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lazycouchpotato

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It is still just Beta 2, but it is disappointing to see Android 15 not get any acknowledgement at all on stage at I/O.

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Audio has been pre-generated.

Not a great example after yesterday’s GPT-4o announcement which appeared to be live.

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Did they demo new Google Glasses :O

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Ok I’m done watching the stream. Boring as hell.

Thank you for all the updates! Looking forward to tomorrow’s Android announcements.

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Things I like:

  • Brighter screen and now upto 120 Hz
  • 256 GB option, weirdly for the obsidian color only. Aloe and bay are nicer! (Also annoying how Google phones don’t have microSD card slots because they offer Google Drive. smh this company)
  • Will get Gemini Nano for on-device AI
  • 7 years of OS updates

Rest is pretty much the same.

Google Store, Amazon and Best Buy are offering a $100 gift card for pre-ordering. Best Buy and Google Store are accepting trade-ins - you’ll have to compare to see which one is offering the most value for your phone. Best Buy gift card will be more useful than a Google Store gift card though.

If you can wait half a year or so, it should drop to about $375 like the previous A phones have, making it a solid bang for your buck.

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MKBHD says to get the 8 over the 8a but I disagree. The improvements are marginal. Unless you really need wireless power sharing, the 8a offers pretty much everything the 8 does if slightly slower.

Best Buy gift card + trade-in or waiting till a price drop make it more enticing than paying $500 for the Pixel 8.

I’m plenty happy with my 6a so I’m going to hold onto it.

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Interesting. Did a reviewer mention this or were you able to try the device yourself?

I’m one of the few who has had zero issues with the 6a fingerprint sensor. Sure it’s a little slower but it works accurately for me.

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It can and most likely will. Why MKBHD did not consider that puzzles me.

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The easiest way I’ve found without root or ADB is to use Solid Explorer. Well worth the cost.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/40e3f1d2-d19e-40db-bfa3-d9ac6a804675.png
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b5314a11-ea58-45c0-bc12-caa78f9dea94.jpeg

I select the APK I want and copy it to a different directory. Extremely painless.

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Aside from the Nexus One, Google phones have not had micro SD card slots. It’s crazy how one part of the company (Google Drive) can influence the other (Nexus/Pixel).

Then again, Samsung makes micro SD cards and gutted the slot from their S series too…

I had the 8 GB Nexus 4 and it was annoying to have to clear cache from apps ever so often.

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It’s pretty good but it works with a limited database stored on your phone.

With Google Assistant’s music recognition you get to access a larger database stored on their servers.

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