Android

The Google Pixel 9 has a new Adaptive Touch feature that automatically adjusts its touch sensitivity based on various factors.

In this post, we’ve discussed the technical details of how we are restructuring memory in Android to get faster, more performant devices. Android 15 and AOSP work with 16 KB pages, and devices can now implement 16 KB pages as a development option.

Here's the youtube videi link: https://youtu.be/oJ9Z_bbH0NQ?si=QcgH4AnRL2tG5Hj7

Interesting video, particularly the statistics around where the majority of the market is in Western countries. If you buy a base S24 in Germany, you are actually spending less money on your phone than over 70% of the country, for example. The ultra high end market absolutely dominates despite seemingly everyone complaining about how expensive phones are these days.

The video doesn't really answer the question, though. It sort of implies that it's because we are keeping smartphones for longer and because they are becoming increasingly important parts of our lives as our screen time also increases. Manufacturers are also able to bait consumers into buying these crazy expensive phones with trade-in and bundle deals (throwing in "discounted" watches and TWS earbuds, for example).

Android 15 QPR1 Beta 1 is rolling out with a new developer option to enable desktop mode on secondary displays.

Following the final Android 15 preview last week, Google is releasing Android 15 QPR1 Beta 1 for Pixel today.

Like Google Keep, Microsoft OneNote is working on support for being a default notes app on Android 15, though we're not sure when it'll come.

1. Install Obtainium from F-Droid to manage app downloads and updates

2. Go to Obtainium -> Add app

3. Paste the URL of the official download page: https://store.steampowered.com/mobile. Remember to always check that you're using an official and safe link to a webpage or supported source

4. In field "Custom APK Link Filter by Regular Expression", write the pattern under which Steam uploads its app. This is important because "/mobile" page has 3 different apps. The pattern is: /steam-android/steam-(.*).apk$

5. (Optional). To improve update detection, paste "/steam-android/steam-(.*).apk$" (w/o quiotation marks) to "Version String Extraction RegEx" and write "$1" into "Match Group…"

6. Use Steam

I've made this poll due to a debate over the definition of "base" Android. I consider it to be the AOSP, but I would like other's inputs on it. Thanks for voting!.

Google's new Pixel 9 has the ability to copy data from another Android phone after setup. Here's how that works.

If you want a “premium” phone in a compact package, Google answered that call with the Pixel 9 Pro.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18873916

Google has an entirely new uniform packaging. In detailing the design, Google gives us a Pixel Watch 3 unboxing today.

After teasers and snippets, the OnePlus Buds Pro 3 has officially launched as a follow-up to one of last year's best Bluetooth accessories.

TL;DR

• Google has confirmed to us that the Pixel Watch 3 can’t be repaired and can only be replaced.
• This is bad news for environmental reasons, suggesting that broken watches will end up in landfills.
• This isn’t the first Pixel Watch model that can’t be repaired, though.