I don’t know about hardware, but they marketed that you’d be able to interact with an AI that would use your apps for you, via what they called a Large Action Model. None of those apps currently work, because they all are likely getting defeated up front by Captchas and other roadblocks companies put up to stop automated usage of their services.
I tend to think the modern material doesn’t provide nearly as much opportunity to be colorful and provide a unique visual identity as the OG material did.
I’ve used Bitwarden because it’s available everywhere I need it, including a good Firefox desktop extension. The only thing I worry about how they raised VC funds in 2022, and hope that doesn’t lead to enshittification. Fortunately I’m prepared to switch to self-hosted alternatives if that’s the case.
Yeah, whatever floats your boat! Firefox password manager is fine, but I have some devices where I don’t use Firefox, so I need cross-platform. Plus, Bitwarden can save other stuff securely like notes, and the features it has for secure password generation work very well.
agreed, I opened up some old photospheres of past apartments, places I visited during study abroad and it was kind of eerie how it teleported me back to the moment! much more than a picture or video would
I had one that also had some sort of charging reliability issue, and I decided to return, so I agree it isn’t a huge loss. Still, a lack of competition is usually bad in terms of prices for the rest of us. And WearOS getting even smaller means even narrower dev community. Easier to fully wall off the garden and close the OS when there are fewer and fewer people in it
I use it for: general search queries, navigating to a place, turning on lights, setting timers, setting alarms, checking the weather, playing music, setting an appointment, setting reminders (though I prefer Todoist for this), listening to the NPR update.
Of the list of discontinued features here, I’ll actually miss driving mode, which I found handy to reduce my distraction on the road by reading notifications to me, allowing me to open Pocket Casts or Libby in a couple clicks, etc. I also used the feature occasionally to resume audiobooks from Play Books where I left off.
I remember T-mobile enabled RCS for Samsung’s text app, but excluded unlocked devices. I was able to find some dial tone command work-arounds to force it to enable, but eventually some Samsung update took away the ability. But then a few months after that I installed Messages, so now I have it everywhere. Very handy when I’m inside a building and need to text. Doesn’t change the fact that I have like 3 regular contacts who actually use Android
Google updates Snapseed for Android (9to5google.com)
Rabbit: $30,000,000 AI Is Hiding a Scam (www.youtube.com)
Android's photo picker will soon add a search function (www.androidpolice.com)
It's Over for Fossil Smartwatches (www.droid-life.com)
Android 15 will let you set a default wallet app (www.androidheadlines.com)
Bitwarden's app is about to get a lot prettier (www.androidpolice.com)
Google brings back Photo Sphere to Pixels, but there is a catch (www.androidpolice.com)
Android 15 may require edge to edge mode (www.androidpolice.com)
Meizu to stop making smartphones, pivoting to AI (www.scmp.com)
F-Droid can now update apps in the background (www.androidpolice.com)
Android 15 might force more apps to take up 100% of your screen (www.androidauthority.com)
Fossil is quitting smartwatches (www.theverge.com)
Samsung is removing the option to hide Android gesture navigation bar and its half-baked gestures (9to5google.com)
Changes we’re making to Google Assistant (blog.google)
Looks like a bunch of features are being removed due to “underutilization”
RCS has been around for 15 years, but it feels like 15 minutes (www.androidauthority.com)
Google Now was the better phone assistant, no AI or LLMs needed (9to5google.com)