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 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...
Android 14’s storage disaster gets patched, but your data might be gone (arstechnica.com)
Huawei phones are saying that the Google app is a virus (9to5google.com)
Google to add emoji reactions to its Android Gmail app (and how to enable them) (9to5google.com)
They’re intended to work and look like your usual Discord or similar emoji reactions, as long as it’s between Gmail users:...
Google hides the install button for most Play Store results (www.androidpolice.com)
Google is investigating Android 14’s multiple profile update bug (www.theverge.com)
Android 14 to let you block connections to unencrypted cellular networks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Xiaomi is retiring MIUI, replacing it with "Xiaomi HyperOS". (www.androidauthority.com)
According to Xiaomi’s CEO, it is a heavily modified Android and Vela (Xiaomi’s IoT OS based on the open source embedded OS Nuttx) to replace MIUI in all Xiaomi mobile, auto, and intelligent home products.
Pro Tip: Bypass news paywalls using the new "Reading Mode" app by Google (play.google.com)
I am sure this wasn’t the intended use - but I discovered a useful trick on Android....
Google released this weather feature inside google maps, only on iPhones over 4 years ago. Is it ever coming to Android? (www.talkandroid.com)
I think it’s neat, I just discovered it today when browsing on someone’s iphone. Or is it a step in the wrong direction towards 1-in-all apps like Wechat?
Some 2024 flagship phones might stick with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 instead (www.androidauthority.com)
What are we all using for video chat in 2023? (kbin.social)
The last time I tried to make video chat work with people, we dived between jitsi, facebook messenger, zoom... until something worked well enough. what are people using here now? Jitsi? Google Meet? Whatsapp? Facebook Messenger? Zoom? Skype? Facetime, somehow? The builtin thing in matrix that used to be jitsi but I think they...
