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Android is removing COVID-19 exposure notification settings in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It was a nice idea.

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Pixel Watch 2 review: Google smartwatch gets speed and battery boost (www.theguardian.com)
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Anyone pick up any particularly good cases or other accessories for their Pixel 8 or Pixel 8 Pro? (lemdro.id)
Interesting extra feature Xiaomi announced today: "UltraSpace", which adds an extra 8/16GB storage to 256/512GB UFS chips in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Now that would be innovative. There are probably kids today who have never seen a phone with expandable storage or removable batteries.

Discussion: Do smartphone benchmarks matter? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

These are good points. Storage and wifi speeds are two important ones for real world user experience but they're overlooked by many reviewers.

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Interesting extra feature Xiaomi announced today: "UltraSpace", which adds an extra 8/16GB storage to 256/512GB UFS chips (lemdro.id)
 

Cross-posted from /r/android (u/BramblexD)

The press release refers to it as:

UltraSpace storage expansion is a patented Xiaomi technology implemented on Xiaomi 14 Series.² It makes use of available UFS memory to expand available storage beyond original capacity. This technology allows the 256GB version of Xiaomi 14 Pro's storage to be expanded by 8GB, while the 512GB version of Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro's storage can be extended by 16GB,¹ allowing users more storage space to store more applications, photos, videos, and other data without unnecessarily increasing their hardware costs.

I'm not clear whether this refers to space for firmware or cache or both.

In the launch video (around 2:04:00) I would summarise what Lei Jun said as:

  • During writing HyperOS their engineers made a "discovery" that the UFS storage chips have 10GB+ storage reserved for "性能的优化" (Performance optimizations, so likely refers to UFS cache?)

  • They apparently optimised this to use much less space and so freeing up 8/16GB on their 256/512GB storage models, giving them "264/528GB" of actual usable storage.

  • Also interesting it doesn't apply to the 1TB models, in which case either the full cache amount is more useful or the extra % storage is negligible.

This would be the first time we've seen a branch do this kind of optimisation.

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Nova Launcher Search gets better with more app integrations (www.androidpolice.com)
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The Xiaomi 14 with the new SD8G3 has a 32-bit to 64-bit ARM binary translator called Tango. Flappy Bird lives on! (twitter.com)
 

https://nitter.net/MishaalRahman/status/1717916987387469842?t=5n6OMk6AWy37iikTTXCbrA&s=19

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2024 Android Chips; CPU performance compared (Geekbench 6) (x.com)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
3 comments fedilink
 

cross-posted from sub (u/TwelveSilverSwords) https://nitter.net/curunnil/status/1716088414041481240?s=20

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Starlink direct-to-cell could be on track to launch next year (www.gsmarena.com)
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How's the Pixel 8/Pixel 8 Pro treating you? (lemdro.id)
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Google Camera is now Pixel Camera on the Play Store, Google Photos gets native Android 14 share sheet (m.gsmarena.com)
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Android 14 QPR1: Google Clock gets weather integration (9to5google.com)
Bluesky gets its first third-party app for iOS and Android with Graysky, launching this month | TechCrunch in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It technically can be if subscribing to a weather outlet...

Bluesky gets its first third-party app for iOS and Android with Graysky, launching this month | TechCrunch in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The latest Mastodon app is great.

Odin 2 Review: Why This Handheld Matters [YouTube] in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Good to know thx!

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Bluesky gets its first third-party app for iOS and Android with Graysky, launching this month | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
 

Bluesky, the Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter alternative, is getting its first third-party app for both iOS and Android users: a new app called Graysky.

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Odin 2 Review: Why This Handheld Matters [YouTube] (youtu.be)
Are "fair phones" really fair? - YouTube in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Works for me right now. You can try the Piped mirror https://piped.video/lU4vv7qCQvg

X claims it is erasing 'illegal' Hamas content after EU ultimatum in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Been seeing a lot of concerning things on the Gaza Now TG channel, like referring to the concert goers and civilian girls as Israeli military.

iPhone 15 Pro Max vs S23 Ultra - Heavy Workload Test (Speed, Battery & Thermals) - YouTube in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How?

iPhone 15 Pro Max vs S23 Ultra - Heavy Workload Test (Speed, Battery & Thermals) - YouTube in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The higher brightness is a big plus on the Samsung... no point in having processing power if the display is too dim to see.

Thousands of Android (streaming) devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

It's not like these Android boxes are killer deals either.

[Baby Journal] A private and open source app for tracking your baby activities in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Or their experience with having been a baby.

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