API 27 · O_MR1
Android 8.1 Oreo
Android Go edition for low-RAM devices
What shipped
- Android Go edition for low-RAM devices
- Neural Networks API
- Pixel 2 Visual Core support
Platform internals
What changed underneath the APIs. These are the changes this site's architecture modules explain in depth.
- Android Go: a lighter configuration of the same platform
What developers had to deal with
- Neural Networks API (NNAPI)
- Light/dark theme tweaks
- Shared memory for the window
Where this sits
Release 27 of 37 API levels, by date
- Headline features
- 3
- Architecture changes
- 1
- Developer changes
- 3
- Sources cited
- 3
Kernel
This release shipped on Linux kernel versions 4.4. Kernel versions vary by device.