Mishaal Rahman: Android is adding native support for repair mode, a feature that "creates a secure environment to protect the user's privacy when the device is being repaired." (twitter.com)
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PSA: Pixel 8 Pro + NextDNS with 1Host (Pro) Users
This is just a small public service announcement to inform users that 1 Host Pro blocks a GoogleAPI subdomain that blocks Google Play Services and subsequently notifications. 1 Host Lite doesn’t have the problem and the issue doesn’t affect devices which aren’t in the 8 series. I was pulling my hair out before I figured...
Samsung Exynos 2400 detailed – 70% faster CPU, Xclipse 940 GPU with AMD RDNA 3 graphics (www.gsmarena.com)
cross-posted from !samsung...
What is Health Connect and how do I use it? What you need to know about the local Android service that connects all your fitness apps (www.androidpolice.com)
Android: Obectively Better (pettite.win)
Google could move the search bar closer to your thumb in Android 14 QPR1 (www.androidpolice.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.”
Meta’s Horizon Worlds social platform is finally coming to mobile and the web - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from !meta
Banking app refuses to work if downloaded from outside of the play store
Hello! I installed my banking app from Aurora Store, and when launched this message appear:...
The Google Play Store is becoming more personalized with local recommendations (www.androidauthority.com)
Nothing’s first CMF phone could be customizable with dial and kickstand add-ons (www.theverge.com)
Google Messages might auto-update your MMS chats to RCS (APK teardown) (www.androidauthority.com)
In our APK teardown, we discovered strings of code that suggest Google Messages will automatically upgrade MMS chats to RCS.