What features of Android or your OEM are useful to everyone but you? AKA unpopular opinions about popular smartphone features

**What are the popular features that you don't care about? Why?**

Inspired by [this topic](https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/iemkq6/whats_one_feature_that_blew_your_mind_that_you/), as I wanted to argue the usefulness almost every feature mentioned there but decided to make a post rather than a dozen comments. We are all different and have different needs anyway.

So I got a Note 9 recently. It's not the phone I'd buy for myself, but my phone died and my girlfriend gave me her Note. Ove...

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Microsoft Your Phone gains Android app control w/ Samsung Galaxy devices
https://9to5google.com/2020/08/24/microsoft-your-phone-can-now-control-android-apps-with-select-samsung-galaxy-devices/

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Galaxy S21 may get S Pen as Samsung said to ditch Note series
https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-s21-s-pen-samsung-ditch-galaxy-note-series/

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Galaxy Z Fold 2 video review reveals everything you’ve been dying to know
https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-z-fold-2-video-review-reveals-everything/

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Rumor: Pixel 5 is slower than the Pixel 4, has same camera as the Pixel 2
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/08/rumor-pixel-5-is-slower-than-the-pixel-4-has-same-camera-as-the-pixel-2/

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PSA: Tachyon VPN appears to be a scam

Hi all,
I've been looking around for VPNs on mobile since I'm travelling these days and have stumbled over the emerging decentralized VPN approaches I found interesting. Two of those would be [Tachyon](https://tachyon.eco/) or [Orchid](https://www.orchid.com/). This post is about Tachyon.
Since VPNs can easily be an attack vector, I was doing a bit of research but only found a few conclusive reviews about Tachyon (besides prominent[ hype articles](https://www.techradar.com/au/news/this-vpn-c...

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Chinese-Made Smartphones Are Secretly Stealing Money From People Around The World
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/cheap-chinese-smartphones-malware

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I really hope Microsoft actually release more apps for Android now that the Surface Duo is coming out

Microsoft literally made the perfect keyboard back in the Windows Phone days and it annoys me that I can't get it on my Android phone. Swiftkey just isn't as good.

Similarly, why isn't there a Bing maps app on Android? I know we have Here maps app but Bing Maps no longer uses Here Maps data. I just want one unified maps app on my PC and phone and I want one amazing keyboard like the one the Surface Duo will have.

Apparently, this is too much to ask from one of the largest companies in the worl...

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Microsoft is to bring app streaming from all Android phones – not just Samsung Galaxy models – to Windows 10. (I can't find anyone else reporting non Samsung support)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/use-your-android-apps-on-windows-10-microsofts-your-phone-update-rolls-out-to-all/

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Google Discover surfacing TikTok-esque ‘Short videos’ - 9to5Google 🤦‍♂️
https://9to5google.com/2020/08/24/google-discover-short-videos/

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Anyone else hate the new update to Microsoft Launcher?

They absolutely butchered it. It's feels like an offbrand Microsoft Launcher made by some spam developer.

Feels like half the customizations are gone. Text is all bolded, the long-press app menu is no longer useful. Laggy interface on app drawer and recents menu. Bottom menu bar is gone.

I actually couldn't handle it and reverted back to the previous version. Did they drastically change their development team or what?

It's getting bombed in the recent store reviews too....

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Google Pixel 4a VS Samsung Galaxy Note 20 - Camera Comparison Surprising!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=394aNGnQ-rE

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Custom ROMs are not dead, stock ROM just got better these days.

Back on the old days, where people really want to get rid of Samsung's Lagwhiz because of horrible optimization. It was unstable, has a bunch of bloatwares and skin heavy. Other people also wanted more features and customizations.
The very popular custom ROM named "CyanogenMod" offered more stability and regular updates(there were other good roms too). It was not perfect, but it has less bugs compared to stock.

But fast forward on 2017 and beyond. The flashing community became less.
Some pe...

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Fast, personalized and private by design on all platforms: introducing a new Firefox for Android experience – The Mozilla Blog
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/08/25/introducing-a-new-firefox-for-android-experience/

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Chinese-Made Smartphones Are Secretly Stealing Money From People Around The World
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/cheap-chinese-smartphones-malware

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Why do applications read Clipboard? (Real concerns)

I've looked into « Trust » settings of my ROM (LineageOS 16) and discovered that many applications often read the clipboard.

Applications like Fiverr, Audible, AliExpress, YouTube, Instagram, Telegram X, Twitch, Twitter, TikTok, Viber, Xbox, and so on.

It's understandable that application can "write" to the system clipboard (there are buttons to copy links, for example). Other apps, like Word, have their own "paste" button.

But for plenty of others, why do they need to read the clipboard?

Is...

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I feel a Pixel 5 with a SD 855/845 would've been a good decision over the 765G!

Yes, I feel the above would've been a good decision and I guess even align with Google's cost/economical goals.
765G doesn't disappoint but isn't any better too than the old flagship SOCs (apart from serving vague 5G agendas)

Redditors, your thoughts on above?...

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Fitbit Sense, Versa 3 take Google Assistant beyond Wear OS - 9to5Google
https://9to5google.com/2020/08/25/fitbit-sense-versa-3-google-assistant-non-wear-os-smartwatch/

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Google Home 2.27 brings long-awaited dark theme on Android - 9to5Google
https://9to5google.com/2020/08/25/google-home-2-27-dark-theme/

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Nokia 8.3 5G finally gets a UK release date thanks to retailer Clove
https://nokiapoweruser.com/nokia-8-3-5g-finally-gets-a-uk-release-date-thanks-to-retailer-clove/

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Galaxy Note 20 series uses different cooling methods seemingly at random
https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-note-20-series-different-cooling-methods-random/

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