Nova launcher now supports the fancy new gestures and app closing animation on pixel devices.

As of v7.0.12 (beta from discord), nova launcher now supports the closing animation where the app shrinks into the icon. As far as I can tell, gesture navigation is basically fully supported completely by this third party launcher now, and I essentially have no reason to go back to the pixel launcher now.

Of note, this is only available on pixels, because it seems non-google OEMs aren't using the latest APIs that enable this....

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Juan Bagnell: Using an Old Mid Range Phone in 2021? Does it still work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BM-2JINpcY

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HTC Desire 21 Pro goes official w/ Snapdragon 690 - 9to5Google
https://9to5google.com/2021/01/13/htc-desire-21-pro-goes-official-w-snapdragon-690-90hz-display-more/

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Qualcomm to Acquire NUVIA
https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2021/01/13/qualcomm-acquire-nuvia

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Covid-19: NHS app not working on some Android phones
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55645417

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Samsung Galaxy S to S20: Looking back at Samsung's flagship lineup
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-s-to-s20-look-back-samsung-flagship-lineup/

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Samsung Galaxy Redesign vs Refresh

I have has a Samsung galaxy phone since the S4 and have been upgrading every two year. I was always happy to upgrade because it seemed Samsung would do a complete redesign every two year then just refresh the previous model in between. I felt like I was on a good upgrade cycle.

E.g: S6=Redesign, S7= Refresh, S8=Redesign, S9= Refresh, S10= Redesign, S20= Refresh.

Now looking at the leaks from the S21, this has been the first time that I have not seen any major reasons to get excited about upgr...

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Android Auto 5.8 prepares to let you change the wallpaper and tests Google Assistant shortcuts
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-auto-5-8-prepares-to-let-you-change-the-wallpaper-and-tests-google-assistant-shortcuts/

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WhatsApp says it can't see your shared location; its privacy policy says otherwise
https://pocketnow.com/whatsapp-says-it-cant-see-your-shared-location-its-privacy-policy-says-otherwise

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BlackBerry sells off 90 smartphone patents to Huawei
https://crackberry.com/blackberry-sells-90-smartphone-patents-huawei

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Galaxy S21 devices in the Wild
https://www.voice.com/post/@evan/galaxy-s21-devices-in-the-wild-1610572699-543327097

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OpenBoard - Free & open source keyboard based on AOSP, does not spy on you
https://github.com/dslul/openboard

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Malware on my Android phone
https://www.beust.com/weblog/malware-on-my-android-phone/

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Ultimate Galaxy Unpacked SPOILER Post by Evan Blass (VIDEOS AND PHOTOS S21 LINE UP)
https://www.voice.com/post/@evan/ultimate-galaxy-unpacked-spoiler-post-1610590694-194801571

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Galaxy S21 Ultra to not include expandable storage
https://twitter.com/We_The_Techies/status/1349468371222474753

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The Samsung Galaxy A32 5G launches for €279 with a woeful display
https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-Samsung-Galaxy-A32-5G-launches-for-EUR279-with-a-woeful-display.514989.0.html

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[APP] [FIX] 100% working Viper4Android for all Android 11 roms and some complicated Android 10 roms
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/app-fix-100-working-viper4android-for-android-11-devices.4213647/

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Galaxy S21 price cut all but confirmed ahead of launch
https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-s21-price-cut-all-but-confirmed

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RCS surprised me this morning

This morning I woke up and checked my new iPhone. No notifications and all seemed normal. I then walk past my previous phone (Galaxy S8) and noticed the notification LED going off.

I unlocked the phone and was surprised to see that I got a notification from Google Messages. Someone from my work was asking me to come in later than scheduled. My co-worker uses a Galaxy S10. Keep in mind, my S8 does not have an active SIM in it.

I replied to the number on my iPhone amd turned off RCS on my S8. A...

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Why don't phone manufacturers make matte screens?

Matte phone screen would remove the need for oleophobic coating, be smudge resistant, be easier to maintain and use, and just be better overall. Why don't manufacturers make phone screens matte, like the matte glass they use on the back of a lot of phones? Is there a reason for this?...

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Made the switch to an iPhone 12 Pro Max (From Pixel 4)... I don't get why everyone hypes the hell out of Apple phones.

It's a nice phone/piece of hardware... that's for sure. But I think Android's UI is much better. Swipe from the edge to go back is worlds better than clicking in the corners (and hoping it registers your press correctly and doesn't just fat finger click wherever near that).

I must say though, iMessage is 1000x better than standard texting... Google really needs to get on board with that. Why they haven't, I can only speculate. (so they can datamine your unencrypted texts)

The volume toggle ...

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