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Android's Find My Device network will get a huge upgrade soon – here's how it'll work (www.techradar.com)

World’s biggest PC vendor [Lenovo] takes first step that could establish Android as Windows biggest rival ever — and eliminate Google ChromeOS at the same time (www.techradar.com)

Google Keep’s Android app is getting formatting tools and version history - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

Fairphone 5 review (www.gsmarena.com)

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

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......

Motorola is disabling Android phones purchased through unauthorized sellers in Mexico (9to5google.com)

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);...

78 desktop extensions available for testing in the Firefox Beta and Nightly Android builds (blog.mozilla.org)

Google Podcasts to shut down in 2024 (techcrunch.com)

Eternity v0.1.0 released! Formerly Infinity for Lemmy (codeberg.org)

cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/803336...

Bromite is dead, long live Cromite. (github.com)

The Bromite project has been inactive for the last 9 months or so. Today I found this fork of Bromite that’s well maintained and seems to work flawlessly. Hope it helps others who were looking for a replacement.

Google updates privacy policy to train its AI on everything you post online (www.androidauthority.com)

cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/11955...

Google delays launch of Find My Device network and trackers, benefiting Apple (9to5google.com)

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

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

Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates—even more than an iPhone (arstechnica.com)

Lemmy Handshake - Beta release (sh.itjust.works)

cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/3365629...

Google Pixel 8 will get more OS updates with longer lifespan than Samsung (9to5google.com)

While the Pixel 6 ushered in three years of major Android OS version updates and an additional two for security patches, that’s still nowhere near the longevity of the iPhone. Google hopes to change that on the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro with noticeably more OS updates.

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