New smart home devices and features by Google
This is a quick summary of what Google has announced for Home related things:
Gemini for Home
- Voice assistant: 10 new natural-sounding voices, powered by Gemini
- Gemini Live: Talk, pause, interrupt whenever you like without the hotword
- AI cameras: Describe what's happening in the camera feed, get descriptions in alerts and video history, ask to find any clip
- Early access to be opened at the end of October
- Available for all smart home devices released by Google in the last decade

Google Home app redesign
- Ask Home: Find a device or automation name quickly by typing, control devices with natural language, create automations by describing
- Tabs: Home, Activity (check all history), Automations (manage your device automations)
- New gradient app icon, more fluent animations while navigating in the app, full support for Nest devices, view previews from event notifications
- Available with version 4.0 or higher (required for signing up Gemini for Home early access)

Google Home Premium
- Standard: $10/month, $100/year (included with AI Pro plan)
- Standard: 30 days of event-based video history, intelligent alerts for familiar faces and package collection, Gemini Live, generate Automations with voice
- Advanced: $20/month, $200/year (included with AI Ultra plan, additional $10 for AI Pro)
- Advanced: All features of Standard, 60 days of event-based video history, 10 days of 24/7 video history, descriptive notifications, search video history, event descriptions, daily summaries

Google Home Speaker
- Color: Berry, Hazel, Jade, Porcelain
- Price: $99.99 (coming in 2026)
- Availablity: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Japan, Australia, New Zealand

Nest Cams and Doorbell
- Nest Cam Indoor: $99,99
- Nest Cam Outdoor: $149.99, two-pack $249.99
- Availability (Nest Cams): United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland
- Nest Doorbell: $179.99
- Availability: (Nest Doorbell): United States, Canada
- Gemini for Home rolling out first in: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia (other regions receive it in early 2026)

More info: Google Blog (2, 3)
#Apps #Home #Nest @PixelHubUpdates

BREAKING: Affinity has been acquired by Canva!

The acquisition was in talks since March 2024 last year but was halted due to regulatory denial which has now been passed.

This explains why Affinity apps on iPad became free yesterday as Affinity has now been successfully acquired by Canva.

More information on the Canva Blogpost: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/press/newsroom/canva-press-release/

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HMD officially teased their Nokia Asha inspired phone which was leaked 3 months ago

Its basically a feature phone with touch screen.

https://fixvx.com/smashx_60/status/1973988899216372134

RIP Exynos;
Tensor G1 (2021) - Tensor G5 (2025) 🪦🥀

​It's fair to say that Google's Exynos-backed Tensor era is actually coming to an end – day by day.

With the Tensor G5 being the very first Google-made SOC produced by TSMC, the most well-known competitor to Samsung Foundries, it seems like Google is now preparing for another major shift.

We will be straight: Tensor G6 (codenamed: Malibu) is full of surprises, including a brand-new modem, currently undergoing early internal testing.

We're talking about the - latest and greatest - MediaTek M90, unveiled at the MWC2025.

This modem is significantly faster and more energy-efficient compared to the current Tensor G5's modem, the Exynos 5400(i), featuring top-of-the-class features and record-breaking network speeds, possibly putting an end to Google Pixel's notoriously bad battery life as early as next year.

While it's still too early for definitive conclusions, what's your take? Comment down below!

Oh, and, stay tuned for more Tensor G6 & Pixel 11 news, we've a lot more for you 👀

Next release!!!

https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/releases/tag/v2025.10.08-3

🌽 New Kernel Release Uploaded
📦 Repository: WildKernels/GKI_KernelSU_SUSFS
✏️ Commit: 89dfca7f05349ec6556f53ed809e44c7cafaac5d
🔗 View GitHub Release

Guys!

Since we have integrated BBG (Baseband-guard):

1. Selinux is always enforcing.
2. Apps requiring selinux permissive won't work.
3. Tell the root apps developer to make it support selinux enforcing instead of telling users to set permissive! (You already have root access)
4. Don't use in development roms which requires selinux permissive.


This is a must have security feature especially since the growing count of malicious modules and new users who flash without knowing. This doesn't eliminate everything but reduces the risk of complete brick by 98%.

Only risk from malicious modules now is lose of data and maybe soft brick by removing boot and init_boot and other non critical partitions.. which can be solved by reflashing and restore from backups!


Hope everyone stays safe!

Also will be sharing a script if anyone wants to test BBG though!

Hi Guys!

Since we have added BBG support as an additional safety measure... It is still a module under development and might need help with testing and feedback.

Also if you face any issues please report it here:-

BBG official discussion group: @Baseband_guard

Also please star the repo in GitHub for the great work they did!🔥

Lunaris-AOSP 3.4 | A16 QPR0 | TREBLE GSI OFFICIAL-signed✅

👤 Maintainer: Doze-off
📆 Build Date: 2025-10-09
📝 Security Patch Level: October
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No deleted account found from 85 scanned users from this group 🚫👻

https://lantian.pub/en/article/modify-computer/build-custom-android-kernel-with-nix.lantian/

Building Custom Android Kernel with Nix

https://github.com/chenxiaolong/AlterInstaller

AlterInstaller is a simple Magisk/KernelSU module that changes apps' installer, initiating installer, and update owner fields in the Android package manager database. This makes it possible to spoof where an app is installed from and control which app store is allowed to update it.

The module directly modifies /data/system/packages.xml before the package manager service starts and thus, does not require runtime code injection (eg. Zygisk). Because this state file is modified, the changes persist even if the module is uninstalled.

Supports Android 12 and newer only.

vincent:
There is indeed a bug in the blocker UI . A fixed version is available here : https://gitlab.iode.tech/ota/ota/-/blob/master/fixes/Iode-fixed-6.8-2.37.apk (a news has also been sent).

In addition, a new beta OTA including this fix is available (v6 only). It has a number of improvements :

● Auto-reboot timeout (in Settigngs -> Security & Privacy -> More security & privacy)
● Quick settings globally untoggable from screen lock (in Screenlock settings)
● Secondary users logout : in Power menu. Permits a real logout instead of user switching.
● Private space and work profiles now available for secondary users

Septagon camera setup module by Xiaomi with 5x JN5 camera sensor and 1x HP9 200 MP and a 50MP Omnivison Telephoto without OIS