Android 7.0, Nougat: Security Features and Details

With Android Nougat's recent release I decided to write up some stuff on its security. The Android  page (found here) advertising/describing the new version has a section all about security. Android boasts new "Seamless Updates", stating "On select new devices, software updates download in the background, so you won't have to wait while your device syncs with the latest security tools", this sounds too me to be good for the average user but I personally prefer to see all my updates as they happen so that I can check change logs, etc. it sounds as if i will now be forced to go out of my way to find this, not a big deal. Android talks on "rigorous security testing" for their Google Play apps, I hope this to be true, trust-able app markets are a big deal in your average users security. Google's built in AV kills viruses watch apps and their permissions etc. cool beans. Nougat like other versions of Android comes with built in full-disk encryption, unlike the old encryption Nougats file-based encryption works at a granular level to isolate users. Nougat offers what they call a "direct boot" where google apps will start working on reboot instead of waiting for your passcode to decrypt like on older versions, a passcode is still needed to access the applications. Google also mentioned they made their Android Media Server stronger against attacks, likely a response to the stagefight attacks they suffered earlier this year. Google also offers multiple corporate security features for company mass use phones, features include app specific "always on-VPN", sperate phone/contacts, a "work mode" that disables work related apps for after hours phone use, as well as other features.

Security and Privacy Apps for Phones Android and IOS

Signal (IOS)
Signal (Android/Play Store)
Signal is a service that gives you free fully encrypted messaging and voice calls without SMS or calling fees.

Bitdefender Antivirus (Free, Android/Play Store)
Bitdefender Antivirus (Paid - 14 day Trial, Android/Play Store)
Bitdefender Antivirus comes with a virus scanner as well as a privacy adviser, anti-theft measures and real-time web security for browsing, .

ChatSecure (Android/Play Store)
ChatSecure (IOS)
"ChatSecure is a free and open source messaging app that features OTR encryption over XMPP. You can connect to an existing Google account, create new accounts on public XMPP servers (including via Tor), or even connect to your own server for extra security."

Orbot (Android/Play Store)
In short "Orbot is a free proxy app that empowers other apps to use the internet more securely", it can be used as a VPN or can be used with other apps like ChatSecure to anonymize their services.

Orfox: Tor Browser (Android/Play Store)
This is a version of the Tor browser made to be used on Android for anonymous web browsing. **Note This App is Still in Beta**

Crypt4All Lite (Android/Play Store)
Crypt4All is a easy free app for mobile device encryption with 256 bit AES algorithm (AES Crypt version 2).
App Ops (Andoid/Play Store)
App Ops is a free app you can use to look at and control the permissions given to the apps you have installed.