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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 beats Motorola Razr Plus in marathon folding test (www.androidauthority.com)

In Youtuber’s hand-folding test (live stream), the Razr Plus broke after 126,364 folds (hinge gave up after ~44k folds) while the Z Flip survived 273,316 folds (but lost ability to stay fully open after 223,000 folds) and is still going right now in the live stream....

Android 14 Features | Android Authority (www.androidauthority.com)

YouTube Music finally adds 'Mark as played' for podcasts (9to5google.com)

In addition to announcing sound search and AI-generated conversation radio today, YouTube Music is rolling out “Mark as played” for podcasts.

Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in iOS 18 (www.theverge.com)

Apple has announced that its Messages app will support the RCS messaging standard in iOS 18. RCS offers more advanced features compared to traditional SMS, including higher-quality media, typing indicators, and end-to-end encryption. This move will improve messaging between iOS and Android devices, which currently rely on the...

Change the integrated music widget? (lemmy.zip)

Hey guys, I am somewhat new to android (went straight to grapheneos) and am a bit annoyed with this widget....

The not-so-silent type: Vulnerabilities across keyboard apps reveal keystrokes to network eavesdroppers - The Citizen Lab (citizenlab.ca)

Previously paid Nintendo DS emulator app on Android goes free (DraStic DS) (www.androidheadlines.com)

LineageOS 21 brings Android 14 to more Phones and Tablets (www.howtogeek.com)

F-Droid 1.19.0 brings automatic background updates and a new and better workflow for adding repositories. (floss.social)

"RutheniumOS" is a scam (discuss.grapheneos.org)

RutheniumOS is a fork of GrapheneOS with very broad claims and also accusations toward GrapheneOS....

A look back at every Google Nexus phone ever made (www.androidpolice.com)

• Google Nexus phones had a rich history, with different manufacturers bringing Google’s vision to life....

Android isn't cool with teenagers, and that's a big problem (www.androidpolice.com)

IMHO the “blue bubble exceptionalism” is the elephant in the room.

Qualcomm kills Snapdragon Satellite for Android phones (9to5google.com)

Google Messages now encrypts RCS conversations by default (www.theverge.com)

Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months (arstechnica.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/4197026...

Will you pay for satellite features? (www.androidauthority.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17858715...

Google Assistant continues to crumble in the 'Gemini era' (9to5google.com)

Android app dependency? (slrpnk.net)

I have found the translation from camera source feature useful in Google Translate and I use it from time to time. Last night was one such occasion, yet when I attempted to enable camera mode, I received the message shown in the screenshot, “Please install the latest Google app in order to use camera translation”. I...

Asus only cut the PC department in July, and now the commercial department is also going to be cut (Asus Zenfone 10 is their last phone) (finance.technews.tw)

cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/907800...

Google Play to revoke fullscreen notifications permission from newly installed apps that don't provide calling or alarm functionality (nitter.net)

Users will be able to manually revoke that permission on Android 14 (already available in the current beta under Apps -> Special app access -> Full screen notifications);...

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