On Android we have a multitude of note-taking apps, but none enjoy the same popularity as Google’s. We refer to Google Keepis currently preparing to receive its dose of artificial intelligence, just after adopting text formatting.
However, the search giant continues to implement new features to satisfy the needs of its users. As we read in Android Authority, Keep could be our default notes app, because he is prepared for it. With this behavior you will get better integration into the operating system, leaving us with some new features which we discuss below.
Maintain levels built into Android 14
First of all, the specialized media reveals that Google Keep is also preparing the stylus holder, before the launch of the Google digital stylus which will be associated with the Pixel tablet. But what is particularly important is not this, but the upcoming change related to one of the new features of Android 14.
The most recent version of the American firm’s operating system added shortcuts to the lock screen, or rather its customization. We have two quick accesses, located in the right and left corners of the lock screen. As they say, these can be personalized, with access still hiddenthat of “Note-taking”.
For this button to work we need to tell the system what is the default app for notesand to be elected, you must meet two conditions:
- It must be developed with the Android 14 API.
- However, you must add the intention (object used to request an action from another component of an application) that the system sends to the “default notes application”.
By respecting these two sections it can be added as quick access to the lock screen, and Google Keep already does it on the new version 5.23.482.04. Therefore, once arrived, we can select it in Settings, going to Applications > Default applications. It should be noted that this option will only appear if we force it from the developer options.
Now this change mainly brings two advantages clear to keep: on the one hand, the aforementioned shortcut which will allow us to quickly take notes when we need them. In fact, it will not be necessary to unlock the mobile. On the other hand, it provides access to a new API that allows the user to take a screenshot of the open window to insert it into a note.
This change paves the way for Keep to be the exception, as typically apps don’t allow screenshots of the entire window for privacy reasons. Thanks to this API, the system interface performs the capture on behalf of the notes application, in order to authorize it and give us the result, the possibility of modifying it
Of course, it is not yet possible to add Google Keep as the default application, because when you activate the option it will tell us that it needs to be updated (with no update available). It will therefore be necessary to wait until the development of these functions is completed, then update it via play store.
For the moment we will continue to wait for the arrival of this update to get something more out of Keep, and therefore the Possibilities of Android 14. Reportedly, it shouldn’t be long before it arrives, although it would be rare to see it in action until early next year.
Via | Android Authority
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