Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Wednesday, March 7th, 2018.

Today, Android P is released to developers.

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Strap in, here's what happened today in tech. It's becoming something of a tradition for Google to release a preview of the new version of

Android to developers in March, and indeed that's exactly what happened today.

The new version is known as Android P and developers can download the preview today, but only if they have a

Pixel 1, Pixel 1, Excel, Pixel 2 or Pixel 2,

Pixel 2, Excel phone.

There are of course a slew of changes in the new version of Android P that bloggers are only now delving through

But some of the highlights already sussed out include a revamped look for notifications as well as a new smart replies feature

and support for a revamped status bar at the top that will make room for iPhone 10 style notches.

Many people notice the plethora of new phones

with notches at last month's

Mobile World Congress.

AndroodP will also apparently support something called ephemeral profiles, which would theoretically

allow you to sign in to any device, use it like your own, sign out, and rest assured that your information was wiped.

But of course, the biggest changes casual users will notice will be on the design side,

and Alex Dobie, the executive editor of Android Central

tweeted quote Android P brings the biggest visual changes to

Android since material design four years ago.

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