mikestevens

mikestevens , 10 months ago to android in Samsung announces One UI 6 beta with Android 14, then deletes it | 9to5Google

I was referring to the weirdly wide buttons on his shade, not mine. :)

mikestevens , 10 months ago to android in Samsung announces One UI 6 beta with Android 14, then deletes it | 9to5Google

Hmm. What you’ve posted isn’t far off Samsung’s shade, except for some weirdly wide buttons at the top and a media controller that doesn’t add anything to the experience.

Yes it’s got minor but not insignificant aesthetic differences, but to say Samsung’s is awful and then hold this up as an example of good design… 🤔

Here’s my Samsung’s shade in its two positions (which can be changed to open fully on the first swipe if preferred).

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mikestevens , 10 months ago to android in Show off your Android: the Home Sweet Home(screen) Edition!

A very utility-focused home screen for me. I love looking at minimalist home screens, but I always seem to come back to this.

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mikestevens , 10 months ago to samsung in First look at One UI 6 beta

Looks fine, I guess. One UI is getting into that boring zone, but that’s consistency for you.

mikestevens , 10 months ago to android in Exclusive: Google Pixel Watch 2 to feature UWB, new chipset, and more - android authority

I’ve got the Galaxy Watch4 and I love it. I get nearly two days of battery, which is fine by my standards, and the UX is snappy as hell.

mikestevens , 11 months ago to android in Xiaomi reveals first Mix Fold 3 details: Everything the Z Fold 5 isn't?

Pretty tempted to order one of these. I really want a folding phone, but damn it’s hard to talk myself into a Fold 5 when I know this exists.

mikestevens , 11 months ago to android in 10 years ago, Google launched the 2nd-gen Nexus 7, and no tablet has captured its magic since

Sorry yes, those are all Samsung model names that I was listing.

Well, I can’t speak for the Lenovo experience as I’ve never used one, and I’ll happily admit that any Samsung device needs a little tweaking to begin with, but I use my Tab S8 regularly for editing 60mb RAW photos off my full-frame camera and I can confidently say it performs very well.

My daughter uses my Tab S6 Lite and it’s more than up to meeting her demands — which includes a lot of educational games and so on.

My son uses my Tab S4 and he’s had no complaints either.

I mean, there’s not much else a tablet is meant for, really!

mikestevens , 11 months ago to android in 10 years ago, Google launched the 2nd-gen Nexus 7, and no tablet has captured its magic since

Honestly can’t say enough good things about my Tab S8. I use it for editing photos in Lightroom Mobile, and it works so damn well with the stylus. Very responsive and fast.

mikestevens , 11 months ago to android in 10 years ago, Google launched the 2nd-gen Nexus 7, and no tablet has captured its magic since

Hmm. I have a Tab S4, a Tab S6 Lite and a Tab S8, and the S8 is markedly quicker.

mikestevens , 11 months ago to android in 10 years ago, Google launched the 2nd-gen Nexus 7, and no tablet has captured its magic since

I had the first gen, and it wasn’t great in terms of performance, but damn I Ioved it. Very fond memories.

Also, I do have to chuckle at the progress since then. My S23 Ultra’s screen is almost as large at 6.8 inches, yet the overall device is much smaller and obviously much, much, much more powerful. Progress!

mikestevens , 11 months ago to android in Google delays its upgraded Find My Device network until Apple can add safety alerts

Extremely frustrating, but I suppose I get it.

I’ll probably get some airtags. I have an iPhone I don’t use, but I’ve taken to carrying a bag more often when I’m out, so I guess I can just keep the iPhone in there for these sorts of things. (And hope I don’t lose the bag. 😂)

mikestevens , 11 months ago to android in Google says it will start downranking non-tablet apps in the Play Store

What carrot? A carrot is an incentive. Google didn’t embrace the tablet format until very recently, in the grand scheme of things. They haven’t offered devs any special deals that I’m aware of — say a revenue split from the play store or paying them to deliver a tablet version of their app — so they didn’t incentivise devs to focus on Android tablets.

iPads have dominated the market for so long, and remain a fairly predictable and consistent device to develop for, so… why would an app developer have poured time into an app for Android tablets in years past?

mikestevens , 11 months ago to android in Google says it will start downranking non-tablet apps in the Play Store

I wouldn’t be surprised if the unsaid part is that they’re focused more on productivity apps than social apps, but I could be wrong. Also wouldn’t be surprised if Instagram doesn’t care about getting downranked, given its brand and market awareness somewhat transcends the need to appear in top-apps lists.

mikestevens , 11 months ago to android in Google says it will start downranking non-tablet apps in the Play Store

That’s what he said.

mikestevens , 11 months ago to android in First time I saw this Gboard feature

Hmm, yeah, I don’t have it yet here in Australia. I tend to prefer SwiftKey anyway, but this looks like a pretty handy feature!