Sony is now pushing ads to Xperia devices owners from their Support app

I just got this notification in my Xperia 1 III (keep in mind, Sony's previous flagship that only got released to market a couple of months ago).

Personally, I find ridiculous and outrageous that they are trying to upsell the Xperia PRO-1 to their previous flagship owners.
And not just that, but the fact that app that is sending the notification is their own "Support" app, which inside its configuration has no toggles whatsoever for ads and marketing pushes....

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Daily Superthread (Oct 26 2021) - Your daily thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!

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I finally figured out what's been bothering me about the Android 12 notification shade animation

Repost, previous submission removed due to wrong flair

So I recently updated to Android 12 on my Pixel 3, and my initial impressions were less than satisfactory. In particular, something about the notification shade seemed viscerally unsatisfying, and I think I've pinned down what's so uncanny about it.

Previous versions of Android implemented the notification shade as a proper shade, like a blind being pulled down from the top of the screen. To make this effect convincing, the shade's bot...

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Mishaal Rahman on Twitter: Google Camera 8.4.167 is now available through Google Play for the Pixel 6 (it was already available for reviewers). The app is now over 300MB in size, as I alluded to earlier.
https://twitter.com/MishaalRahman/status/1452863659647062019

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How to bring back the Wi-Fi and mobile data toggles on Android 12
https://9to5google.com/2021/10/26/android-12-internet-wifi-mobile-data-toggles/

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One UI 4: Official Introduction Film - Part 1 | Samsung
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTW7ec7UNJA

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Samsung's Object eraser vs Google's Magic eraser

I remember watching the S21 announcement or maybe the One UI 3 update announcement and seeing when Samsung announced their object eraser tool and not thinking much of it and moving on. Samsung didn't really hype it up and it didn't get much fanfare here or tech blog coverage besides a couple articles like this.

After getting an S21 Ultra, I stumbled across the feature again and trie...

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One UI 4: Official Introduction Film - Part 2 | Samsung
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQQcdcCqI_E

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Bring your WhatsApp chat history to Android
https://blog.google/products/android/whatsapp-chat-history

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Experience Material You theming on older phones with Lawnchair 12
https://www.xda-developers.com/material-you-theming-lawnchair-launcher-12

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Qualcomm Upgrades Mobile Roadmap to Deliver Increased Capabilities Across Snapdragon 7, 6 and 4 Series
https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2021/10/26/qualcomm-upgrades-mobile-roadmap-deliver-increased-capabilities-across

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Google expands Pixel’s Call Screen feature to these 7 countries, rolling out now
https://9to5google.com/2021/10/26/pixel-call-screen-countries/

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Little buds to go with their tiny phone? Palm launches wireless ear buds.
https://www.acquiremag.com/tech/palm-buds-pro-wireless-earbuds

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Daily Superthread (Oct 27 2021) - Your daily thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!

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LumaFusion on Android and ChromeOS Beta
https://luma-touch.com/lumafusion-android-beta/

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Android 12L aims to be a big improvement for folding phones
https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/27/22746599/android-12l-feature-drop-big-screens

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12L and new Android APIs and tools for large screens
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2021/10/12L-preview-large-screens.html

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Material Design 3 guidelines website
https://m3.material.io/

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Pixel 6: Setting a new standard for mobile security
https://security.googleblog.com/2021/10/pixel-6-setting-new-standard-for-mobile.html

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Pixel 6/6 Pro Review: Almost Incredible! - MKBHD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hvjBi4PKWA

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Android 12L includes an unreleased app called "Cross-Device Communication Service" that hints at a "Nearby Calling" feature

I was digging through Android 12L DP1 today, and I noticed a new preinstalled app called "Cross-Device Communication Service." Curious, I investigated it further and discovered it's the app for the long-awaited Pixel-to-Chromebook app streaming service. The package name of this app is "com.google.pixel.exo".

The APK was included in both x86 and ARM64 builds of Sv2, so I extracted it and pushed it to my Pixel 3 XL running 12. While I haven't been able to get app st...

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