Samsung expands Tactical Edition Portfolio with Flagship, Rugged devices (s23 and Xcover6 pro) (insights.samsung.com)
WhatsApp is launching its Channels feature globally (techcrunch.com)
To improve security, Google's making it (slightly) harder to contribute code to Android (www.patreon.com)
Gist: “Evidently, starting next month, all external code contributions to AOSP will require approval from two Google reviewers before they can be submitted.”
Google Messages' new voice recordings have been spotted in the wild (www.androidpolice.com)
Repair Mode could hide your personal data while your Pixel phone is being fixed (www.androidauthority.com)
[Exclusive] OnePlus 12 5K Design Renders Reveal Refined Camera Module at the Back with Triple Shooters (www.mysmartprice.com)
Android's work profile behaviour has been reverted in 14 beta 5.3 (bayton.org)
Further context
Mishaal Rahman: Google plans to let third-party apps read the measured battery state of health, ie. the remaining estimated full charge capacity relative to the rated capacity in %, in Android 15 (twitter.com)
nitter.net/MishaalRahman/…/1702069894202740761
Google pays $93M to settle Android tracking lawsuit in California (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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Meta’s Horizon Worlds social platform is finally coming to mobile and the web - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from !meta
WhatsApp will soon be your one-stop solution for all your chat apps (www.androidpolice.com)
SUMMARY...
Mishaal Rahman: Google has deleted all code related to Fast Pair from AOSP (twitter.com)
nitter.net/MishaalRahman/…/1701304928700899749
Yogesh Brar: Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra specs (twitter.com)
nitter.net/heyitsyogesh/…/1699652100131885180
Samsung app confirms ‘Galaxy Ring’ name and 2024 release date (9to5google.com)
Google Chrome adds a Material Design theme to the omnibox on Android (www.androidpolice.com)
DivestOS 20 for Poco F3 video (fosstodon.org)
As there wasn’t any video showing DivestOS, I created a short one!
Taiwan gets a taste of the 1" camera action with the Sharp Aquos R8s Pro, vanilla R8s tags along - GSMArena (m.gsmarena.com)
$735 for regular $1k for pro
Roland Quandt: Samsung Galaxy Buds FE: graphite or white, 12mm AKG tuned speaker, $99.99 MSRP (twitter.com)
nitter.net/rquandt/status/1702592146522435857
Google Camera 9.0 rolling out big redesign for Pixel, Android 14 required (9to5google.com)
North American smartphone shipments to fall 12% in 2023 despite premium segment strength (canalys.com)
evleaks: Xiaomi 13T renders (twitter.com)
nitter.net/evleaks/status/1702069322724581841
Samsung Galaxy Buds FE name confirmed: manual shows images (www.galaxyclub.nl)
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