Canalys: Baidu replaces Google to become number two in smart speaker market in Q2 2019
https://www.canalys.com/newsroom/smart-speaker-market-q2-2019

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The galaxy S7 is still receiving security updates after 3.5 years. Samsung promisses 3 years.
https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-august-security-patch-galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge/

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Microsoft’s Your Phone service is down just days after the Galaxy Note 10 release
https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/8/26/20833662/microsoft-your-phone-service-down-samsung-galaxy-note-10-issues

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Zenfone 6 Three Months Later | Best smartphone surprise of 2019
https://youtu.be/inlJ2OSoMU0

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/r/Android Ban Megathread

We have no idea what just happened, but we'll update this post when we find out. Please don't spam the modqueue with posts about this or you'll get us banned for real lol.

edit: [from Reddit Admin sodypop](https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/cvubnf/admins_has_your_spam_bot_gone_a_little_wild_shall/ey6h83h/)

>Yikes, so this is how robots take over the world....

>It looks like something went terribly, terribly wrong, but we've reinstated all the affected subreddits. Our apologies for...

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YouTube Music debuts new weekly playlist, tests interface tweaks
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/08/26/youtube-music-app-design-test/

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Instagram’s latest assault on Snapchat is a messaging app called Threads: The app promotes sharing your status, location, and more with your closest friends
https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/26/20833903/facebook-instagram-threads-messaging-app-close-friends-snapchat

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10 ways Android is just better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZYUKmDZJRU

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[MKBHD] Samsung Galaxy Note 10: But Why Tho?
https://youtu.be/pyldH6sefTQ

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GLOBALFOUNDRIES Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against TSMC In the U.S. and Germany
https://www.globalfoundries.com/news-events/press-releases/globalfoundries-files-patent-infringement-lawsuits-against-tsmc-us-and

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Apple, Samsung phones investigated by FCC for excess radiation: Report - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-samsung-phones-fcc-investigation-excess-radiation-report-2019-8

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HMD Global has completely replaced Evenwell battery management services on their phones (with Android P & above) with Android's Adaptive Battery
https://community.phones.nokia.com/discussion/51246/tapping-into-android-pies-adaptive-battery-for-optimum-battery-performance

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Why is Samsung so hell bent on continuing development for bixby when so many people hate it?

Curious iPhone user here who is is wondering if Note and Galaxy users have the same question.

I was listening to an Android Central podcast episode today and they were discussing the note 10+, when arriving at the Bixby topic Ara Wagner one of the AC editors gleefully talked about how it was much easier to disable Bixby entirely on the Note 10+.

This made me think that as an iPhone user I do use Siri fairly regularly, acknowledge that she is in some need of improving but I haven’t ever felt ...

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While everyone's talking about Spotify getting rid of their widget, New York Times also got rid of theirs

I am probably one of the few people who actually used the New York Times home screen widget. It showed current news in a photos slideshow. One of my favorite parts of the home screen. Saw today that the app got updated overnight, and the widget is no longer available.

There was literally no reason to get rid of this. Even if most people didn't use it, it could have stayed. I know that there isn't a way to get it back, but are there any other good "photos" widgets out there?...

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Google app 10.49 preps Android 10 Assistant gesture tutorial, dark Driving Mode - 9to5Google
https://9to5google.com/2019/08/26/google-app-10-49-apk-insight-teardown/

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Leaked Huawei Mate 30 Pro promo image shows a quad camera on the back
https://www.gsmarena.com/leaked_huawei_mate_30_pro_promo_image_shows_a_quad_camera_on_the_back-news-38866.php

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Android 10's most requested feature it's coming in less than a week but it's still half baked

Google being Google again: Android 10 is probably coming on 3rd September and many Google apps don't comply with dark mode. Here's a recap:

Popular apps without dark mode (I think they should be addressed first): Gmail, Play Store suite, Maps, Home and Search (counting Assistant, Lens, Podcast)

Less popular apps: Duo, Translate, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Wallpaper, Rewards and Tasks

And then there are all the other business apps like My Business, Analytics and Ads which are still in brightly whit...

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Fairphone updates its ethical smartphone for 2019
https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/27/20834741/fairphone-3-release-date-news-specs-features

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Samsung Note 10+ Teardown - TWO Wireless Chargers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f7B9fBJJug

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Google Contacts 3.8.3 adds swipe gesture for switching accounts [APK Download]
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/08/27/google-contacts-3-8-3-adds-swipe-gesture-for-switching-accounts-apk-download/

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Android's UI design has gone measurably downhill since Duarte left.

Material design was the beginning of a complete and cohesive design language. Now that he's gone, there doesn't seem to be a single consistent idea in any element of Android, and I blame Murphy. There have been so many arbitrary changes that tore out Android's identity and replaced it with that of the most uninteresting, unnoticeable software experience I've ever seen. It's things as small as the colored icons In the settings. The colors are arbitrary and remind me of Samsung from 2015. Or the g...

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