Here's a first look at Android's upcoming all-in-one Terminal app, which downloads, configures, runs, and interfaces with an instance of Debian running a virtual machine!

Currently, the Debian images are hosted on a Googler's GitHub, but Google plans to host these images themselves soon. For more info on this Terminal app, check out this article.

(Thanks to an anonymous dev for sharing this!)

No Matter What the Bank Says, It's Your Money, Your Data, and Your Choice
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Other than first generation SSD, which had a rocky start they are robust as drives go. Often we recommend these to speed an aging system if the slot for it is available.

https://www.xda-developers.com/ssd-wear-might-be-the-most-overhyped-hardware-problem/

VideoLingo - Connect the World, Frame by Frame

VideoLingo is an all-in-one video translation, localization, and dubbing tool aimed at generating Netflix-quality subtitles. It eliminates stiff machine translations and multi-line subtitles while adding high-quality dubbing, enabling global knowledge sharing across language barriers. With an intuitive Streamlit interface, you can transform a video link into a localized video with high-quality bilingual subtitles and dubbing in just a few clicks.

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PrivateAI

Transform your Android device into a powerful, secure AI companion. Run advanced language models directly on your phone, ensuring complete data privacy and offline functionality.

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is there a dump of your firmware somewhere like https://dumps.tadiphone.dev/dumps/ ?

Google's TOS doesn't eliminate a user's Fourth Amendment rights, judge rules [pdf]
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DeepSeek v2.5 – open-source LLM comparable to GPT-4o, but 95% less expensive
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PocketPal AI

PocketPal AI is a pocket-sized AI assistant powered by small language models (SLMs) that run directly on your phone. Designed for both iOS and Android, PocketPal AI lets you interact with various SLMs without the need for an internet connection.

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Good day, everyone! Beta 2 for v6.0 is now available for the community!

To check what's new and fixed from initial beta, please visit:
https://github.com/RisingTechOSS/risingOS_changelogs

If anyone is interested in contributing patches (for their devices, corrections, etc.),
please feel free to submit a pull request. We'll review it as soon as possible.

We also want to thank everyone who reported issues in the initial beta release—your help is greatly appreciated! TYSM ❤️

We’d also like to take this opportunity to wish Sir @Not_ayan99 a very happy birthday! Thank you for your contributions to risingOS; we wish you a blessed year ahead 🥳

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🤖 Android 16 will be released in the second quarter of 2025. Google will release SDK updates more often than once a year.

Currently, the Android update schedule consists of one major update with SDK upgrades and changes in system behavior, and three quarterly updates with stability improvements and new features (Pixel Drop). However, Google has announced changes to the Android update schedule.

There are 2 SDK updates scheduled for 2025: a Major update in the second quarter (Q2) and a Minor update in the fourth quarter (Q4). Both updates include new APIs for developers, but changes affecting app behavior will only be contained in the major (first) update. The minor update will also include new features, bug fixes, and new APIs, but will not affect apps behavior, and developers will not do the same work twice.

The first and third quarter updates will be regular quarterly updates with 'Features only'.

Thus the first stable release of Android 16 'Baklava' will take place in spring 2025, instead of fall. Accordingly, and the first Developer Preview will appear much earlier than February.

Google argues that this change is necessary to “better align with the schedule of device launches across our ecosystem, so more devices can get the major release of Android sooner.”

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Confirmed: Android 16 is coming MONTHS earlier than usual next year!

I reported last month that Google will launch Android 16 in Q2 of 2025, and Google just confirmed the news. Plus, the developer preview is coming soon!

More details here.

BIG changes are coming to Android’s release cycle!

Google is not only releasing Android 16 MUCH earlier, but it’s also pushing out a second, minor release in Q4 2025 w/ new APIs.

Here’s how Android’s faster release schedule affects apps.

Google will release Android 16 months earlier than expected and will also roll out a second minor release in Q4 2025.

How did Google speed up Android’s release cycle by so much?

I interviewed Google’s VP and GM of the Android Platform to find out.

Android 16, Android’s faster release schedule, and new Gemini features in Android Studio, oh my!

We interviewed Seang Chau, VP & GM of Android Platform, and Matthew J. McCullough, VP of Android Developer Experience at Google, about these announcements over on the Android Faithful podcast. The interview is live now!

Android 14 ‘Upside Down Cake’, Android 15 ‘Vanilla Ice Cream’, Android 16 … ‘Baklava’?

Yes, Android 16’s dessert code-name is Baklava - that’s not a rumor anymore, as Google officially confirmed it to us on the Android Faithful podcast!

Google Play is getting new features for users, including a new full-screen experience for portrait videos and abandoned cart reminders, but it’s also adding some new security features for devs like app access risk and hardware-backed security signals😳

More details in this article.