Here's our first look at Android 14's screenshot detection system in action (www.androidpolice.com)
Google could be working on a chatbot within Google Maps (www.androidauthority.com)
Murena Kickstarter pulls in more than $150K for new phone with a built-in privacy switch (www.theverge.com)
The Moto 360 came out 9 years ago and set the standard for Wear OS devices today (www.xda-developers.com)
SMS is no longer available on Facebook Messenger as early as Sept 28 (m.facebook.com)
cross-posted from !meta...
Google is working on message editing feature in Google Messages - TheSpAndroid (thespandroid.blogspot.com)
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra with flat display gets leaked in alleged live images (www.androidauthority.com)
It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox (www.androidpolice.com)
Google's Android Earthquake Alert failed' to detect north India tremors today. Why? (www.hindustantimes.com)
The Android Earthquake Alert system failed to detect recent tremors in north India, possibly due to its recent launch and gradual rollout to Android 5+ users in the country....
Mishaal Rahman: Google has deleted all code related to Fast Pair from AOSP (twitter.com)
nitter.net/MishaalRahman/…/1701304928700899749
Android loophole exposes credit card details via NFC (9to5google.com)
GitHub: github.com/MrTiz/CVE-2023-35671
Stories and 10 Years of Telegram (telegram.org)
Today August 23rd, Telegram celebrates its 10th birthday – with our biggest update yet. Over the past decade we’ve built hundreds of new features that are now used by over 800 million people. In this update, we launch Stories – with a unique dual camera mode, granular privacy settings, flexible duration options and much...
Samsung shows system storage correctly in Android 14 (9to5google.com)
cross-posted from !samsung
Google Pixel Update - August 2023 (support.google.com)
What’s included...
Android rolling out new Ad privacy settings (9to5google.com)
Besides Chrome, Google’s Privacy Sandbox initiative is on Android to let apps show you relevant ads in a more private manner. The beta started earlier this year, and Google is now prompting more users about it with new Ad privacy settings.
US Smartphone Shipments Fall 24% YoY in Q2 2023 on Lower Upgrade Rates (www.counterpointresearch.com)
US smartphone shipments declined 24% YoY in Q2 2023, according to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor data. This was the third consecutive quarter of YoY declines. Android brands like Samsung, Motorola and TCL-Alcatel saw the steepest declines in shipments, while Apple’s shipments were more resilient. As a result,...
ChatGPT app is available (*in the US) (play.google.com)
Apparently not in Europe and Canada yet…
Exynos might be rebranded to Dream Chip next year (www.sammobile.com)
Samsung might want to salvage its chipset operation by rebranding its Exynos SoC and renaming it Dream Chip next year....
Nvidia Shield is getting Auro 3D audio support, full-screen ads - FlatpanelsHD (www.flatpanelshd.com)
Magisk v26.4 Released (github.com)
[MagiskBoot] Don’t pad zeros if signed boot image is larger...
Creating a centralized podcast destination on YouTube Music (blog.youtube)
How we built the Pixel Camera Bar (blog.google)
OnePlus is working on an interesting way to use all that RAM on your phone (www.androidauthority.com)
Meta is shutting down Messenger Lite for Android in September (techcrunch.com)
Meta is retiring Messenger Lite, a simpler version of Messenger aimed at phones with lower-end specs....
Big Gboard 13.3 update preps stylus handwriting, mini voice typing UI, gen AI stickers, more (9to5google.com)
