Android Developers Blog: Snapchat integrated new camera features 50% faster with the Camera2 Extensions API submitted by /u/hatethatmalware

Android 14 QPR2 could let you remove the ‘At a Glance’ widget from the Pixels’ home screens submitted by /u/hatethatmalware

QuickPic Gallery v9.4 released with Android 14 support, more features, improvements and fixes GitHub download: https://github.com/WSTxda/QP-Gallery-Releases/releases/tag/9.4 What’s new: Android 14 support Resolved GIF flickering in MIUI (Android 13) Improved video streaming buffering Fixed media corruption during move, copy, save, or edit Addressed ClassNotFoundException for Video Player and WiFi Transfer Resolved HttpsPost class issues…

Apple Is About to Make Texting an Android Phone Suck Less The battle between blue bubbles and green bubbles is about to come to an end. Or at least change.

Apple to Adopt RCS Messaging Standard for Better Interoperability With Android Devices After years of persuading from Google, Apple plans to adopt the Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard as of next year. An Apple spokesperson told TechRadar and 9to5Mac that support for RCS will be coming next year. Later next year, we will be adding support for RCS Universal Profile, the standard as currently published by the GSM Associatio…

Android isn’t cool with teenagers, and that’s a big problem submitted by /u/ManBunNoJob

The Privacy Implications of Android vs iOS – A Comparative Study submitted by /u/Tryptamine9

You will need at least 20 testers to publish an Android app now. submitted by /u/no_need_form

‘Nothing Chats’ Isn’t a Safe Way to Use iMessage on Android Don’t jeopardize your security for a blue bubble.

Xiaomi makes it harder to unlock your bootloader, stops Android updates if you do submitted by /u/Raghavendra98

Mishaal Rahman: Here’s what’s new in Android 14 QPR2 Beta 1 🧵 submitted by /u/FragmentedChicken

YouTube Premium’s better-looking 1080p is now on Android and TVs, too Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeYouTube has officially rolled out its YouTube Premium-exclusive “enhanced bitrate” 1080p resolution option on Android and TVs, the company announced on Wednesday. The improved video quality launched on iOS first earlier this year and became available on the web in August. I don’t subscribe to Premium, so I …

German Parliament receives Upcycling Android Open Letter submitted by /u/freesoftwarefairy

Amazon has begun replacing Android with its own software on some products The third-generation Echo Show 5 is running a new OS 1.1 instead of the standard Fire OS. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The VergeLast week, it was reported that Amazon is quietly developing its own operating system that will replace Android on its Fire TV devices before expanding to other products, including the company’s many smart displ…

Upcoming changes to WhatsApp chat history backup on Android submitted by /u/MishaalRahman

Nothing is bringing iMessage to its Android phone Photo by Allison Johnson / The VergeNothing Phone 2 owners get blue bubbles now. The company shared it has added iMessage to its newest phone through a new “Nothing Chats” app powered by the messaging platform Sunbird. The feature will be available to users in North America, the EU, and other European countries starting this Friday, November 17t…

Nothing developing a way to get iMessage compatibility in Android submitted by /u/ShaidarHaran2

China’s Big Tech firms seek HarmonyOS app builders as Huawei severs Android ties submitted by /u/McSnoo

Android Developers Blog: The secret to Android’s improved memory on 1B+ Devices: The latest Android Runtime update submitted by /u/MishaalRahman

Mishaal Rahman: Android might swap which open-source decoder it uses for playing back AV1 videos in order to improve performance on lower-end hardware submitted by /u/FragmentedChicken