Signal: No Evidence of Zero-Day Flaw in Encrypted Messaging App (www.pcmag.com)
Repair Mode could hide your personal data while your Pixel phone is being fixed (www.androidauthority.com)
OnePlus will now offer lifetime screen warranty to address green line issue (www.androidauthority.com)
Google Pixel 8 users are reporting poor battery life on mobile data (www.androidpolice.com)
Side note: this is the 1000th post on !android!
Huawei phones are saying that the Google app is a virus (9to5google.com)
Drake's new song mentions Android phones and green text bubbles - PhoneArena (www.phonearena.com)
Google, which is in the middle of a campaign to get Apple to support the RCS platform, used the song to help its cause....
Android 14 launch will be postponed to pixel 8 launch. (twitter.com)
Android 14 introduces first-of-its-kind cellular connectivity security features - Google Security Blog (security.googleblog.com)
Key points:...
The Moto 360 came out 9 years ago and set the standard for Wear OS devices today (www.xda-developers.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....
What you need to know about Project Mainline in Android 14 and beyond (androidpolice.com)
is anyone else bothered by the lack of the 3 buttons at the bottom
So i just bought Asus rog phone 6d and im extremely bothered by the lack of the back ,home and whatewer is the 3 one called buttons on the news androids. Is this something you all got used to with time or does this still bother you( IT really fells much less intuitive compared to the old 3 buttons ,alghtough preferably i would...
Is there a megathread of FOSS apps?
Title. Looking for the megathread of FOSS apps that used to be on the other site, can’t find it anymore. Any suggestions? Thanks
OnePlus Open brings back Facebook/Meta bloatware apps (9to5google.com)
Thousands of Android (streaming) devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled (arstechnica.com)
Samsung shows system storage correctly in Android 14 (9to5google.com)
cross-posted from !samsung
World’s biggest PC vendor takes first step that could establish Android as Windows biggest rival ever — and eliminate Google ChromeOS at the same time (www.techradar.com)
Google hides the install button for most Play Store results (www.androidpolice.com)
“Google is constantly optimizing and tweaking its apps through various A/B tests, and the latest one for the Play Store has us scratching our heads quite a bit. We’ve noticed that the familiar and handy install button is disappearing for some in the Play Store’s search results, which means that you actually have to tap...
Google's increasingly prickly Android perception problem (www.computerworld.com)
Mishaal Rahman: "Android 14 seems to have quietly eliminated a trick some apps were using to keep themselves alive when the OS tried to kill them" (androiddev.social)
Android Auto may soon support syncing your phone wallpaper (9to5google.com)
Fairphone 5: Everything about the "fair" smartphone in advance - price, details, pictures (www.winfuture.de)
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Tip: Nearby Share can send entire folders from your Android device to other Android devices, Chromebooks, and Windows PCs through the Files by Google app
From @MishaalRahman:...
Android rolling out new Ad privacy settings (9to5google.com)
Besides Chrome, Google’s Privacy Sandbox initiative is on Android to let apps show you relevant ads in a more private manner. The beta started earlier this year, and Google is now prompting more users about it with new Ad privacy settings.
