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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 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.

Microsoft cuts ties with the Surface Duo after just 2 Android version updates (www.windowscentral.com)

cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/445850...

Beeper adds support for Google Messages RCS alongside iMessage, works on Android and iPhone (9to5google.com)

Android 14 Beta 5 is live (android-developers.googleblog.com)

I hope it’s ok to post this here. The Androidbeta community doesn’t seem to have much activity, and while i don’t miss Reddit that much, I’m a bit sad there’s not much beta news over here…

OnePlus just fixed a phone screen problem not even Apple or Samsung have solved (www.techradar.com)

Android loophole allows Google Wallet to leak credit card details via NFC, fix coming (9to5google.com)

Original Samsung Galaxy Fold will no longer get updates (www.sammobile.com)

SD Maid terminated from Play Store due to 'Stalkerware policy' (www.androidpolice.com)

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 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....

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.