Commented - android

‘You’re Telling Me in 2023, You Still Have a ’Droid?’ Why Teens Hate Android Phones (www.wsj.com)

(unpaywalled version on archive.today: archive.ph/03cwZ)...

PSA: Nova Launcher is owned by an analytics company (www.androidpolice.com)

Since a few folks seem unaware of this, I’m posting anew for visibility.

So, what's stopping you from getting a foldable? [Poll] (9to5google.com)

Foldable smartphones have reached their fifth major generation, as heralded by Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Fold 5......

Google Podcasts shutting down in 2024 for YouTube Music (9to5google.com)

Sync for Lemmy is live on Google Play Store (play.google.com)

Fairphone 5 - The Ars Technica Review (arstechnica.com)

Phones should have FM radio again (as an emergency safety feature) (www.spacebar.news)

I didn’t even realize Qualcomm removed the built in FM radio from their chips. Huh.

The Fairphone 5 released, is the sleekest repairable phone yet (www.androidpolice.com)

Two years after the Fairphone 4 and following the release of some audio products like the Fairbuds XL, the Dutch company is back with a new repairable phone: the Fairphone 5. It looks and feels a lot like the Fairphone 4, but it adds choice upgrades across the board, making it the most modular and also most modern-looking...

Chromecast with Google TV is now serving full-screen, auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads (www.androidauthority.com)

Reddit users thevincentasteroid and MMD3_ posted about an auto-playing video ad (with sound) on the home screen. The ad is for Chicken Tender Wraps from Carl’s Jr. When it begins auto-playing, it pushes all the other UI elements out of focus and goes almost full-screen, returning to the home screen after it has played through...

Free and open-source YouTube clients w/ no ads (lemmy.zip)

LibreTube - uses Piped as video source by default. Subscriptions and playlists can be created, all without actually interacting with YouTube....

I'm this close to visiting my "local" branch for all my banking. (sopuli.xyz)

I’m lucky my banking app works (GrapheneOS), as it’s now requiring 2FA with the app anytime I login on the browser. Can’t use an actually secure form like TOTP. At least they now allow passwords over 8 characters (yes, serious)....

Big Galaxy S24 leak reveals Samsung's strategy against Google's Pixel phone (www.androidcentral.com)

Quoting the tl;dr in the linked article:...

As Twitter flounders, Mastodon refreshes its official app for Android users (techcrunch.com)

r/Android is now on the Fediverse! (www.reddit.com)

Android news, reviews, tips, and discussions about rooting, tutorials, and apps....

Android users switched less frequently to iPhones in 2023, report shows (www.androidpolice.com)

Google is quietly blocking RCS on rooted devices. (support.google.com)

The vanishing of the small high-end smartphone (www.smh.com.au)

Manufacturers don’t make displays under 6 inches available for purchase, with special cases (such as the iPhone Mini) being made under exclusive contracts. The best lead they have so far is to try to use displays designed for the front part of a foldable phone, but they’re yet to strike an agreement....

HeliBoard, a privacy-conscious open-source Android keyboard based on AOSP/now-unmaintained OpenBoard, is now available on F-Droid (f-droid.org)

HeliBoard keyboard is an improved fork of the now-unmaintained OpenBoard keyboard. It does not require internet permission, allowing it to be used 100% offline....

The difference of stealing yourself vs being stolen from (lemm.ee)

cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/5636484...

Why Are You Still Rooting Your Android Phone? (www.droid-life.com)

Do you root or do you go straight to ROMs?

Google's plan is to annoy you relentlessly until you update Messages (www.androidauthority.com)

There’s a new Google Messages update page that takes up your phone’s entire display every time you open the app....

It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox on Android (www.androidpolice.com)

The final push to start using Firefox over Chrome on Android might finally be thanks to the enormous selection of add-ons (Firefox’s version of extensions) coming out next month. Chrome doesn’t offer native support for extensions in its mobile app. Also, better security.