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- Samsung is considering putting an RGB strip on the Galaxy Z Fold's hinge to use as a notification light
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- Android Authority: "Report: Qualcomm to develop its own gaming phones with Asus"
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- PSA: Google TV lacks individual profiles for family members
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- Living With A Chinese Phone/Flagship Killer in The West
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- Samsung s10e, Pixel's latest line up....do I dare hope that we'll see more small(compact?) Android phones in the near future?
- LG Wing - Any Questions?
- Sony Xperia 5 II is the proof that android market is just not at right state.
- Google Discover is getting a dedicated section for immersive Web Stories
- Top Apps Worldwide for September 2020 by Downloads
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| Android Authority: "Report: Qualcomm to develop its own gaming phones with Asus" Posted: 07 Oct 2020 07:34 AM PDT
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| Google Assistant preps connecting health apps to show sleep and fitness data Posted: 07 Oct 2020 01:12 PM PDT
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| PSA: Google TV lacks individual profiles for family members Posted: 07 Oct 2020 02:21 PM PDT I just received 2 of the new Chromecast devices with Google TV and quickly discovered that, while you can switch profiles within app contexts such as within YouTube TV and YouTube, the overall Google TV experience in no way supports such a thing. I was absolutely floored at the oversight when I realized that the entire experience of this interface and its recommended content becomes completely useless for anyone except whoever installed the device, and that any desire to utilize customized live guides in YouTube TV for example, would require constant manual profile switching. In fact, the live guide available in the main interface would still show the installer's guide as well, and it's not until you actually launch YouTube TV that you'd be able to switch profiles and therefore guides. I'm really disappointed with this. Overall, I've really struggled to find technology that understands families. It seems that even a new device in 2020 still can't manage to account for this minor complexity. TL;DR: Beware this device if you don't live alone like the sad saps working at Google.... [link] [comments] | ||
| Review: Google's Nest Audio is a great speaker, and I have data to prove it Posted: 07 Oct 2020 05:18 AM PDT
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| Living With A Chinese Phone/Flagship Killer in The West Posted: 07 Oct 2020 11:18 AM PDT I recently purchased a Vivo IQOO Neo 3 (and accidentally an additional Iqoo 3). After purchasing them, I had soon found out about the Iqoo 5. But it was too late. I couldn't cancel... and the phones were shipped. I had to wait nearly 2-3 months for both phones to arrive. It's a great phone... but there were a lot of things left out of reviews for these Chinese phones that all these reviewers and YouTubers leave out. Sure, they briefly mention, that you'll most likely need to install Google Services and what not... But they don't tell you the deeper story about actually using it in the west. Now I can't say the experience is like this with every Chinese phone... but I can imagine it would be similar to a degree. You see, my Vivo Iqoo Neo 3 is LOADED with Chinese software. Half or so of which I was able to uninstall. The other half being system related things. No problem then right? WRONG. Nearly everything you do will end up running through Vivo's app store or loader. You may even get occasional ads to install suggested apps. It didn't seem that egregious at first... until you start trying to open tabs or save contacts to their terrible software. Luckily you can disable most of their system-apps and replace it with your preferred. In my case I went with as much Google apps as possible. But... there's still an issue. Some of these apps cannot seem to be saved as the default system app while some can. This results in a weird mish-mash of cross-apps. If that makes sense. For example, I've set my phone, contacts, message, GPS and store to Google. However, in the system settings, you can only change GPS and messages as your default app. The phone dialler, luckily, prompts you if you want to install it as the default app. Contacts on the other hand... no luck with that. As such, if I try to save a new contact in Google Messages it will launch the stock-Vivo-contacts. Which, again, may not be that big of a deal... but as someone who is particular about how to save and name their contacts---this is a big issue for me. The problem persists when you get sent links. The problem sometimes persists when an app tries to launch another app. Sometimes it works... sometimes it tries to force you to load a Vivo LAUNCHER that brings you to their Vivo Store. Fuck. That. Shit. It's been two weeks living with a China phone. Some of the notifications are extremely wonky. I haven't used an Android ever since the HTC One roughly 8 years or so ago. Sometimes the notification ringer is set off... but no notifications. An icon on top appears but there's never a banner. Not even on the lock screen... EVEN IF the settings are all on. There's still a few things I'm trying to learn or find a way to get around (such as the saving contacts thing). In the mean time I have to do everything that annoys me MANUALLY when in 2020 it should "just work". But it doesn't... and that appears to be the true sacrifice with going these cheaper Chinese phones/Flagship killers. My friend, after my suggestion, bought a Xiaomi MiPad 4 Plus and faced similar issues. Luckily for him he uses it strictly for gaming and Youtube so the issues became non-existent for him after a few days. So, would I recommend you or anyone else to use one of these Chinese phones? Honestly... probably not. Especially not with Samsung's new S20 Fan Edition. But if you truly had the time to tinker with every little setting to get it just the way you want it... and if you can live with all these nuances and inconveniences... then honestly it's actually a great phone. edit: Outside of these nuances, as briefly mentioned, it's a great phone. I live in a major Canadian city so I'm still getting full LTE speeds, no dropped calls, all my SMS/MMS are sending fine, the pictures are decent (I am or used to be a huge Nokia fan so nothing really impresses me---I own a Canon 6D DSLR as well anyway), the UI is actually decent (it has 2 styles to choose from), the LCD is surprisingly nice (previous phone was an iPhone X) and it's blazingly fast. It even has a headphone port. Speakers are decent as well with it's supposedly HiFi DAC (I have a dedicated DAP so I don't use this feature). I simply wrote this post to tell a story that all these YouTubers fail to mention. [link] [comments] | ||
| Samsung Galaxy Note20 review: The plastic isn't the problem Posted: 07 Oct 2020 08:52 AM PDT
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| [Google v. Oracle America] Oral Argument Posted: 07 Oct 2020 07:11 AM PDT
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| How we keep you safe online every day Posted: 07 Oct 2020 10:45 AM PDT
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| S20 FE vs S20 vs S20+ Camera Comparison Posted: 07 Oct 2020 11:55 AM PDT
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| What are some of the coolest things you can do with ADB? Posted: 07 Oct 2020 05:27 AM PDT Hey guys, just installed ADB on my OnePlus 7 Pro 5G, what are some of the nicest things you can do to it customisation wise? Thanks! [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 07 Oct 2020 04:52 AM PDT As the trend with the notch and removal of the headphone jack suggested, many Android device makers followed into the footsteps of you-know-who. Apple's devices have always been far smaller compared to their Android counterparts, I hoped that maybe, just maybe some company will follow this trend too...a decent phone in a compact body. Then came the s10e, not as small as ye olde phones, but still something unique among the other large bodied phones. But at the time, that seemed a one off. And then came the Pixel 4a, and then 5. Both sporting a handy size and decent (great in case of 5) features. Is this the start of a new trend? After all, there has been a ton of innovations in the smartphone technologies recently. We have flip phones, dual and triple screens, under screen fingerprint reader and camera, face unlock, voice control and so much more. May be the next innovation could be making it all fit into your hand. As Obadiah Stane once said "There's the technology, I'm just asking you to make it smaller" [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 07 Oct 2020 02:29 AM PDT The LG Wing was released yesterday in South Korea. This is my first foray into a non-Google phone in near a decade (Galaxy Nexus -> Nexus 5 -> Nexus 6 -> Nexus 5x -> OG Pixel -> Pixel 3 -> Pixel 4). I've now had it for over 24 hours and would be happy to answer any questions I can. Proof: Dual recording mode [link] [comments] | ||
| Sony Xperia 5 II is the proof that android market is just not at right state. Posted: 06 Oct 2020 11:01 PM PDT Sony releases a new smartphone called xperia 5 II with the specs and features stated below
These specs could be dream phone for some but not only they have all the essential featues they didnt pack any gimmicks like other phones. My question is how can one company provide all the above feature with most manufacturers like dropped things like LED notification, FF speakers or headphone jack or no microsd card ( yes you samsung im looking at you , dropped most of these features in 2020). I remember seeing note 9 and it was a close perfect smartphone at that time but now in 2020 these features are rare to see. Hope these smartphones bring the paradigm shift in things to come as we move forward. [link] [comments] | ||
| Google Discover is getting a dedicated section for immersive Web Stories Posted: 07 Oct 2020 03:28 AM PDT
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| Top Apps Worldwide for September 2020 by Downloads Posted: 08 Oct 2020 12:48 AM PDT
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