RCS adoption seems great! (Pixel 2 XL)

The road to RCS has been a very bumpy one, but with the recent pushes that Google has made to roll out their own flavor of RCS to users irrespective of carrier, RCS is working great for me.

Quite a few of the people I still use texting with (my parents, some school friends) use Pixels, and they have absolutely no idea what RCS is. Nevertheless, with the recent rollouts, I'm now happily using RCS with them. This represents the majority of people I text (aka not using Messenger, Telegram, or Sign...

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Unofficial LineageOS 17 brings Android 10 to the Moto G 2013 and Moto G 2014
https://www.xda-developers.com/unofficial-lineageos-17-brings-android-10-moto-g-2013-moto-g-2014/

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AMD Hypervisor,added support for running the emulator on AMD CPUs on Windows: With CPU acceleration Without requiring Hyper-V With speed on par with HAXM Without requiring Windows 10!!!
https://androidstudio.googleblog.com/2019/12/emulator-29211-and-amd-hypervisor-12-to.html

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Microsoft's SMS Organizer for message is what inbox was to email.

I have been using SMS Organizer for a week and I love this app. It Organise the message to tabs and give a clean view.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.android.smsorganizer

PS. It doesn't have RCS but non of my friends have RCS so I don't use it....

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Nexus 6P vs Pixel 4 Photo Quality - Legacy Testing
https://youtu.be/o8nvLtErQDw

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Samsung is rolling out Android 10 with One UI 2.0 to the Galaxy Note 10
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-rolling-out-android-10-one-ui-2-0-galaxy-note-10/

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Missing screenshot feature from google assistant

I heavily used the screenshot feature through google assistant because it allowed me to take a screenshot and send the image right away without needing to save the image on my phone.

Unless I'm missing a way to get the "Share Screenshot" button back to the google assistant drawer that pops up when you activate the assistant, all google has done is remove a really efficient service and force you to go through multiple steps to take a screenshot and send it to someone. I guess I shouldn't be sur...

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/r/android reviews: Asus Zenfone line

Device reviews are everywhere these days. From big name technology websites to lesser known blogs, and to the rising stars on YouTube. You can find hours upon hours of review content on most any well-known device out there.

For those of you who like to hear about devices from actual users, though, it's hard to find a good place with reviews that aren't scattered all over the place. Plus, many reviews only showcase the device while it's being tested and might not reflect real-world usage over a ...

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(LEAD) Samsung denies selling 1 mln Galaxy Fold smartphones
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20191213004551320

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Senior Director of Product Management at Google: "RCS is now available to all users in US as of Monday. Make sure to update both Messages and Carrier Services."
https://twitter.com/sanazahari/status/1205202155650478080

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FYI: Find My Device doesn't need to be on in 'Device admin apps' to remotely wipe or lock your phone on Android 10
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/12/13/fyi-find-my-device-doesnt-need-to-be-on-in-device-admin-apps-to-remotely-wipe-or-lock-your-phone-on-android-10/

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Google's RCS texting is like iMessage for all Android phones. Learn to use it
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/googles-rcs-texting-is-like-imessage-for-all-android-phones-learn-to-use-it/

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Nubia Red Magic 3S review: The best sub-$500 gaming phone you can buy in the U.S.
https://www.androidcentral.com/nubia-red-magic-3s-review

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Is it just me or is Smart Lock absolutely useless?

I first got introduced to Smart Lock with my Pixel 2. It seemed like a great idea that'd make using my phone at home just a bit easier, but in practice it rarely performed as advertised. I used the location and voice settings, so I'm not sure if one of the others might work better.

I just upgraded to a Pixel 3a and was hoping the newer device might behave a bit better. Honestly, I think it's worse. I have to fingerprint unlock or input my PIN whenever I want to use my phone. I work from home mo...

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Galaxy Note 10 Plus Unboxing: Star Wars Special Edition!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRho01CFbSg

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[El Androide Libre] Google Maps redesigns its UI and removes the lateral menu
https://elandroidelibre.elespanol.com/2019/12/google-maps-redisena-su-interfaz-y-elimina-el-menu-lateral.html

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Thoughts on Xiaomi redmi note 8 pro after a week of heavy usage.

First, I'd like to mention that I have the variant with 8GB ram and 128GB storage.

Alright, let's get started.

First impressions-- It comes with a lot of bloatware and ads integrated in the Miui OS, although not a problem since most of them can be easily removed.

The chipset on this phone is a beast, the mediatek Helio g90t beats the Snapdragon 730 easily. I ran ppsspp emulator (with vulkan) and got an easy 60 fps in God of war-ghost of Sparta without a lot of hacks or enhancements, all the w...

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This phone of the future has no buttons, ports, bezels or visible selfie camera
https://www.techradar.com/news/this-phone-of-the-future-has-no-buttons-ports-bezels-or-visible-selfie-camera

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Google Maps can now search for electric vehicle charging stations by plug type
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/12/14/google-maps-can-now-search-for-electric-vehicle-charging-stations-by-plug-type/

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Are you Canadian? Subscribed to YouTube Premium, YouTube Music, Google Play Music Before Dec 4th 2019? Google Play Music/YouTube Premium subscribers eligible for free Google Home Mini
https://home.google.com/promotions?utm_campaign=GS104125&utm_source=app&utm_term=support&utm_content=AU

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Digital Wellbeing idea: App cooldown

I really like the app time limits on Android, but I think another cool option would be an app cooldown feature which limited the amount of time you spent within one instance of an app.

For example if I'm in reddit for a continuous 30 minutes close the app and lock it for an hour. The time limit and cooldown period could be customized globally or on an app by app basis.

This makes some sense to me in addition to just setting a strict daily limit....

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