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The 2025 Android upgrade cycle has begun

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The 2025 Android upgrade cycle has begun Image: David Pierce / The VergeHi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 68, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope you’re staying warm and sane, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about Kieran Culkin and insomnia and the eBay for …

The Verge 982 2025-01-27

The first 3rd party plex client for android, VidHub support Emby, Jellyfin, Plex Now.

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The first 3rd party plex client for android, VidHub support Emby, Jellyfin, Plex Now. Guys, I build this app for 3 years, and I keep getting user’s messages to support android. For the geeks in this community, if you watch movies with your own hosted service, local disk, or service like Emby, Jellyfin, Plex, or webdav, samba. Feel free to have a try with vidhub. If you have used infuse/Kodi, yes, it is kind of similar with infuse…

Reddit Android 928 2025-01-25

What’s the first version of android you ever used and what device?

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What’s the first version of android you ever used and what device? I was curious about what people’s first android device was and what version it was running? I started out very early with the T-Mobile G1 and 1.5 cupcake. I was a very early user and contributer on XDA wayyy back in the day. submitted by /u/Obvious_Pressure7610

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Does any Android brand handle HDR video the convenient way Apple does?

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Does any Android brand handle HDR video the convenient way Apple does? I love the idea of HDR video, but the reality is messy. It’s not convenient to share or upload with websites. And HDR on a display that doesn’t support HDR or has very poor capabilities (like Vesa HDR400), is just so bad that SDR should be used instead. So then you have to transcode your HDR video into a new file. Such a pain. Today I read about…

Reddit Android 770 2025-01-25

Android 16’s first public beta adds Google’s more limited take on live lockscreen notifications

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Android 16’s first public beta adds Google’s more limited take on live lockscreen notifications Illustration: Alex Castro / The VergeAndroid 16’s first public beta will start rolling out later today, bringing with it dynamic lockscreen notifications for ride-sharing and food delivery, following yesterday’s reveal of a similar feature in Samsung’s Galaxy S25 phones. The new beta also forces apps to be resizable, a move to make sure they run…

The Verge 629 2025-01-24