougat has got.

Nougat's Attractions

Split-Screen Mode

It is the main feature of Nougat. It works both in landscape mode as well as in portrait mode. Its functionality will be like this: when you open an app and if you want to access another app concurrently, you can now access both the apps by long tapping the recently used apps button. You can also exit from this mode by long tapping the recently used button or by dragging the barrier to one side.

New Theme

It has got a new candy theme version of Android. Until and unless you are a Nexus user you can't get this theme.

Notification Area

Nougat has the more efficiently used notification area than its predecessor. It has three notification views. They are the lock screen compact view, shade view, and expanded view with quick actions. Quick actions include a quick reply feature i.e. giving instant reply from the notification itself.

Notification Priority

You can now tell OS how much information you want to view in the notification area.  Through priority settings, you can do this.

Encryption

It is a security measure to keep the data safe from the intruders and hackers. Nougat has got the most advanced encryption with it thus increasing the protection of data. It brought more safety measures for the file encryption i.e. for users' personal data and apps than the device encryption (system data i.e. generic data).

The Take Away

The above-mentioned features explain why many Android lovers and enthusiasts are eagerly looking forward to the Nougat release. Samsung the tech mammoth has got such opportunity and Nov 9 is the start date from which Beta testing of Android 7.0.