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    Home Unlabelled Android Dieter Bohn on Twitter: Didn’t really bother posting any head-to-head with the Pixel 5 because the S21 Ultra and iPhone 12 Pro Max are definitively better in almost all shooting conditions. Google’s insistence on using the same old camera sensor every single year has finally caught up to it.

    Android Dieter Bohn on Twitter: Didn’t really bother posting any head-to-head with the Pixel 5 because the S21 Ultra and iPhone 12 Pro Max are definitively better in almost all shooting conditions. Google’s insistence on using the same old camera sensor every single year has finally caught up to it.

    January 22, 2021

    Android Dieter Bohn on Twitter: Didn’t really bother posting any head-to-head with the Pixel 5 because the S21 Ultra and iPhone 12 Pro Max are definitively better in almost all shooting conditions. Google’s insistence on using the same old camera sensor every single year has finally caught up to it.

    Dieter Bohn on Twitter: Didn’t really bother posting any head-to-head with the Pixel 5 because the S21 Ultra and iPhone 12 Pro Max are definitively better in almost all shooting conditions. Google’s insistence on using the same old camera sensor every single year has finally caught up to it.

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 06:36 PM PST

    OnePlus has not released the kernel sources for their devices (again)

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 07:16 PM PST

    Yup. I'm doing this one more time. I'm afraid to inform you guys that OnePlus hasn't released their kernel sources for the Android 11 Open Beta for the Nord and 7 Series. I made a couple of posts a year ago, and I intend to do the same again (YAY). Not releasing their sources is a clear violation of the GPLv2.

    That time, the 7 Series were the only devices up-to-date, while the others were lagging behind for a month, roughly. Ironic that now, having a 7 Pro in my hands, I'm again opening the discussion in this sub to get this some traction. It may not seem like a big deal, but the sources need to be up from the time their build hits the public. That helps, for instance, developers building custom kernels for the new firmware. It's not just about that, though.

    The archived threads I linked above will also have a lot of useful info in the comments from people that are MUCH better at explaining this - and the repercussions - than I am. So, sorry about that ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ.

    You guys can check their GitHub yourselves just to make sure.

    Thanks for your attention!

    Edit: They haven't released their sources for OxygenOS 10.3.6 nor 10.3.7 as well for the 7 series, so that's fun...

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    Pebble founder promises iMessage on Android and Windows with universal chat app

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 06:26 AM PST

    Why third party apps on Android have bad camera quality, and when things will improve.

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 08:23 PM PST

    As an Android developer, I wanted to provide some insight as to why Android third-party camera quality is often worse than on iOS, and why they don't look as good as the phone's stock camera app.

    First, we have to understand there are 3 different camera APIs provided by Google available for Android developers:

    • Camera - The original and now the oldest camera API. It's supported on most amount of Android devices but it has very limited features.
    • Camera2 - Updated version of the original Camera API available on devices Android 5+. This is what most modern apps will try to use. It has more functionalities than Camera but it doesn't support advanced features like using the vendor's HDR algorithm.
    • CameraX - This is Google's new API available on devices Android 5+. It's built on top of Camera2 and is meant to make life significantly easier for developers such as by letting Google take care of the hard work of optimizing and testing on various devices. This API supports extension algorithms such as HDR, night mode, and portrait mode assuming the device vendor has added support for it (e.g. newer galaxies since S10 support it). However, this API is still in development and still doesn't have a full stable release yet.

    The problem with Android right now is, all the APIs have some sort of drawback. Camera API is only good for very simple use cases. Camera2 API is a headache to implement and optimize, has no HDR, and only runs on newer Androids so you have to build fallbacks for older Androids. CameraX is promising but it still doesn't have a stable release yet, meaning popular apps like Snapchat/TikTok/Instagram are very hesitant to use it. iOS's camera API is much simpler to use in comparison and already has HDR processing baked into it.

    Since smartphone camera quality highly depends on HDR processing nowadays, it has become a necessity for Android third-party apps to use the newer CameraX. The question is: When will the long overdue CameraX be ready for larger apps to use? I predict that we'll have a stable release of CameraX sometime in H2 of this year, and you should see various apps adding proper support for it towards the end of the year.

    TLDR: Current Android camera APIs aren't really great for developers, and do not support the vendor's HDR algorithms. The new CameraX API is very promising and should fix all the issues, but it's still in development and it will take a while before it gains mass adoption by Android developers.

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    Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra Review: Moonshot - YouTube

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 08:08 AM PST

    Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra Review: Problems Solved!

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 08:03 AM PST

    LG Electronics in Talks with Vingroup of Vietnam to Sell off Its Smartphone Business

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 08:10 AM PST

    Samsung Galaxy S21 5G review - GSMArena

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 03:31 PM PST

    OxygenOS 11 Open Beta 1 for the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro

    Posted: 22 Jan 2021 01:21 AM PST

    Samsung Galaxy S21 vs S21 Ultra! [Dave2D]

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 09:17 AM PST

    This is how to turn OFF push notifications for Offline Finding! :)

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 11:19 AM PST

    hey!

    biometrics and security --> find my mobile (click on the words not the toggle) --> 3 dots --> notifications --> under "others" toggle the "new features" OFF

    no more notifications for this :)

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    Android's consistency crisis

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 10:48 AM PST

    Galaxy S21 Ultra review: third time’s a charm

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 08:02 AM PST

    Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra vs iPhone 12 Pro Max - CAMERA Comparison! | The Tech Chap

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 10:32 PM PST

    Google Duo may soon stop working on uncertified Android devices

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 01:20 PM PST

    Galaxy S21 Ultra Battery Test -- The Longest Lasting Samsung Flagship Ever?

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 09:03 AM PST

    PSA: Stable Galaxy S10 Android 11 One UI 3.0 update has been pulled

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 06:13 AM PST

    Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra (Snapdragon 888) vs S21 Ultra (Exynos 2100) - YouTube

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 09:14 AM PST

    Qualcomm’s chip market share plunges in China after Huawei sanctions; MediaTek takes No. 1 spot

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 06:42 AM PST
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