#Pixel #PixelNotepad
Pixel Notepad production set to start around Q3 2022
TheGalox_ (Twitter)
Pixel Notepad is rumored to be the first Google's foldable, and apparently it might launched sometimes this year.
TheGalox_ mentioned that the production of the foldable is starting around Q3 2022. If that's the case, we could see Pixel Notepad launching at the same time as Pixel 7 soon. The tipster also said the foldable will be priced at $1399, which is same as what 9to5Google had told earlier.
If you're wondering how the Pixel Notepad looks like, it shared similar design with Oppo Find N. Specifications and camera setup of the foldable are also leaked earlier.
Pixel Notepad production set to start around Q3 2022
TheGalox_ (Twitter)
Pixel Notepad is rumored to be the first Google's foldable, and apparently it might launched sometimes this year.
TheGalox_ mentioned that the production of the foldable is starting around Q3 2022. If that's the case, we could see Pixel Notepad launching at the same time as Pixel 7 soon. The tipster also said the foldable will be priced at $1399, which is same as what 9to5Google had told earlier.
If you're wondering how the Pixel Notepad looks like, it shared similar design with Oppo Find N. Specifications and camera setup of the foldable are also leaked earlier.
Twitter
Anthony
"Pixel Notepad will start production in the third quarter of 2022" Their target price is $1399, we'll see of they can hit that price
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Google will match $5 million donation for Ukraine relief efforts
Google.org
Google themselves have already donate over total of $25 million to support people in the Ukraine to pass through the difficulties time, and now they hope to further aid relief efforts by opening up donation platform for people to donate.
There are three humanitarian organisations which are committed to collect donation from Google.org to fund Ukraine relief efforts, there are UNHCR, UNICEF, and World Food Programme. Google.org will be matching $5 million in donations through the end of April, and all of your donations will be directly send to these organisations.
Google is also starting to show banner in Gmail to encourage more people donate and support Ukraine relief efforts. On the Google homepage, it is also showing similar stuff under the search bar.
*If you have the abilities to do so, give some support to the people in need, good deeds will be rewarded :)
Google will match $5 million donation for Ukraine relief efforts
Google.org
Google themselves have already donate over total of $25 million to support people in the Ukraine to pass through the difficulties time, and now they hope to further aid relief efforts by opening up donation platform for people to donate.
There are three humanitarian organisations which are committed to collect donation from Google.org to fund Ukraine relief efforts, there are UNHCR, UNICEF, and World Food Programme. Google.org will be matching $5 million in donations through the end of April, and all of your donations will be directly send to these organisations.
Google is also starting to show banner in Gmail to encourage more people donate and support Ukraine relief efforts. On the Google homepage, it is also showing similar stuff under the search bar.
*If you have the abilities to do so, give some support to the people in need, good deeds will be rewarded :)
Google.org
Ukraine Relief Efforts & Organizations for Donations - Google
The war in Ukraine has created a humanitarian crisis. Donate to provide critical support and relief to those that need it most.
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#Android #A13
Android 13 Developer Preview 2 released!
Second Developer Preview build of Android 13 is finally here!
Release date: March 17, 2022
Build version: TPP2.220218.010
Security patch level: March 2022
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Android 13 Developer Preview 2 released!
Second Developer Preview build of Android 13 is finally here!
Release date: March 17, 2022
Build version: TPP2.220218.010
Security patch level: March 2022
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#Android #A13
Android 13 Developer Preview 2 Changelog
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/13/release-notes#whats-new-dp2
Android 13 Developer Preview 2 Changelog
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/13/release-notes#whats-new-dp2
#Android #A13
Android 13 Developer Preview 2 Download for Google Pixel devices:
Pixel 4: Factory Images | OTA
Pixel 4 XL: Factory Images | OTA
Pixel 4a: Factory Images | OTA
Pixel 4a 5G: Factory Images | OTA
Pixel 5: Factory Images | OTA
Pixel 5a: Factory Images | OTA
Pixel 6: Factory Images | OTA
Pixel 6 Pro: Factory Images | OTA
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Android 13 Developer Preview 2 Download for Google Pixel devices:
Pixel 4: Factory Images | OTA
Pixel 4 XL: Factory Images | OTA
Pixel 4a: Factory Images | OTA
Pixel 4a 5G: Factory Images | OTA
Pixel 5: Factory Images | OTA
Pixel 5a: Factory Images | OTA
Pixel 6: Factory Images | OTA
Pixel 6 Pro: Factory Images | OTA
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#Android #A13
Android 13 can show applications running in the foreground
Introducing Foreground Services (FGS) Task Manager, now you can stop running applications from the notification panel. When pressing the "Stop" button, the entire application services just stop, including background.
When the system detected the application is running in the foreground for too long, at least 20 hours within a 24-hour window, the system will notify you about it and guide you to interact with the FGS Task Manager.
By the way, the settings & power menu panel has been shifted to the bottom right, as shown in the illustrations.
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Android 13 can show applications running in the foreground
Introducing Foreground Services (FGS) Task Manager, now you can stop running applications from the notification panel. When pressing the "Stop" button, the entire application services just stop, including background.
When the system detected the application is running in the foreground for too long, at least 20 hours within a 24-hour window, the system will notify you about it and guide you to interact with the FGS Task Manager.
By the way, the settings & power menu panel has been shifted to the bottom right, as shown in the illustrations.
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#Android #A13
Notification is a runtime permission in Android 13
Android 13 has set notifications as a runtime permission. Applications will need to target Android 13 or later in order to get the additional control of the feature. App developers can learn more about how the feature works over here.
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Notification is a runtime permission in Android 13
Android 13 has set notifications as a runtime permission. Applications will need to target Android 13 or later in order to get the additional control of the feature. App developers can learn more about how the feature works over here.
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#Android #A13
Android 13 brought back "Show touches on screen" option in screen recording
Mishaal Rahman
Android 12L has already reached stable release but Google dropped a feature from the screen recording, Show touches on screen. The developers mentioned it is due to a bug with the cursor being drawn, so they had removed it. With Android 13 Developer Preview 2, they seems to have resolved the issue and it might make a comeback soon.
As shown by Mishaal Rahman, tapping on the Screen record quick settings tile bring up the option. It is nice to see Google didn't abandon the feature at least, hopefully it could successfully made its way till the final release.
Android 13 brought back "Show touches on screen" option in screen recording
Mishaal Rahman
Android 12L has already reached stable release but Google dropped a feature from the screen recording, Show touches on screen. The developers mentioned it is due to a bug with the cursor being drawn, so they had removed it. With Android 13 Developer Preview 2, they seems to have resolved the issue and it might make a comeback soon.
As shown by Mishaal Rahman, tapping on the Screen record quick settings tile bring up the option. It is nice to see Google didn't abandon the feature at least, hopefully it could successfully made its way till the final release.
#Android #A13
Android 13 brings improvements to Japanese text wrapping & non-latin characters
Every part of the world use different languages, and some languages have special characters which isn't part of the Latin family. Android 13 is set to bring some improvements when displaying such characters, and also text wrapping for Japanese too.
TextViews will be able to wrap text by Bunsetsu (the smallest unit of words that sounds natural) or phrases - instead of by character for more polished and readable Japanese applications. In TextViews, enabled
On Android 13, languages like Tamil, Burmese, Telugu and Tibetan are displayed using a line height that’s adapted for each language, which will prevent clipping and improve the positioning of characters. App developers can take advantage of the feature by targeting their apps to Android 13 and done.
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Android 13 brings improvements to Japanese text wrapping & non-latin characters
Every part of the world use different languages, and some languages have special characters which isn't part of the Latin family. Android 13 is set to bring some improvements when displaying such characters, and also text wrapping for Japanese too.
TextViews will be able to wrap text by Bunsetsu (the smallest unit of words that sounds natural) or phrases - instead of by character for more polished and readable Japanese applications. In TextViews, enabled
android:lineBreakWordStyle=”phrase” to take advantage of it.On Android 13, languages like Tamil, Burmese, Telugu and Tibetan are displayed using a line height that’s adapted for each language, which will prevent clipping and improve the positioning of characters. App developers can take advantage of the feature by targeting their apps to Android 13 and done.
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#Android #A13
Text conversion API helps user type faster in Chinese & Japanese
Android 13 introduced text conversion API which will help users find what they're looking for faster and easier.
Before that, people who often typed in Japanese and Chinese languages needed to use phonetic lettering input methods, resulting in slowed down searching and features like auto- completion.
Without the help of text conversion API, here's how a Japanese user will search for something:
1, Input Hiragana as the phonetic pronunciation of their search term (such as a place or an app name)
2. Use the keyboard to convert the Hiragana characters to Kanji
3. Re-search using the Kanji characters
4. Finally get their search results
With the new text conversion API, Japanese users can type in Hiragana and immediately see Kanji search results live, skipping steps 2 and 3, giving users a quicker typing experience.
There isn't really any illustrations to demonstrate how it works for now, but if you usually typed in Chinese or Japanese, once you get your hands on with it, you will get to know how well it works, hopefully you will be able to find out the difference.
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Text conversion API helps user type faster in Chinese & Japanese
Android 13 introduced text conversion API which will help users find what they're looking for faster and easier.
Before that, people who often typed in Japanese and Chinese languages needed to use phonetic lettering input methods, resulting in slowed down searching and features like auto- completion.
Without the help of text conversion API, here's how a Japanese user will search for something:
1, Input Hiragana as the phonetic pronunciation of their search term (such as a place or an app name)
2. Use the keyboard to convert the Hiragana characters to Kanji
3. Re-search using the Kanji characters
4. Finally get their search results
With the new text conversion API, Japanese users can type in Hiragana and immediately see Kanji search results live, skipping steps 2 and 3, giving users a quicker typing experience.
There isn't really any illustrations to demonstrate how it works for now, but if you usually typed in Chinese or Japanese, once you get your hands on with it, you will get to know how well it works, hopefully you will be able to find out the difference.
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#Android #A13
Android 13 added Privacy Control quick settings tile
Mishaal Rahman
Android 12 has added two toggles which let you completely disable your device's camera and microphone. On Android 13, they are being merged into one tile with the additional of GPS too.
Below the permission tile is a shortcut which opens the security settings. So far, the whole UI doesn't seem to be complete yet.
Android 13 added Privacy Control quick settings tile
Mishaal Rahman
Android 12 has added two toggles which let you completely disable your device's camera and microphone. On Android 13, they are being merged into one tile with the additional of GPS too.
Below the permission tile is a shortcut which opens the security settings. So far, the whole UI doesn't seem to be complete yet.
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Android 13 revealed new player UI
Mishaal Rahman
Media player was first available back in Android 11, and in Android 13, Google has improved the player UI and media output picker, and have also made it available by default on Developer Preview 2 build.
Now the cover art used up all the space in the player, with the play/pause button shifted to the right. One of the option is located at the left side of the slider while the rest are at the right side. The noscript and author are displayed at the middle left side, the application icon is shown on the top with the application name being removed.
By the way, the media player UI follows color from the covert art instead of the system one, which is a nice addition to see. Meanwhile the media output picker has added "Pair new device" which wasn't there earlier in the first developer preview build.
Android 13 revealed new player UI
Mishaal Rahman
Media player was first available back in Android 11, and in Android 13, Google has improved the player UI and media output picker, and have also made it available by default on Developer Preview 2 build.
Now the cover art used up all the space in the player, with the play/pause button shifted to the right. One of the option is located at the left side of the slider while the rest are at the right side. The noscript and author are displayed at the middle left side, the application icon is shown on the top with the application name being removed.
By the way, the media player UI follows color from the covert art instead of the system one, which is a nice addition to see. Meanwhile the media output picker has added "Pair new device" which wasn't there earlier in the first developer preview build.
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Android 13 Developer Preview 2 enabled the use of QR code quick settings tile
Mishaal Rahman
Earlier it is founded that Google will be preparing a native QR code scanner in Android 13, but unfortunately, the service still depend on Google Play Services to work for now.
Tapping on the QR code quick setting tile will launch
When the scanner managed to find something like a link, it will show you a small popup at the bottom of the screen which let you open the link. When using it, there is wording which showed it is powered by Google. You can also turn on torch in the QR code scanner too.
Android 13 Developer Preview 2 enabled the use of QR code quick settings tile
Mishaal Rahman
Earlier it is founded that Google will be preparing a native QR code scanner in Android 13, but unfortunately, the service still depend on Google Play Services to work for now.
Tapping on the QR code quick setting tile will launch
com.google.android.gms/.mlkit.barcode.ui.PlatformBarcodeScanningActivityProxy component by Google Play Services. That means only devices with Google services installed will be able to use the feature, while the rest don't get it.When the scanner managed to find something like a link, it will show you a small popup at the bottom of the screen which let you open the link. When using it, there is wording which showed it is powered by Google. You can also turn on torch in the QR code scanner too.
#Pixel6
Pixel 6 receiving March Feature Drop update on March 21
Fido
We saw Google delaying update for the Pixel 6 multiple times, including the recent March Feature Drop. According to Canadian carrier Fido, the update could be rolling out for Pixel 6 in a few days time. On their site, they listed Pixel 6 will be getting "March SMR & more" on March 21, Monday.
The build version for the new update has already been listed earlier by Google:
Pixel 6 receiving March Feature Drop update on March 21
Fido
We saw Google delaying update for the Pixel 6 multiple times, including the recent March Feature Drop. According to Canadian carrier Fido, the update could be rolling out for Pixel 6 in a few days time. On their site, they listed Pixel 6 will be getting "March SMR & more" on March 21, Monday.
The build version for the new update has already been listed earlier by Google:
SP2A.220305.013.A3. This new update brings Android 12L with a ton of improvements & new features too.#Android #A13
Android 13 magnification tool can follow where you've typed
Mishaal Rahman (2)
In accessibility, Android has offered a neat tool to zoom in to view stuff in a magnified view. Now it is getting an upgrade which can follow your text as you type.
On Android 13, you can find the tool over at Settings > Accessibility > Magnification, then enable the toggle Follow typing. The magnified window will start following the text you have just type in. This is especially handy for those who have difficulties viewing small text and probably in some other scenarios too.
Android 13 magnification tool can follow where you've typed
Mishaal Rahman (2)
In accessibility, Android has offered a neat tool to zoom in to view stuff in a magnified view. Now it is getting an upgrade which can follow your text as you type.
On Android 13, you can find the tool over at Settings > Accessibility > Magnification, then enable the toggle Follow typing. The magnified window will start following the text you have just type in. This is especially handy for those who have difficulties viewing small text and probably in some other scenarios too.
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#Android #A13
Here's how you can enable new Material You dynamic color styles on Android 13
Esper Blog
Android 13 bring in more dynamic color styles which is great to see. There isn't a user interface to change it in the second developer preview build of Android 13, but Mishaal Rahman has find out the solution on how to change it.
You can change the tone style by using the ADB command below:
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Here's how you can enable new Material You dynamic color styles on Android 13
Esper Blog
Android 13 bring in more dynamic color styles which is great to see. There isn't a user interface to change it in the second developer preview build of Android 13, but Mishaal Rahman has find out the solution on how to change it.
You can change the tone style by using the ADB command below:
adb shell settings put secure theme_customization_overlay_packages '''{\"android.theme.customization.theme_style\":\"STYLE\"}'''
Replace STYLE with one of the following query:•
TONAL_SPOT - Default (also used in Android 12)•
VIBRANT - a tonal palette with slightly varying hues and more colorful secondary and background colors.•
EXPRESSIVE - a palette with multiple prominent hues that are even more colorful.•
SPRITZ - an almost grayscale, low color palette.•
RAINBOW
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#Android #A13
Android 13 Developer Preview 2 enabled per-app language settings by default
Mishaal Rahman
In the first developer preview build of Android 13, it is discovered that Google is working on a per-app language settings, and now that's made available by default in the second developer preview build.
You can find it at Settings > Languages & input > App Languages. Simply tap on an application from the list and you can change the language of the application. You will get suggested languages which the system suggest according to your device's system language that you have added.
Android 13 Developer Preview 2 enabled per-app language settings by default
Mishaal Rahman
In the first developer preview build of Android 13, it is discovered that Google is working on a per-app language settings, and now that's made available by default in the second developer preview build.
You can find it at Settings > Languages & input > App Languages. Simply tap on an application from the list and you can change the language of the application. You will get suggested languages which the system suggest according to your device's system language that you have added.
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#Android #A13
Android 13 taskbar to get an app drawer
Mishaal Rahman
With Android 12L, Google has included taskbar for large screen devices. In Android 13, that's set to get an upgrade, with the functionality of an app drawer included.
Previously you could have only open applications that you placed in the dock and it will appeared in the taskbar when you open an application. Now you can open any applications without quitting to the homepage, just tap on the app list icon on the right side, you will be treated with a list of apps that are installed on the device, so you can open it on the go.
Android 13 taskbar to get an app drawer
Mishaal Rahman
With Android 12L, Google has included taskbar for large screen devices. In Android 13, that's set to get an upgrade, with the functionality of an app drawer included.
Previously you could have only open applications that you placed in the dock and it will appeared in the taskbar when you open an application. Now you can open any applications without quitting to the homepage, just tap on the app list icon on the right side, you will be treated with a list of apps that are installed on the device, so you can open it on the go.
#Android #A13
Android 13 Developer Preview 2 other minor changes
There are a lot of changes in Android 13 Developer Preview 2 which are worth mentioning but not in a long text way, so here's rest of the changes (thanks Mishaal Rahman):
• Do not disturb renamed to Priority mode
• Screen saver with previews
• Fast Pair in AOSP
• New UI when creating profiles
• Enabling freeform windows require restart
• 'Kids mode' navigation bar
• Reboot with MTE option in developer options
• Added alarm and media vibrations control
• Display size and text settings
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Android 13 Developer Preview 2 other minor changes
There are a lot of changes in Android 13 Developer Preview 2 which are worth mentioning but not in a long text way, so here's rest of the changes (thanks Mishaal Rahman):
• Do not disturb renamed to Priority mode
• Screen saver with previews
• Fast Pair in AOSP
• New UI when creating profiles
• Enabling freeform windows require restart
• 'Kids mode' navigation bar
• Reboot with MTE option in developer options
• Added alarm and media vibrations control
• Display size and text settings
Follow @PixelHubUpdates