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Why the Pixel 8's Face Unlock upgrade is a big deal (www.androidcentral.com)

Tested: Google's Pixel 9 Pro models only have 13GB RAM for apps (www.androidauthority.com)

Holy shit Android 14 is really bad

No combined notification+ringer volume control? No non-dismissable notifications? No disabling of the bottom search bar? What the fuck is that shit?!

Google removes photo sphere mode from the new Pixel (www.androidauthority.com)

Highly recommended note taking apps

There are tons of Notes app available in the playstore and f-droid. I have use my fair share of them these are my best 5 recommendations. All of these are free to use and have to pay extra if you want specific features....

Fairphone 5 Review: Hopeful Innovation? (www.nextpit.com)

The review is a bit late, but it’s fairly detailed and informative.

Google could give the Pixel 8 seven years of updates (www.androidpolice.com)

cross-posted from !googlepixel

Android helps Apple "Get the Message" (youtu.be)

I’m not a fan of the “war” between Android and Apple when it comes to SMS/texting. The rest of the world doesn’t use SMS/RCS/iMessage as much as WhatsApp and the like, so the US is pretty much lagging behind everyone else on this anyway....

Google Messages prepares a feature that will do your ears a favor - (www.androidauthority.com)

Pixel 9 Pro Euro Prices Leak - Should We Worry? (www.droid-life.com)

Samsung wanted this to be their week, and it still mostly is with the launch of the Fold 6, Flip 6, and the Galaxy Watch Ultra. However, Google’s upcoming Pixel 9 launch is incredibly close, so the leaks for it are only going to ramp up. Today, a fresh report is here to keep things moving toward that mid-August Pixel 9 event....

Lenovo bets its Motorola smartphone brand will be the third-biggest globally in 3 years (www.cnbc.com)

Android 15 can automatically delete your face or fingerprint unlock if they aren't working well (www.androidauthority.com)

TL;DR...

Dual headphone jack smartphone scores high in new reparability video (www.notebookcheck.net)

Free VPN apps on Google Play turned Android phones into proxies (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

This Review is Going to Make Me Very Unpopular [Fairphone 5] (www.youtube.com)

Google Play Store rolling out simultaneous Android app downloads (9to5google.com)

Finally all that power won’t be wasted waiting for a single app download to finish and install....

Interested in Hardware Features we want to see

My first Android phone was the HTC One M8. I got it because at the time it made my iPhone 5 look like a chump. Bigger screen, unrivaled stereo front speakers, much more internal storage you name it....

why does everyone hate material you?

So I switched to a pixel 7 from an iphone 10 xs a few months back, and I’ve absolutely loved it in comparison to the locked down nature of an iphone. So I think to look up material you on YouTube for fun, and decide to read the comments and found that people hated it. Quick googling led to me to find two reddit threads and an...

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