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What’s your favorite underrated feature in Android 9.0 Pie? (Poll of the Week)
August 08, 2025
Last week’s poll summary:Last week,we asked youwhether you prefer Quad HD or Full HD (1080p) resolution screens. As it turns out, our readers are completely split. About 43 percent of people who voted on our website and Instagram said they prefer Quad HD screens, compared to about 42 percent of votes for Full HD. The results were basically flipped on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. You can see thefull results of the poll right here.
Android 9.0 Pieis packed full of big new features likeDigital Wellbeing, a new Material look and feel for the OS, and gesture navigation. But as is the case with every major OS release, there are a bunch of little features that don’t make the headlines. They’re not particularly sexy, but they can be super useful.
I’m talking about features like the new smart rotation button, which will prompt you to rotate your phone to landscape mode if you happen to have auto-rotate turned off. It’s the temporary rotate button I never thought I needed. Google also added a handy little magnifier when you highlight text, which makes itmucheasier to not make mistakes when you’re trying to copy/paste something.
My favorite small change is the tweaked always-on display on Pixel phones. Now, thePixel 2‘s ambient display shows battery percentage and weather information. It’s great.
I also shouldn’t leave out an often overlooked improvement to Do Not Disturb mode. In Android Pie, DnD mode now silences phone calls, texts, and visual interruptions that pop up on your screen — even low-priority notifications.
Oh, and this should go without saying, but feel free to check out our Android 9.0 Pie review (linked above) to get even more info about all these features.
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