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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.

Now even Instagram Lite has this "Meta Services" crap, that's it, i'm uninstalling it.

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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?

USB-C

Hello,...

Let's talk emulators this week.

Previously on Lemmy:...

Bizarre problem today: I was force subscribed to a Logan Paul podcast and I can't unsubscribe.

I noticed a new background image on the Android podcast app this morning. I thought one of my podcasts changed their icon art. Nope, it’s a Logan Paul podcast. I’ve never listened to any of his stuff. I only heard about him when he challenged someone to an MMA fight I think?...

With all the ad shenanigans going on with Google, would you still buy a Pixel phone?

These days its very hard to buy a phone from a reputable brand.

Why don't I see the newer phones in the Lineage OS list?

I’m starting to see not as many newer mobiles in the Lineage OS list as I used to. The US is a lost cause with companies not allowing their bootloader to be unlocked, but even the Chinese companies like OPPO, Vivo, OnePlus etc don’t seem to have their recent devices on the Lineage OS supported list. Am I imagining this, or...

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...

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