Threads added a new account setting to manage "Political content".

Users can decide where Threads can suggest political content or not with this.

I heard Gemini Live is now available for free users as well.

Just noticed that #YouTube Music now has a customized Radio called "Radio You" which can be also shared with others if you make it public.

Follow: Appdate

A new GPT model is here which can "Think" and called o1.

This model shows drastic performance increment compared to GPT-4o especially in coding and solving mathematic problems.

For context in the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO), GPT-4o correctly solved only 13% of problems, while the reasoning model scored 83%.

(Still it's lower than Google's Model)


Original blog: https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai-o1-preview/

#Android 15 getting redesigned settings page with top level settings cards.

Android 15 is also getting a new quick input/keyboard switcher button to let users quickly switch between languages and keyboards. Users can also long press to get the list.

In addition a slightly improved screen recording chip has been which will also let users stop recording instantly.

Android 15 tests a new Charging optimization feature which will let users limit the charging capacity to 80% to extend battery life.

Still the Adaptive Charging feature can be also chosen based on user preference under settings.

Google contacts got a redesigned "Create contact" page with the ability to add additional fields if required.

Arc browser for Android is here for testing. Currently it supports the basic features along with the browse for me and trackers blocking.

ft: GApps and flags

A recent serious security concern regarding Telegram on raise where accounts are being created using someone else's phone number without them initiating or trying to.

For instance I came across 4 cases within a week where victims don't even have telegram installed in their phone, one victim does not even have a smart phone but, I got notification in Telegram saying that they joined Telegram.

When I further investigate by accessing their accounts the accounts are being accessed by unknown devices from countries like Russia & US.

When I tried to seek similar incidents I've seen there are similar instances reported by various Reddit users way before as well.

One of them suggests that the core reason behind this issue is the Telegram's verification process which seems not that secure.

The same vulnerability can be also used to access accounts without 2FA enabled as well.

Prevention:
- Enable 2FA
- Check whether there is anyone from your contact recently joined Telegram and cross verify with them through a call.
- If anyone you know is asking for a financial assistant or so on potentially they're not the real person.

Instagram introduced Teen accounts; which automatically apply certain restrictions on accounts created by teens (under 16).

- Messaging restrictions
- Limited interactions
- Time limit reminders (60 min per day)
- Sensitive content restrictions
- Sleep mode enabled (10PM - 7AM)

Google brings their generative AI models, Veo and Imagen 3 to YouTube creators through the Dream Screen feature.

Just noticed that Instagram now lets users create Text to speech in their built-in reels editor.

Google Gemini is getting a new Quiz me feature to let students do mock exams created by Gemini.

This will shoot the questions one after another.

WhatsApp is widely rolling out category filters for Channels.

Google Play store widely rolls out the ability to receive updates for side loaded apps within the Play store itself.

Bonus Join Arc Beta with this link: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/company.thebrowser.arc

Arc Latest APK if anyone is interested.

(Extracted from Pixel 7 + Android 15)

Now you can leave comments in the posts if required. I have just enabled it.

This time I have used a 3rd party tool to extract the APK if it's not working I apologize for the inconveniences I urge you all to wait till APK mirror or any other popular platform release APK.

This is extracted from Pixel 7 so, I believe it'll only work with devices which have a similar architecture.