Grandfathered YouTube Premium will see January price increase (9to5google.com)
Beeper Mini will add SMS & RCS, other services, and FaceTime in 'near future' (9to5google.com)
Meta rolls out default end-to-end encryption on Messenger, Facebook (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Now Android phones can automatically send medical data during 911 calls (www.theverge.com)
Google’s new Weather app is now on the Play Store (www.androidpolice.com)
Use Video Boost on your Pixel phone (support.google.com)
Your mobile password manager might be exposing your credentials | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Mishaal Rahman: Android 14 QPR1/December 2023 Pixel Feature Drop update does bring the per-app aspect ratio override feature to the Pixel Fold and Pixel Tablet (twitter.com)
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Realme GT5 Pro released in China (m.gsmarena.com)
The article says it’s similar to the OnePlus 12 but there are some pretty significant changes. The display is lower resolution at 1264p and the ultrawide is inferior (it’s an 8 MP 1/4" sensor) but the telephoto is better as it’s using the IMX 890 (50 MP, 1/1.56", 1 micron pixel size) instead of the OV64B (64MP, 1/2", 0.7...
Governments spying on Apple, Google users through push notifications - US senator (www.reuters.com)
Google could be working on a shared phone number blocklist for Android (www.androidauthority.com)
Beeper Mini is the iMessage for Android app we’ve been waiting for - Mishaal Rahman (www.androidauthority.com)
Personally I don’t care about this since apple is adopting rcs next year. But its a great thing for people who want iMessage.
Beeper Mini brings iMessage to Android - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Note: this is a paid subscription service with a 7-day trial. $1.99 USD/mo.
Meta is breaking up the love between Instagram and Facebook Messenger chats (www.androidcentral.com)
Pixel 2023 December feature drop (blog.google)
Google removes app that helps people boycott pro-Israel companies (www.newsweek.com)
SpyLoan Android malware on Google Play downloaded 12 million times (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Mishaal Rahman: The December 2023 Feature Drop update brings a much newer Arm Mali GPU kernel driver to Tensor Pixels, which users report significantly improves performance in games (twitter.com)
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Foldable Smartphones and Displays Reach Record High in Q3’23 on Samsung Strength, But Samsung and Samsung Display Expected to Lose Significant Share in Q4’23 (www.displaysupplychain.com)
How does Google Chat's new bottom bar fit in with Material You? (9to5google.com)
Hitman: Blood Money is on android now! (play.google.com)
I just saw this today. seems like a good port. I’m going to get after my finals are done.