What's new in Android O

- [Instructor] In Android O,…Google has introduced some additional enhancements…to make the platform more secure.…They come in two categories:…ubiquitous changes, which affect all apps…running on the platform,…and Android O enhancements,…which require new capabilities to be invoked.…In addition, there are enhancements…to the security of native libraries.…The first key change…is to the startService call,…which causes an exception if it's used…in a situation where the service will be restricted,…which is outside of a geo-fenced area.…

Android O now no longer supporst SSL version three…and when establishing an https connection,…will no longer fall back to an earlier TLS version.…This improves network security.…Android O provides a security computing filter…to all apps to strengthen its sandbox.…This restricts the system calls that an app can make.…Seccomp is a Linux feature…which enables an app to make a one way transition…into a secure state…and this has been implemented in Android O…as a filter rather than a transition.…