Google has just presented its most recent Android 7.1.1 Nougat OS update packed with advanced features and hardware improvements alongside with some frustrating concerns. The search engine company found a solution to counteract such issues through its new feature, Instant Tethering.
Google's affected devices include the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P according to the complaints posted in The Forum from the device users. The company, as well as the devices, is getting bad feedback which is not good for any business.
Gigjets reported that the latest and most prevalent issue of Android 7.11 Nougat update was the device's capability to interface with a car's audio speakers via Bluetooth. It is considered bothersome, considering that not all car stereos are integrated with a standard 3.5mm audio jack.
Fortunately, a member of the Google project verified that Google's developer team has at last come across a solution to fix the problem. The company has found a way to address the issue with its newest feature available only to Android devices that will come initially to Nexus and Pixel devices.
Google is introducing its Google Play Service 10.2 which is a software update with a feature called Instant Tethering. This provides the users the ability to release the tethering operation of their devices, as reported by Yahoo.
If the device requires a WiFi connection, users no longer need to unlock their phones and do the essential steps to the mobile hotspot. Devices can be linked to phones through Bluetooth and immediately set up WiFi without the necessity to go to Settings. If the device's Bluetooth is already turned on, there is no need for it to be unlocked.
This Google's new feature is much the same with Apple's technique to fix the issue with its Mac and iPhones. In connection with Google's Instant Tethering, it is only available to exclusive devices having one Google account which can connect and promptly access tethering from each other. For an Android tablet requiring internet access, it is able to link and release a phone's tethering purpose if the latter is logged on to the likewise Google account.
Google's Instant Tethering has been reportedly introduced first for Nexus and Pixel devices with Android Nougat 7.1.1 operating system before with any other devices that run on Android. Users of Google 5X and 6P could expect an OTA or over the air fix through their phones.
