Google is reportedly planning to expand Circle to Search to more Android phones next month

Google is reportedly planning to expand Circle to Search to more Android phones next month, ending the feature's exclusivity for Pixel and Samsung phones.

Multiple reviewers of the TECNO Phantom V Fold 2, including Ben Sin and *Android Central*'s Nicholas Sutrich, were told by TECNO that Circle to Search is coming to the device in October.

Since its debut in January, Circle t...

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Google News app looks like it's planning a big reorganization (APK teardown)
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-news-interface-3481469/

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Google is preparing to integrate Extra Dim into Android's brightness slider.
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-15-qpr1-even-dimmer-3481428/

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Google is preparing to borrow a feature from Apple's Stolen Device Protection
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-identity-check-3481804/

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Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Camera for Android 1.3 Update!
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240913875285/en/Blackmagic-Design-Announces-Blackmagic-Camera-for-Android-1.3-Update%21

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Google Contacts is rolling out a redesigned UI for adding new contacts

This new UI has rolled out to myself and several other users. [1] [2]

It was first spotted back in April but now seems to be more widely rolling out on v4.39.53 of the Google Contacts app. You can see what the old UI looked like in this article.

Thanks to RayDacted f...

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Skylo Introduces Satellite Connectivity for Smartphones with Snapdragon
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240912596149/en/Skylo-Introduces-Satellite-Connectivity-for-Smartphones-with-Snapdragon

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"Xiaomi 12S Ultra concept not getting a sequel? Fine, I'll do it myself" -This guy, probably
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDGnqxXtyHE

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Google Tensor G4 power efficiency tested by Golden Reviewer (CPU and GPU)
https://x.com/Golden_Reviewer/status/1834633905984725299

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Just $1099! | Tecno Phantom V Fold 2 Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAXubEq8Pgk

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Be gentle with the new Pixel 9 Pro Fold….YIKES!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJK_sLBJvsw

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A new option on the Settings page will let you move the address bar to the bottom of the screen in Chrome for Android.
https://x.com/Leopeva64/status/1834712856266166349?s=19

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Nothing Phone (2a) Plus review - The stylish smartphone with an exclusive processor that doesn't cost a lot
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Nothing-Phone-2a-Plus-review-The-stylish-smartphone-with-an-exclusive-processor-that-doesn-t-cost-a-lot.888296.0.html

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India accuses Samsung, Xiaomi of colluding with Amazon, Flipkart
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-accuses-samsung-xiaomi-colluding-with-amazon-flipkart-2024-09-14/

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Motorola Razr 50 smartphone review – The most affordable flip phone gets a large second display
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Motorola-Razr-50-smartphone-review-The-most-affordable-flip-phone-gets-a-large-second-display.888295.0.html

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Google Search app on Android keeps crashing, stopping due to bug
https://9to5google.com/2024/09/14/google-search-app-crashing-android/

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Be gentle with Googles new Pixel 9 Pro Fold.... YIKES!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJK_sLBJvsw

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What is a little known or “hidden” Android feature that you use everyday?


I saw this in another thread (about iPhone thought) and thought I would put it in android.

As the tittle says. I want to hear about awesome features that anyone can use, but aren’t very obvious or requires a little bit of digging to find them. This could be in Android 15. Thinking in Pixel or Galaxy but could be any phone running Android. ...

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Interesting Android 14 easter egg fact

I was messing around with 2 of my android 14 phones and I held the android 14 easter egg button on both of them at the same time. I was messing round with both of them in the game when I realised the games where the exact same down to the names and number of the planets. The random generated names in the android 14 easter egg get their randomness from the time that you use it...

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Download links to platform-tools/adb

On https://developer.android.com/tools/releases/platform-tools, we can download the latest version of platform-tools/adb for Windows.

Then there is a list of revisions, but there is no link to each specific version.

The direct link used to be https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r$VERSION-windows.zip, for example:
- https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-toolsr35.0.0-windows.zip
- https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-toolsr34.0.3-windows.zip
- ...

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Thinking a little bit about the future Galaxy S25 and S25 Plus

I explain: I am a dual user of a Galaxy S22 Plus. I live in the USA and therefore here the Galaxy of the series "S" are all released with the Snapdragon of the series 8 of the year; that means that the Galaxy S25 here will come with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 with its new Oryon cores

The Galaxy S25 strikes me to buy them as they will use those new Snapdragon with totally new architecture, but it is not the only change I expect. since the S22, the 3 sensors of the camera have not changed at all an...

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