Essential is now officially owned by Carl Pei's 'Nothing' brand - 9to5Google
https://9to5google.com/2021/02/15/essential-carl-pei-nothing-technologies/

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Google is working on a “One-Handed Mode” for Android 12
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-12-one-handed-mode-leak/

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Android 12 may introduce big changes to Picture-in-Picture and Bubbles
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-12-picture-in-picture-mode-bubbles-changes/

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Google is preparing many UI changes in Android 12 and possibly “Material NEXT” design
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-12-ui-changes-material-next/

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Android 12’s dessert name could be Snow Cone
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-12-snow-cone-dessert/

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Pixels may gain face-based Auto-Rotate with Android 12
https://9to5google.com/2021/02/15/pixel-android-12-auto-rotate-face-based/

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Android 12 may add a Gaming Mode, and a Reduce Bright Colors feature
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-12-smart-autorotate-game-mode-reduced-brightness/

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Google Prompt 2FA UI on Android gets dark theme
https://9to5google.com/2021/02/11/google-prompt-dark-theme/

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In just 11 days, Galaxy S21 sold 30% more units than S20 in South Korea (Korean article)
http://www.meconomynews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=50276

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Samsung Galaxy A52: New version of the best-selling smartphone
https://winfuture.de/news,121234.html

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Things I'd like to see in future releases of Android!

1. Gestures to work better with third party launchers.
2. I recently came across an app called Bottom Quick Settings and found it extremely useful. The notification shade is at the bottom of the screen which makes for easier one handed use. I'd like Google to implement this in Android and maybe a swipe from the top could be used for something else (I'm thinking cards and passes, smart devices controls and maybe Ne...

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PSA: Android 11 now fully supports gesture navigation for Nova launcher (and maybe other third-party launchers?)

A year ago I remember having to choose between Nova launcher and using side swipe for back button. I chose Nova then (mostly because I purchased the premium and some icons), and gave in with a swipe-from-bottom-only navigation.

Last week my Note 10+ finally landed its major update and I'm so happy to find out my favorite swipe gestures are now back, from both bottom AND sides.

Check that out guys....

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Latest NewPipe update brings YouTube Chapter support, UI improvements and more
https://www.xda-developers.com/newpipe-latest-update-youtube-chapter-support-ui-improvements-more/

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Trend Micro details an unpatched remote code execution bug in the Android version of SHAREit, an app with 1B+ Play Store downloads that lets users share files
https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/21/b/shareit-flaw-could-lead-to-remote-code-execution.html

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Security Flaw in SHAREit Could Lead to Remote Code Execution
https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/21/b/shareit-flaw-could-lead-to-remote-code-execution.html

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(OC) Camera Comp - S21 ULTRA vs PIXEL 3a XL - David vs Goliath?

Guys, I'm not an expert on tech. I'm somewhere between average Joe and enthusiast. I take quite a few pictures, mostly of people and my dogs and a few beautiful landscapes here and there. I've never posted something like this but the results were too strange not to share.

I took some average-joe photos, didn't take more than one or two of any shot, and was very surprised. PLEASE REVIEW and give your thoughts below!

http://imgur.com/a/Q0fsXr3

Lots of reviewers have been saying that the Pixel...

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Why do you prefer Android over iOS?

Seen a couple of threads about this but they were pretty outdated and both OS's have undergone changes by then. Why you prefer Android over iOS?

Here are mine:

* Customisation: I can set default apps for web browsing, mail, my dialer app and launcher. This means I can choose an app that I like for my phone, unlike iOS where you have to use Apple's apps. I'm not saying these are bad, it's just that there aren't many options. Although you can set you default mail, browsing and music apps, Androi...

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Android version distribution chart (Feb 2021)

I used Android Studio to recreate the chart that Google used to share.

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https://imgur.com/gallery/NPoU9Ye

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|Android Version|Distribution|
|:-|:-|
|Android 11|< 1%|
|Android 10|7.2%|
|Pie|31.3%|
|Oreo|21.3%|
|Nougat|12,9%|
|Marshmallow|11.2%|
|Lollipop|9.2%|
|KitKat|4%|
|Jelly Bean|1.7%|
|Others|0.2%|...

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Overview of major OS update support of Apple vs Google vs Samsung

https://i.imgur.com/tjGydmu.png

I thought I'd try and put some numbers against how much better Apple does in software support against Google and Samsung.

I was surprised to find out that S9 didn't even get Android 11. And Samsung is only now promising 3 3 major updates for it's flagships something Apple has been doing since 2007!

Google is a little better but Pixel is EOL, Pixel 2 will likely not get Android 12 and 12 will probably be the last for Pixel 3.
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Changes to LastPass Free (One free device only)
https://blog.lastpass.com/2021/02/changes-to-lastpass-free/

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I put together a rough look at the relative single core performance of the main Snapdragon SOC's of the last 8 or so years

My Pixel is ageing a bit so I was looking at alternatives. I was wondering how budget SOC's in 2020 compared to a flagship from a few years ago So I put together this:

https://i.imgur.com/bMgzL00.png

I just aggregated Geekbench Single Core benchmark data for all the different devices with that SOC and averaged a value for it. There wasn't a lot of data available for the 888 so that's a bit of an estimate.

Obviously it's all very high level and only SC and only one software so please don't spa...

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