TIL that Antutu is owned by Cheetah Mobile.

When going to the app's privacy policy through their play store page it redirects to http://www.cmcm.com/protocol/site/privacy.html...

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LG is taking a long time to roll out the latest big Android update — just like always
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/1/18164265/lg-android-pie-update-g7-v40-q1-2019

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Controversial WhatsApp update will bring ADVERTS to the popular messaging platform in the New Year
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6542605/Controversial-WhatsApp-update-bring-ADVERTS-popular-messaging-platform-New-Year.html

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YSK: There's a new shortcut to the contextual help screen that used to be called "Google Now"

Those contextual cards that show things like where you parked, your flight status, package deliveries, etc etc etc. It's slightly different now in terms of how it looks, but the functionality seems to all be there!

1. Hold your physical google assistant button (be that the home button, a gesture shortcut, a squeeze if you're on the pixel, etc etc)

2. Swipe up

Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/O4E4EBo.jpg...

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Many of the most popular Android apps are still illegally sending data to Facebook
https://www.techspot.com/news/78062-many-most-popular-android-apps-illegally-sending-data.html

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Google wins U.S. approval for radar-based hand motion sensor (Project Soli)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-sensor-idUSKCN1OV1SH

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Google Assistant can now make charity donations on Android and Google Home
https://9to5google.com/2018/12/31/google-assistant-donations-android-home/

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End Of Hardware Innovation for Smart Phone?

currently in searching for smart phone replace my dead phone, it seems to me that we end of the road regarding hardware nothing new other than More RAM+Storage space and especially remove stuff like NFC from budget/mid range phones, depends on personal used but for me camera not really important..

only thing i can see next thing are 5G and better of waiting for next year if you on flagship...can't see any use more than 8GB of ram. Flagship phones like sammy-Iphone over $1,500AUD...while other p...

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Forbes: Forget Your iPhone XR, Ignore The Samsung Galaxy And Pixel 3 XL, This [OnePlus 6] is My Smartphone Of 2018
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2018/12/31/iphone-xr-galaxy-s9-pixel-3xl-oneplus6-nokia7-smartphone-year-award-best/amp/

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Vivo NEX with a price cut of ₹5,000 is now available for 39,990
https://suggestkaro.com/vivo-nex-is-now-available-for-%e2%82%b939990/

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FCC approves Project Soli, allowing Google to continue with radar-based input method
https://9to5google.com/2019/01/01/fcc-approves-google-project-soli/

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TIL that if you lose or have your phone stolen, or even forget your password, a simple reboot nixes your chance at secure erasure, password reset, or locating the phone if you have it password-protected

I learned this today. I reset my password in a panic a couple of days ago. I rebooted my phone a couple of hours ago and couldn't remember my password.

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Trusty google's "find my device" will help me to reset my password/pin, right?

[https://www.google.com/android/find](https://www.google.com/android/find)

WRONG.

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Whatever subsystem that functionality relies on, it apparently doesn't run until you've fully logged on to your phone after a reboot. I'm sitting here at home, ...

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USB-IF Launches USB Type-C Authentication Program
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190102005063/en/USB-IF-Launches-USB-Type-C%E2%84%A2-Authentication-Program/?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-bsjWlVyeNLyq_m2tvaHJJaCbS9GfOaU05M3U1TVIJEgj_R0p0VFN6GsXdq8PYoIcFEYGffXvFUnUBNNmxNkJdnQqLx557vS7ZRxiEolcr-hVDp-2-rCtDK_aRLJhTuAhA==

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Nokia 7 plus source code released
https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_int/opensource

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Nokia 8.1 uses NEG glass instead of Corning Gorilla.
https://nokiapoweruser.com/nokia-8-1-has-neg-glass-protection-not-corning-gorilla/

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Smartphone Durability Awards 2018!
https://youtu.be/QkuAvC3zHEc

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Hopefully this year belongs to Sony

Sony over the years has made some of my favorite phones: the Walkman series and Xperia Z Ultra. But it fell in the wayside after being crushed by the Samsungs and Apples of the world.

They tried to make a comeback with XZ3 last year, but compared to the Note9 and other Chinese OEMs, could not keep up. Part of the blame is on the ridiculously high prices and lack of advertisement from Sony.

Yesterday, the Sony Xperia XZ4 leaked and it looks really promising.
21:9 QHD AMOLED screen, Snapdragon 8...

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In defence of Google Fit's Heart Points

I've seen so many people complain about heart points, and say they don't see their value, or not knowing how they work, but I just don't understand this.

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So the standard metric for activity used to be steps. My Garmin emphasises steps, as did the old Google Fit, and I believe many Fitbits. I think people now realise that this is an incredibly flawed system. You could swim across the channel and not get any closer to your step goal. People want to meet this step goal, as it results in ...

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USB Type-C Authentication Program gets started, sounds like it's effectively DRM for Type-C devices
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/01/02/usb-type-c-authentication-program-gets-started-sounds-like-its-effectively-drm-for-type-c-devices/

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Should Google be concerned about GCam ports?

I have a Galaxy S9+ (Snapdragon) and a friend of mine just recently bought a Pixel 3. I know GCam has been ported to various phones already and it's very impressive the difference that GCam can make even to very cheap devices but only a few weeks ago a working GCam apk with almost everything working perfectly was released for my S9+ and I have been testing it side by side with my friend's Pixel 3.

The camera sensors of our phones are different but the end results are very similar and in some s...

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Apps being able to fully work in the background may be the best fundamental reason why I prefer Android over iOS.

I'm not sure if this post violates the /r/android rules or not, because it's more about how iOS handles something vs. my Pixel 3, so feel free to delete if necessary. Maybe I should post on /r/apple instead?

For a little background, I have been an Android user since my HTC Evo OG, so I may be a bit biased here. I recently had the opportunity to get another phone on either platform, so I took a chance with an iPhone XR (to complement my Pixel 3).

There are some things I like about the XR, parti...

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