The actual Android 8.0 website linked in the article (https://www.android.com/versions/oreo-8-0/) showcases the features much better than the blog post. It’s actually a really nicely done page, even on mobile.
EDIT: sorry i inadvertently removed my comment on emojis. I was lamenting the fact that the emojis look so different from iOS, which could lead to misunderstandings. And that I find it crazy that every vendor has to make them so drastically different just to prevent infringing on someones copyright.
Speaking as an iOS user, the blobmojis are my favorite part of Android. I regularly use them in Hangouts between my wife and I. I'm going to miss them greatly, they had incredible personality.
I always liked Microsoft's approach to emojis, a font that any other manufacturer / vendor could use. The benefit being that if your device doesn't have emojis, it does have fonts and can download fonts, thereby emojis would load. I can't find the article about it, read it ages back, but it was kind of interesting.
It drains my phone battery with the same speed as previous version, but all application are in "optimized cpu cycle", that leads to slooooowwww application opening and switching. Sometime I caught myself with a though to throw my Nexus 5x to a wall. Im observing Android ecosystem for a while and I don't see any good changes - only minor updates that presented as big deal. If Android is unfixable, broken by design, do something: a new operating system, a new way to manage memory and cpu adapted for ARM battery saving from the scratch. It's hard, it's painful, but WTF you're GOOGLE with thousands employees ready to start creating a new amazing stuff.
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I for one will miss the old blobmojis which at least had some personality.