Android 14 blocks all modification of system certificates, even as root (httptoolkit.com)
Latest Android Runtime (ART) update led to apps starting 30% faster (9to5google.com)
Update: Lemmy Account Sync (Handshake) (sh.itjust.works)
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Fairphone 4—the repairable, sustainable smartphone—is coming to the US (arstechnica.com)
Fairphone Keep Club: Sustainable Consumerism? (forum.fairphone.com)
As you may well know, Fairphone is a company that originally arose from a kickstarter campaign and makes phones that are as easily repairable, as sustainable and as fairly sourced as possible. They do have their issues, but compared to other big phone companies they’ve done a great job with this....
Google's messaging mess continues: Chat app now wants to be the next WhatsApp (www.androidauthority.com)
Meta is pulling the plug on Messenger Lite on Android (www.theverge.com)
tl;dr: Messenger Lite, Meta’s “less than 10MB to download” lightweight version of Messenger, will no longer be available on Android after Sep 18, as Meta redirects users to the Messenger app. The main Messenger app will also drop SMS support next month.
Samsung Android 14 update: Here's everything new [Gallery] (9to5google.com)
ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfones (www.androidauthority.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/3429727...
What is Shizuku, and what can you do with it on your Android device? (addrom.com)
^ list of Android apps making use of Shizuku
What's it like using a microSD card on Android in 2023? (www.androidauthority.com)
SpyNote: Beware of This Android Trojan that Records Audio and Phone Calls (thehackernews.com)
Google updates the Android brand with new logo and 3D robot (9to5google.com)
Following our previous report, Google is officially unveiling a new 3D logo for Android. The broad goal of this updated branding is to “help connect Android to Google,” and it follows the previous modernization in 2019.
Google's messaging mess continues: Chat app now wants to be the next WhatsApp (www.androidauthority.com)
Google blocked benchmark apps on Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro ahead of launch, but that's not new (9to5google.com)
Android 14 Features | Android Authority (www.androidauthority.com)
Qualcomm announces first-ever mass-market RISC-V Android SoC (arstechnica.com)
PlayStation Portal: Hands On With Sony's New Remote Play Handheld (inv.zzls.xyz)
As a reminder, the PlayStation Portal, or Project Q, is (according to leaks) based on Android. It doesn’t run the games itself, it merely streams them from your PS5 and your handheld then serves as a controller with its own display....
China-based Supply Chain Cyberattacks Hit Thousands of Android Devices (www.msspalert.com)
The cyber defender, which specializes in disrupting bot attacks, digital fraud and abuse, said it impeded a “key monitization mechanism” of a number of criminal operations involving “backdoored” off-brand mobile and CTV Android devices sold to end users through retailers in China....
Qualcomm kills Snapdragon Satellite for Android phones (9to5google.com)
Chrome on iOS supports moving the address bar to the bottom. Why not Android? (www.theverge.com)
I enjoyed that brief Android Chrome experiment where the browser supported moving the address bar to the bottom. Now that feature has been made available on iOS, but remains AWOL on Android.
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...
The Pixel Tablet is actually just a few spare parts in a half-empty body [article headline] (arstechnica.com)
I am not sure where I land on this issue, I am not entirely sold that it should have been filled to the brim and packed tightly but it does seem like they could have done better either for repairability or at least having things like a headphone jack and maybe better speakers (I have read that speakers can do better with more...