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    Android Help What should I buy Thursday (Jan 21 2021) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

    What should I buy Thursday (Jan 21 2021) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 04:00 AM PST

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    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

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

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 06:26 AM 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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    Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra Review: Moonshot - YouTube

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 08:08 AM PST

    OnePlus and Oppo have reportedly merged their R&D efforts

    Posted: 20 Jan 2021 11:52 PM 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

    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

    Google Duo may soon stop working on uncertified Android devices

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 01:20 PM PST

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

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 06:13 AM PST

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

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 09:03 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

    Android 11's App Suggestions feature quietly nudges users towards using Google's own services

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 01:16 AM PST

    App Suggestions is a feature in Android 11, as described on the Android website:

    Pixel devices now make app suggestions based on your daily routines. These apps show up on the bottom row of your home screen. So you can get the apps you need when you need them.

    However, I've recently discovered that in Google's view, "the apps you need" just happen to be the ones that make them money.

    Despite having never once used the YouTube Music app that's preinstalled on and uninstallable from my Pixel 4 XL, I noticed that whenever I plug my USB-C headphones or USB-C DAC into the phone, Android always suggests YouTube Music as an App Suggestion.

    • I've tried listening to music for an hour with headphones, 30 minutes each of the two apps I actually use regularly for music, then immediately unplugging the headphones and plugging them back in. Android always removes one of the two apps I'd just been using from suggestions and replaces it with YouTube Music.
    • I've tried pinning 4 non-music apps in the 5 App suggestion spaces so there's only a single spot for a suggestion. Even after listening to music on my most-used music app and having that app as the current occupant of the lone App suggestion slot, plugging in headphones replaces that suggestion with the (never-used) YouTube music.

    ​

    Just so it's clear, I understand how to go to the Home settings and block specific apps from being suggested (and I've done that now for YouTube Music). This is not a tech support post.

    It just seems improper that Google is secretly promoting their own apps in what should be (and is described as) a neutral, user-driven feature, and when I searched for it I didn't see any other discussion of this, so I wonder how many know it's going on.

    This is also part of a larger discussion about Google using its position as the developer of Android to drive consumers to their other products--the most notable example I could think of before now is the way the helpful Google Now feed was removed from its privileged spot in the left-most home screen page with a News feed as part of Google's battle with Facebook to control the largest share of digital advertising space. I'm sure some people here have other good examples, and I would be interested in hearing them, too.

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    Samsung Galaxy M12/F12 specs revealed: quad cameras, 6,000mAh battery, and more

    Posted: 21 Jan 2021 01:38 AM PST

    Asus ROG Phone 3 Android 11 beta program started

    Posted: 20 Jan 2021 11:45 PM 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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