Cards & passes should be separate from Google Pay and be available to everyone

Especially in these times, showing a QR code on your phone should be easy and quickly accessible, right? Loyalty cards, cinema tickets, COVID vaccination proof etc."Well just use the cards and passes section in your power menu/on your lockscreen" people say. But, if you're, like me, living in Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, or Romania, you're out of luck! (https://support.google.com/pay/answer/9686224?hl=en
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Google Play Services now lets you delete your advertising ID when you opt out of ad personalization
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-play-services-delete-ad-id-opt-out-personalization/

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Google Drive’s Material You redesign adds that quirky, bulbous X-shaped widget
https://9to5google.com/2021/09/16/google-drive-material-you/

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Samsung Galaxy W22 5G - evleaks
https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/1438376700778369028

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Oppo Watch 2 ECG Edition - evleaks
https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/1438403869755723776

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 5G Blue 3D model - evleaks
https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/1438358785513381889

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Xiaomi Pad 5 review
https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_pad_5-review-2317.php

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Google renames 'Device Personalization Services' to 'Android System Intelligence' [Update: New icon]
https://9to5google.com/2021/09/12/google-android-system-intelligence/

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Google Calendar widgets finally get a button to quickly add events
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-calendar-widgets-button-add-events/

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[Exclusive] Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 2021 design revealed via 5K renders, key specs revealed
https://www.91mobiles.com/hub/samsung-galaxy-tab-a8-2021-design-renders-exclusive/

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Fairphone announcement on 30th September
https://event.fairphone.com/

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Samsung's Galaxy S22 might feature a much smaller battery than its predecessor
https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/09/16/samsungs-galaxy-s22-might-feature-a-much-smaller-battery-than-its-predecessor/

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Introducing the OnePlus camera OTA update and new XPan mode
https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/introducing-the-camera-ota-update-and-new-xpan-mode.1491463/

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Do you put your battery percentage in the status bar of your phone? Why or why not?

Just curious. I've always religiously been someone who wants to see the specific battery percentage on all their devices. In fact, it's one of the very small details that keeps me off iPhone recently, despite pestering from others close to me.

However, I just started experimenting with not having the battery percentage show, and seeing if it affects how much I think about my phone/charging/etc....

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Making permissions auto-reset available to billions more devices
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2021/09/making-permissions-auto-reset-available.html

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ZTE Axon 30 5G review
https://www.gsmarena.com/zte_axon_30_5g-review-2313.php

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Android 12.1 will bring a new AOSP wallpaper after nearly 5 years
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-12-1-wallpaper/

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3 best things in Android 12

Been using Android 12 since Beta 5 came out and I must say I'm really loving this update. The 3 best things I love are:

1. Material You. I'm absolutely in love with this feature especially when paired with Muzie. For the uninitiated, Muzie is a wallpaper app can pick wallpapers from a variety of sources and changes the wallpaper after every 'x' hours. Material You in Pixel picks colors based on the wallpaper and I get a "new" theme every 3 hours.
I wish to see app developers adding suppor...

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Let's talk about Note22 Ultra again. Someone saw its middle frame structure. It was very easy to recognize, so it was quickly confirmed that it was Note. Yes, it was still a right-angled design. - Ice Universe
https://twitter.com/UniverseIce/status/1439039268698005505

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Samsung Canada expands availability of Samsung Pay with TD
https://news.samsung.com/ca/samsung-canada-expands-availability-of-samsung-pay-with-td

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Samsung's Android 12-based One UI 4 beta finally lets you use icon packs - here's everything new so far
https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/09/16/heres-whats-new-in-samsungs-android-12-and-one-ui-4-beta-hitting-us-s21-phones-now/

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