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    Android Android Developers on Twitter: "We are excited to tell you more about Android 11, but now is not the time to celebrate. We are postponing the June 3rd event and beta release. We'll be back with more on Android 11, soon."

    May 30, 2020

    Android Android Developers on Twitter: "We are excited to tell you more about Android 11, but now is not the time to celebrate. We are postponing the June 3rd event and beta release. We'll be back with more on Android 11, soon."

    Android Developers on Twitter: "We are excited to tell you more about Android 11, but now is not the time to celebrate. We are postponing the June 3rd event and beta release. We'll be back with more on Android 11, soon."

    Posted: 29 May 2020 09:47 PM PDT

    After 10 years of Android, I switched to an iPhone 11 Pro. I switched back after a month. Here's a quick recap of my experience.

    Posted: 29 May 2020 10:32 AM PDT

    I used Android exclusively since the T-Mobile G1. Since then, I always got the latest Android phones. That includes notable phones like the Samsung Galaxy S2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. The Note 7. The Motorola Atrix. The Moto X. The Nexus 1, 4, 5, 6. Then finally the Pixel series starting with the 1, 2, 3, and now the 4.

    Last month I had an itching to try something new in quarantine, so I switched from my Pixel 4 to an iPhone 11 Pro. There was initially a lot to like (build quality and screen mainly), but there were so many annoying quirks that I could not stand it for more than a month.

    If I could sum up my experience with the iPhone in one sentence, it would be "Fantastic hardware, horrendous software". iOS needs a ton of work in my opinion. Below is a recap of my issues with iOS:

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    • Notifications are a mess
      • Why are there two notification screens? "Lockscreen" and "Notification center". So many times I would think I've dismissed a notification only to find 100+ notifications in the notification center.
      • It takes two swipes to get rid of a notification. This makes no sense.
      • You can only dismiss a notification by swiping left. Swiping right does nothing.
      • If you are actively using the phone and a notification banner pops up, and you dismiss it, that doesn't dismiss it from your notifications. I've already read it, why is it still in my notifications?
      • The grouping of notifications are an absolute disaster. I use WhatsApp a lot. It shows you each individual message. Extremely cluttered. If I get 100 messages in a group over the span of an hour, it shows me all 100. I was able to somewhat fix this by grouping "by app" in the settings. But this just groups it all together, so that when I click on it to expand, I am staring at 100 notifications again. Android groups these by app, with subgroups for the WhatsApp groups, etc
    • Gestures
      • You can only go "back" by swiping from the left. Swiping from the right is to go forward. Going forward is extremely rare. Both sides should be to go back, imo. I had to constantly reach my thumb awkwardly across the screen to swipe from the left.
      • There is no dedicated "back" button. There is no consistency in how it is implemented. Using an app was always a guess on how it works. Does this app have a back function? Or do I need to swipe down in order to "swipe away" this screen? Or do I need to click the back arrow in the top left corner? Sometimes I would have to try going back 3 times, nothing worked, then just dismiss to my home screen or shut down the app.
    • Home screen layout
      • Lack of an app drawer. All of my apps were always cluttered on my home screen. I try to make it look pretty by balancing it on different screens, but it's such a pain in the ass. Why can't I hide apps or have an app drawer?
      • You cannot put your apps on the bottom row. They always start at the top left corner and work their way down the home screen. So you have to constantly reach to the top of the screen to open your apps. Just poor software design with no thought of the user, imo.
    • Apps
      • Voluntary bloatware. Google apps oftentimes just work better than their Apple counterparts. GMail, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Drive, GBoard, and more. What this results in is "voluntary bloatware". I now have two maps apps, two photos apps, two cloud drive apps, etc
      • Can't set default apps. I could avoid Apple Maps for the most part. But in one experience a friend texted me their address. I highlighted it, hit "navigate", and it opened Apple Maps. There's no way to change this behavior.
      • Apple Maps should not be in public release. In my (admittedly limited) experience with it, it is years behind Google Maps. Even the animations within the app were janky.
      • There is no way to open links in an app automatically. On Android, if I click a reddit link in Chrome, it opens the post in my reddit app. On the iPhone, that is simply not possible. Same for any link in a browser for any app. It was more annoying than it sounds.
    • Keyboards
      • I use GBoard. It was always Russian roulette on which keyboard pops up, though. Sometimes the stock keyboard, sometimes GBoard. It had a mind of its own.
      • If the stock keyboard does pop up, it has no "slide typing" functionality. Seriously, how is this not a feature of the stock keyboard yet?
      • If you use a password manager, it is tied to the keyboard. Any password field would automatically launch the stock keyboard. This is just an extension of the annoyance of having "2 apps for every app" like I mentioned in the Apps section above.
    • Camera/Photos
      • The photos are significantly warmer than they are on the Pixel. This might be a matter of personal taste, but to me everything just looked so yellow
      • Portrait mode struggles, a lot. I've only ever used portrait mode on the Pixel and it's seamless. It seemed to really struggle with both humans and objects. I couldn't understand why given that it has 3 cameras. I think it has something to do with the fact that it tries to show you a "live view" of what the portrait shot will look like.
      • Google Photos is a mess. The iPhone does not create separate folders for different types of photos, so there's no way to tell Google Photos to back up only certain folders and do not back up others. You took a screenshot? Let's start backing that up. Infuriating. Also, every single time you edit or delete a photo in Google Photos, you get a notification that asks for permission to perform the action, and you have to tap yes. Every, Single. Time.
    • Background processes
      • It's 2020. Why does Google Photos not back up my photos in the background? Why does Google Play Music not download my library in the background? In both cases, I had to leave my phone with the screen on and the app open. It was comical and I don't understand why.
    • iMessage/FaceTime
      • FaceTime was nice. iMessage was...OK? I'm a heavy WhatsApp user in the US so I didn't really get the appeal of these. I will say that FaceTime's moving heads and sizes constantly changing were a mess when doing group calls. Also, iMessage seems to lack the ability to "reply to" a message. For group messaging, this seems to be a huge oversight.

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    The culmination of all of these little annoyances made it impossible for me to stick with the iPhone. Luckily I had not yet sold my Pixel 4, so I am back in business.

    I honestly always thought that iOS was good software, but some of their software decisions seriously had me scratching my head wondering who is making these choices at Apple. Some of these seem like simple, no-brainer choices that they won't or can't fix. Hope this helps anyone trying to decide whether they should try the other side. I still encourage people to give it a test run to see how you like it.

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    The Sony Xperia 1 II has a neat gaming feature that lets you charge and play without degrading the battery

    Posted: 29 May 2020 06:56 AM PDT

    Google Photos has a new "Express" backup option

    Posted: 29 May 2020 11:12 PM PDT

    Chrome's Duet bottom bar interface is probably gone for good

    Posted: 29 May 2020 01:07 PM PDT

    StrandHogg 2.0 Exploit Explained – Why Users and Android App Developers should care

    Posted: 29 May 2020 07:39 PM PDT

    Chrome Beta 84 adds way to autofill SMS verification codes on the web, allows sites to force screen to stay on, and more (APK Download)

    Posted: 29 May 2020 12:00 PM PDT

    Qualcomm’s first Wi-Fi 6E chips are here - For phones and routers

    Posted: 29 May 2020 01:00 PM PDT

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    Posted: 29 May 2020 07:22 AM PDT

    What features of iOS would you like to see on Android?

    Posted: 29 May 2020 04:40 PM PDT

    I'm a big tech fan so Im always interested in talking about tech. I think IOS and android are great operating systems and its stupid to fight over which OS is better. They serve different customers and continue to push each other.

    Tbh i havent owned an Iphone since 2012 but i will say update support. IOS supports phones more than 4 years, Android should be doing that. Id say android should support upto 5 years of OS and security upgrades.

    Id love the optimization that IOS has but i think Apple controlling hardware and software its tough for any company to match that level of intergration.

    • Continuity: switching from an Ipad to a mac you can pretty much seamlessly switch, if you could do the same with Android phones/tablets and Windows. Also Qualcom needs to add a chip similar to the W1 on all android phones. connecting my airpods and mac is a peace of cake, qualcom do that for android.
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    Sony Xperia 1 II Review - GSMArena

    Posted: 29 May 2020 12:45 PM PDT

    What is the most underrated phone you've ever owned?

    Posted: 29 May 2020 11:59 AM PDT

    Definitely the HTC 10 for me, that phone was a delight.

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    Protecting Chrome users from abusive notifications

    Posted: 29 May 2020 08:41 AM PDT

    Why was full-disk encryption removed/disallowed in Android 10??

    Posted: 29 May 2020 04:15 PM PDT

    According to this page:

    Full-disk encryption is not allowed on new devices running Android 10 and higher. For new devices, use file-based encryption.

    Does anybody know why full-disk encryption is no longer "allowed"? Could this have anything to do with legislation to create government backdoors? I'm not sure I buy this sentence on the same page:

    While [full-disk encryption] is great for security, it means that most of the core functionality of the phone is not immediately available when users reboot their device. Because access to their data is protected behind their single user credential, features like alarms could not operate, accessibility services were unavailable, and phones could not receive calls.

    Well, I'm sorry, but I think it's perfectly fine to not be able to get a text or a call from a friend while I'm restarting my phone. Really, I think I'll be ok for a minute or two.

    I suppose accessibility services are a legitimate concern, but why remove full-disk encryption altogether, for every user, rather than make it optional?

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    Chrome Beta 84.0.4147.27 has gotten rid of the bottom bar (Chrome Duet) Do not update.

    Posted: 29 May 2020 11:29 AM PDT

    The flag simply doesn't exist anymore on Chrome Beta version 84.0.4147.27, neither is it in the settings menu.

    So, if you liked it, do not update! And send feedback through the app.

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