Google Duo gets new contact screen, audio messages, and more in server-side update
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/03/29/google-duo-gets-new-contact-screen-audio-messages-and-more-in-server-side-update/

https://redd.it/b6yxia
@reddit_android

Xiaomi Black Shark 2 is now available in Europe, starting at 549 euros
https://www.androidauthority.com/xiaomi-black-shark-2-europe-970999/

https://redd.it/b6xx2z
@reddit_android

Costco In-Stores Offer: T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S9 Smartphone - $ 350
http://membershipwireless.com/content/offer3

https://redd.it/b6zuyv
@reddit_android

DeepCamera: Turn your android device into surveillance monitor which knows person
https://github.com/SharpAI/DeepCamera

https://redd.it/b700wj
@reddit_android

Huawei Shrugs Off U.S. Clampdown With a $100 Billion Year
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/technology/huawei-annual-earnings.html

https://redd.it/b6zryc
@reddit_android

Pixel 3 vs P30 Pro - Setting the night shooting standards - 9to5Google
https://9to5google.com/2019/03/29/cam-compare-pixel-3-vs-p30-pro/

https://redd.it/b70r10
@reddit_android

Smart Launcher 5.2 released

Exactly one year after the release of Smart Launcher 5 our team released a new important update that introduces some interesting features.
\- News feed
\- Modular pages system
\- Blur mode
\- Automatic app page cleaning


Smart Launcher 5.2 is already available on Play Store. Any feedback (critics included) would be appreciated!
Here you can find the official announcement [https://www.smartlauncher.net/update52/](https://www.smartlauncher.net/update52/)...

https://redd.it/b703x2
@reddit_android

Tip: When Messages for Web disconnects from your phone, just turn off/on your WiFi on your phone and it will reconnect instantly.

I read this tip somewhere online and I've been doing it ever since. Don't get me wrong, I wish Messages for web was more reliable. It should let you login with your Google account so that it's always online, but until then this is a great tip to keep the connection going....

https://redd.it/b72rb3
@reddit_android

Nokia 7 Plus stock camera app connecting to Facebook servers

Yesterday while checking my AdGuard logs, I realized that my stock camera app had [tried to connect](https://i.imgur.com/w2SJfXO.jpg) to Facebook servers out of the blue. I haven't used facebook, opened my camera or anything like that. That seemed a bit strange.

Today I realized that every single time I take a photo or open up the camera, the camera app [tries to connect to Facebook](https://i.imgur.com/5mssN88.jpg) not only once but **twice**. Facebook wasn't used at all at this time and this ...

https://redd.it/b748fb
@reddit_android

"Even though the absolute power isn’t that much bigger than the Cortex A55 cores, the Tempest and Mistral cores are 2.5x faster than an A55, which also results in energy efficiency that is around 2x better." - AnandTech

Everyone always talks about the big core scores, but phones are usually running on these little cores. The A55 is 2 years old at this point and obviously in dire need of an update. On [SPEC2006](https://images.anandtech.com/doci/14072/SPEC2006eff-overview_575px.png), it's barely more efficient than an A76.

This seems to be a far more important issue than the perf discrepancy between Apple and ARM big cores. At least those are similar efficiency wise.

Link to article: https://www.anandtech.com/...

https://redd.it/b72l8k
@reddit_android

Android Security & Privacy 2018 Year in Review - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ct1RBFjwI0

https://redd.it/b70bjf
@reddit_android

Android 2018 Security and Privacy Year in Review report
https://source.android.com/security/overview/reports

https://redd.it/b75wgs
@reddit_android

Huawei Phones Now More Expensive Than Samsung
http://english.chosun.com/m/news/article.amp.html?contid=2019032901547

https://redd.it/b76c9o
@reddit_android

Researchers Find Google Play Store Apps Were Actually Government Malware
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43z93g/hackers-hid-android-malware-in-google-play-store-exodus-esurv

https://redd.it/b7651r
@reddit_android

Why not actual album structure in Google photos?

Wouldn't it be nice if there was actual album of photos instead just referencing photos to an album? Right now there is no easy way to find photos not included in an album. Imagine if you want to categorize backed up photos of the last month. You have screenshots, meme you downloaded, some photos of really important documents, and photos you took in the dinner outings. You create following albums to organize them
"meme", "important doc", "outings" "screenshots".

You organize some of the photos ...

https://redd.it/b72p99
@reddit_android

T-Mobile S8/+ Pie Update Rolling Out!

Just got and downloaded it! Recommend a fresh install on this one!...

https://redd.it/b7145u
@reddit_android

VIDEO: This Android-Powered Projector is Cool, But Costs a Lot of Money
https://www.droid-life.com/2019/03/28/video-puppy-cube/

https://redd.it/b6ymyl
@reddit_android

"Google is thinking way ahead. They have added GSI public keys to allow for booting a GSI with stock vbmeta. The keys are for future Android S and Android R GSIs. With Android on Tap, you also won't need an unlocked bootloader to install a GSI" - Mishaal Rahman
https://twitter.com/MishaalRahman/status/1111655873838043136

https://redd.it/b7867u
@reddit_android

Remember how Google once left Google Voice abandoned without any updates for 5 years and then suddenly remembered they owned it?

[Yeah. It was weird.](https://blog.google/products/google-voice/ringing-2017-updates-our-google-voice-apps/)

I had used the Voice since it launched in 2009 so I could have a local number where I was attending college until I moved in 2015 across the country. Then all of a sudden, 5 years after it was last updated, Google released an update to the app and have since kept it updated with bug fixes, features, and more. Still surprised it's outlived so many of their other ventures. ...

https://redd.it/b789w4
@reddit_android

Saturday APPreciation (Mar 30 2019) - Your weekly app recommendation/request thread!

Note 1. [Check out our apps wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/wiki/index#wiki_apps) for previous threads and apps curated by the reddit Android community!

***[NEW: Download the official /r/Android App Store based on our wiki!](https://github.com/d4rken/reddit-android-appstore/releases)

Note 2. Join us at **/r/MoronicMondayAndroid**, a sub serving as a repository for our retired weekly threads. Just pick any thread and Ctrl-F your way to wisdom!

Note 2. Join our Discord, IRC, and Teleg...

https://redd.it/b7a46r
@reddit_android

The bundled non-removable virus that is called Lenovo User Experience

I recently rooted my (old-ish) Lenovo tb2-x30f tablet with official firmware 6.0.1, and set out to uninstall or disable all the unwanted apps that made it so sluggish, but I've hit a snag. I disabled the ones I could and froze the others in Titanium Backup. These were the first to go:

* Lenovo ID

* Market Feedback Agent

* User Experience

So far, so good. Who needs that stuff anyway? Imagine my surprise when Magisk asked me if I wanted to give *User Experience* superuser privileges. Why would...

https://redd.it/b78wuj
@reddit_android