Android Police: Opera reportedly has multiple predatory loan apps in the Play Store with interest rates of up to 876%
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/19/opera-predatory-loans/

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Unlocking the bootloader on the T-Mobile OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren breaks your ability to install updates
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/19/unlocking-the-bootloader-on-the-t-mobile-oneplus-7t-pro-5g-mclaren-breaks-your-ability-to-install-updates/

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Face unlock: has there been any official explanation or from industry insider speculation as to why it hasn't been widely adopted?

Apple announced Face ID back in 2017 and since then, most Android manufacturers have adopted everything about the notch other than its infrared projector functionality.

Google (afaik) has been the only one to include it on its flagship, while Samsung tiptoed towards it with its Samsung S10 5G (which used ToF to map the user's face in 3D), but seems to have walked that back with its Note 10 and the upcoming S20 releases (barring an unexpected leak).

Has there been any official explanation (or ...

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Android 10 on Android TV
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/12/android-10-on-android-tv.html

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Google Chrome may soon let you copy images directly to Android’s clipboard
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-chrome-copy-images-directly-android-clipboard/

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Moronic Monday (Jan 20 2020) - Your weekly questions thread!

Note 1. Join us at /r/MoronicMondayAndroid, a sub serving as a repository for our retired weekly threads. Just pick any thread and Ctrl-F your way to wisdom!

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WhatsApp becomes second non-Google app to reach five billion installs on Android
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/18/whatsapp-becomes-second-non-google-app-to-reach-five-billion-installs-on-android/

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Doogee S95 Pro modular rugged phone review
https://www.gizchina.com/2020/01/19/doogee-s95-pro-modular-rugged-phone-review/amp/

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Redmi K30 5G All Color Variants to Go on Sale, Starting at $290
https://www.gizchina.com/2020/01/19/redmi-k30-5g-all-color-variants-to-go-on-sale-starting-at-290/amp/

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From the Editor's Desk: Smartphone names are getting stupid again
https://www.androidcentral.com/editors-desk-whats-smartphone-name?amp

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Most Accurate S20 Ultra Render
https://twitter.com/BenGeskin/status/1219006181626216461?s=19

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Digital Wellbeing adds 30-minute pause to Wind Down (APK Download)
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/20/digital-wellbeing-adds-30-minute-pause-to-wind-down-apk-download/

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Google changed something with the Gmail app. I don't know what exactly but it now syncs with my account photo properly.

For the past ten years, the Gmail app has not displayed my (or anyone else I've asked or looked at) contact photo. Mine was always blank in email threads and group messages and all that. The only fix was adding myself as a contact.

I got an email just now, my sixth of the day, and when I opened Gmail unlike the other times I got a splash screen, Google asked me if I wanted to add more accounts, and when I got back to my Inbox my face photo was in all the emails instead of the first letter of my...

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Android 10 arrives to LG G8 ThinQ (Verizon)

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Latest Google app beta details how hotword sensitivity works
https://9to5google.com/2020/01/20/hey-google-hotword-sensitivity/

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Next-gen Google Pixel Buds arrive at Bluetooth SIG ahead of Spring 2020 release
https://9to5google.com/2020/01/20/google-pixel-buds-2020-bluetooth-sig/

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Google needs to fix its notoriously bad bilingual speech recognition on Assistant and Gboard
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/20/google-bad-bilingual-speech-recognition/

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Huawei offer developers $26 million to develop apps on its store
https://www.businessinsider.com/huawei-developers-app-store-google-2020-1

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Qualcomm unveils new 4G chipsets for 2020: meet the Snapdragon 720G, 662, and 460
https://www.androidcentral.com/qualcomm-unveils-snapdragon-772-662-and-460-india

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Why Android should lock the software version at 10 just like Windows and provide future updates to all devices manufactured 2020 onwards!

Software updates are becoming less revolutionary as years go by. Sure we are getting cosmetic updates like Dark Mode, Gestures, etc (but this could have been easily provided as updates under the same version of Android, gone are the days when each new updates used to completely change the UI of phone making your phone look fresh)

Microsoft did a brilliant move by locking Windows to Windows 10 and guaranteeing all future updates under the 10 series to every desktop

I think Android should do the...

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Major UK retailer Dixons Carphone sees 9% mobile sales slump as consumers hang onto handsets longer
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/21/dixons-carphone-mobile-slump-offset-by-tv-and-hairdryer-sales

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