[Dave Burke] So... after 14 yrs leading Android engineering, I've decided it's time for a change [...] Continuing as advisor while figuring out what's next in AI/bio (twitter.com)
Note to Mull & F-Droid users (divestos.org)
To all people using Mull, the privacy hardened variant of Firefox for Android:...
June Feature Drop: New features and upgrades for the Pixel portfolio (blog.google)
The June Feature Drop brings updates to make your phone more helpful and adds safety features to Pixel Watch.
The Find My Device Network is holding back the true arrival of an 'AirTag for Android' (9to5google.com)
Motorola Edge 50 Ultra review: Design, build quality, handling (m.gsmarena.com)
Motorola Hello UI Review: Refreshing and Clean (beebom.com)
XScreenSaver: Google Store Privacy Policy (www.jwz.org)
This may violate the “low-effort” rule, but I thought readers might enjoy (remove if not, of course). This particular Android app Privacy Policy shows how the “one size fits all” of the Play Store doesn’t always make sense.
Arm warns of actively exploited flaw in Mali GPU kernel drivers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Official Arm link: …arm.com/…/Mali GPU Driver Vulnerabilities
Nothing CMF Phone 1 image leaks alongside pricing for India (www.gsmarena.com)
[ANNOUNCEMENT] Response Regarding Google PlayStore App Updates · termux/termux-app · Discussion #4000 · GitHub (github.com)
It's time to stop thinking plastic phones can't be premium (www.androidpolice.com)
Pebblebee Tag for Android review: I couldn't Find My Device (www.androidpolice.com)
Texting 911 via RCS is coming to Google Messages (www.theverge.com)
AI Summary:...
Motorola Edge 50 Fusion review (www.gsmarena.com)
Transcribro: Private and on-device speech recognition keyboard and service for Android. (github.com)
Private and on-device speech recognition keyboard and service for Android. - soupslurpr/Transcribro...
The Google Gemini app for Android is now available in the UK and EU - GSMArena.com news (m.gsmarena.com)
Best Buy is shutting down its Samsung repair program (www.theverge.com)
Vivo X100 Ultra vs Xiaomi 14 Ultra Detailed Camera Comparison! - Through Jermaine's Lens (www.youtube.com)
https://lemdro.id/pictrs/image/ba751b6d-a569-4d10-8549-58600d4a609b.png...
Galaxy S24 Ultra outperforms iPhone 15 Pro Max in storage benchmark with up to 75% better performance (www.notebookcheck.net)
Basically, the sequential read is 75% faster and write speed is 15% faster than the 15 pro Max. Also, the latency is lower....
HTC U24 series with Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 coming on June 12 (www.fonearena.com)
The HTC phone model number 2QDA100 recently surfaced in Geekbench listing, revealing Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoC, 12GB of RAM and Android 14. It also showed up in the Google Play Console database that revealed FHD+ (1080 × 2436 pixels) along with other details that were already revealed in the benchmark listing.
Open source ebook reader recommendations?
Currently I’m using Google Play books and there are few things I’m used to and can’t live without:...