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Android Q beta 1 has a native screen recorder
https://hardwaresfera.com/noticias/smartphones/la-beta-de-android-q-tiene-un-grabador-de-pantalla-nativo/

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Samsung is working on ‘perfect full-screen’ devices with selfie cameras under the display
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/14/18265265/samsung-all-display-phone-under-screen-selfie-camera-no-cutout?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

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Small Android Q Experiments - Developer Perspective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQOo-XrBoQg

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Android Q lets you easily switch audio output for playing media
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/03/14/android-q-lets-you-easily-switch-audio-output-for-playing-media/

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Huawei confirms it has built its own operating system just in case US tensions disrupt use of Google’s Android
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3001685/huawei-confirms-it-has-built-its-own-operating-system-just-case-us

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RIP Clipboard Managers: Android Q blocks background clipboard access
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-q-blocks-background-clipboard-access/

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Android Q can automatically activate Battery Saver based on your usage habits
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/03/14/android-q-can-automatically-activate-battery-saver-based-on-your-usage-habits/

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Huawei has now tried passing off DSLR photos as smartphone shots three times - it should know better
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/03/14/huawei-has-now-tried-passing-off-dslr-photos-as-smartphone-shots-three-times-it-should-know-better/

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Microsoft announces Xbox Live for any iOS or Android game
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/14/18265214/microsoft-xbox-live-ios-android-games-support-features

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"Android Q will allow third party Launchers to create some interesting digital wellness experiences. Apps can apparently also be marked as Distracting and the APIs seem to advise users (mostly launchers here) to hide them from suggestions." - Till Kottman
https://twitter.com/deletescape/status/1106222778540281856

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The mid-range Google Pixels may launch as the Google Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-pixel-3a-pixel-3a-xl-names-revealed/

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Android Q's quietly important improvements
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3366218/android-q.html

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Android Q desktop mode
https://youtu.be/sELIjiYz5mI

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Android Q: How to ditch the back button for full, customizable navigation gesture controls
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-q-navigation-gesture-controls/

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You can revoke permissions for older apps in Android Q before installing them
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/03/14/you-can-revoke-permissions-for-older-apps-in-android-q-before-installing-them/

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Giving users more control over their location data
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/03/giving-users-more-control-over-their.html

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$200 off promotion on Pixel 3 & 3XL extended till 31st March.

https://store.google.com/...

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Spotify has a new layout for all song types

Don't know if this is staged, A/B, or to all, but Spotify now has a nice, consistent layout for all song types.

[Canvas](https://i.imgur.com/FfTdTC3.jpg)

[Non canvas, no BTL](https://i.imgur.com/IQn81dk.jpg)

[Non canvas, BTL](https://i.imgur.com/gbd0zuN.jpg)

[Also, different library layout](https://i.imgur.com/F998O3h.jpg)

I think the consistency improves it a whole lot....

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Android Q fixed adguard private DNS rebooting on my Pixel 2 XL

For those who don't know and might've banged their heads against the wall, if you used dns.adguard.com as a private dns provider on a Pixel, you'd get frequent reboots.

I'm on the recently released Android Q beta and used the DNS all day without a single reboot, making me think that this beta already has the bug fixed.

For those interested, on Android 9 and up you can use a custom private DNS on your phone. This is relevant to people such as I, who fiddle with adblockers that just use VPNs to ...

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S10e managed to hit 13h of screen on time yesterday.

Few days ago it hit 9 hours of SOT with moderate usage and I thought that was pretty impressive.

[https://imgur.com/a/AiKpAlI](https://imgur.com/a/AiKpAlI)

But then I decided to do a more real world test for me personally and charged the phone to 100% then went to the gym did some shopping. That was 4-5 hours of LTE on vanced, and connected to bluetooth. Then went home, connected to wifi watched some more videos on vanced, listened to some spotify, read some read, and the battery kept going u...

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