In next Android overhaul, Google may ape Apple iPhone X's 'notch' feature

The Android update will also more tightly integrate Google's digital assistant, improve battery life on phones and support new designs, like multiple screens and foldable displays, the people added

Google is working on an overhaul of its Android mobile software for a new generation of smartphones mimicking Apple Inc.’s controversial new "notch" at the top of the iPhone X, according to people familiar with the situation.

The Android update, due later in the year, will also more tightly integrate Google’s digital assistant, improve battery life on phones and support new designs, like multiple screens and foldable displays, the people added.

A key goal of this year’s update to the Google mobile operating system is to persuade more iPhone users to switch to Android devices by improving the look of the software,