Can we appreciate how well-designed YouTube Music is?

(Edit: apparently not)

I know this sub has a lot of negative feelings toward YT music, but I've been using it recently and it's really surprised me how well-designed it is. I feel like it was designed to be super smooth from the ground up: From the gestures and animations (swiping up/down on the currently track is a favorite of mine) to the colors (YTM's pastel colors work really well with both the album art and the rest of the UI) to the design (Classic Material Design but with AMOLED black--*...

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Chromium Blog: Reducing abusive notification content
https://blog.chromium.org/2020/10/reducing-abusive-notification-content.html

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Nest Hub Max tests Blue Steel to use Assistant sans hotword - 9to5Google
https://9to5google.com/2020/10/21/nest-hub-max-hotword/

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Pixel 4a 5G review: Buy this instead of the Pixel 5
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/10/18/pixel-4a-5g-review-this-should-actually-be-called-the-pixel-5-lite/?amp

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Google Play Music is now officially dead, dead, dead
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/10/22/google-play-music-is-now-officially-dead-dead-dead/

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PSA reminder to redeem Bose Headphones promotion in UK within 45 days of preordering Pixel 5/Pixel 4a 5G
https://support.google.com/product-documentation/answer/10070211?p=bose_promotion

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What should I buy Thursday (Oct 22 2020) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

**Credits to the team at /r/PickAnAndroidForMe for compiling this information:**

* Home - https://www.reddit.com/r/PickAnAndroidForMe/wiki/index

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* Top Phones - https://www.reddit.com/r/PickAnAndroidForMe/wiki/phones


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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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Huawei Mate 40 Megathread

**Mate 40**

[GSMArena](https://www.gsmarena.com/the_huawei_mate_40_has_smaller_screen_and_battery_fewer_cameras_but_is_still_a_pro-news-45927.php)

[Android Authority](https://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-mate-40-pro-1126805/)

**Mate 40 Pro, Pro+ and RS**

[GSMArena](https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_mate_40_pro_pro_and_rs_unveiled_with_676_90_hz_displays_50_mp_main_camera-news-45926.php)

[Neowin](https://www.neowin.net/news/huawei-introduces-the-mate-40-series-with-the-first-5nm-5g-soc)

[A...

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OnePlus 8T Review In-Depth With PROS & CONS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsAvKf466ZY

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Firefox finally supports pull-to-refresh, now in the Nightly release
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/10/22/firefox-finally-supports-pull-to-refresh-now-in-the-nightly-release/

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Google was wrong to drop the telephoto lens on the Pixel 5
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/10/22/google-was-wrong-to-drop-the-telephoto-lens-on-the-pixel-5/

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A phenomenal Android privacy feature you probably forget to use...
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3586570/android-privacy-feature.html

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Save money with the new Google Fi phone subnoscription program
https://blog.google/products/google-fi/save-money-new-google-fi-phone-subnoscription-program/

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LG Wing Review: Phones Are Fun Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZqBhR985Oo

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Get alerted to COVID-19 exposure
https://www.google.com/covid19/exposurenotifications/select/

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PSA: YouTube mobile's 480p streaming limit seems to be gone now.

This happened a few days ago, I have also checked with some of my devices and my friends' devices as well, the 480p video quality limit seems to be gone now, both on YouTube Android app and mobile website.

All the resolutions seem to be available now including 720p60 and 1080p60. I don't know if the resolution was limited in other countries as well but in India it seems to be gone now. I just thought I'd let everyone know since it was frustrating for a lot of people....

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Portrait mode selfie from iPhone 12 and Pixel 5. (Pixel still has the best cameras on any phone, with 3 year old camera hardware) Reviews of both coming very soon 👀
https://twitter.com/MKBHD/status/1319393880169680896

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Samsung improves Galaxy S20 FE touchscreen with two firmware updates - SamMobile
https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-improves-galaxy-s20-fe-touchscreen-two-firmware-updates/

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Huawei FreeBuds Studio take aim at Bose, Sony, and Sennheiser (ANC BT5.2 €299)
https://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-freebuds-studio-1169344/

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Get squeeze for Assistant on the Google Pixel 5 and Galaxy smartphones

Hey guys!

So I was messing about with ways to maybe bring back squeeze for Assistant on the Google Pixel 5, and I came across an app on the Google Play Store called SideSqueeze+. Once you calibrate it, I found it works really well. No root required! You can also customize it for a lot of different things, not just to activate the Assistant. It was primarily made for Galaxy series smartphones and has S-Pen gestures too, but I was surprised how well it works on the Pixel 5.

https://play.google.c...

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Samsung Display may change panel tech for S Pen in Z Fold 3 (AES)
http://www.thelec.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=1758

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