🔐Android 16 introduces Advanced Protection mode to fortify your phone against threats

Google has confirmed that it is rolling out Android 16's Advanced Protection feature.

Here's what you need to know about this security mode👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-advanced-protection-mode-3566064/

🔕Android 16 reduces notification clutter with this simple but needed change

Android 16 will automatically group notifications from the same app together to reduce information overload

Previously, apps had to manually group their notifications.

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-force-group-notifications-3565400/

📱Android 16 will make it easier to find your recent apps with a new taskbar overflow feature

A future Android 16 update will add a taskbar overflow feature that makes it easier to open a recently launched app

Here's what it'll look like👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-taskbar-overflow-3565405/

⌨️ Android 16 lets you customize keyboard shortcuts — Here's how it works

Google is launching custom keyboard shortcuts in Android 16. This feature is available in Android 16 for the Pixel Tablet and is launching “later this year” on other devices.

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/custom-keyboard-shortcuts-android-16-3527394/

🔔PSA: Live Updates are NOT actually live in the Pixel's Android 16 update!

Despite what you may have read/heard elsewhere, the full Live Updates experience isn't available yet for Pixels.

More details👇

(Scroll to the Live Updates section.)

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-review-3566047/

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🔥 SOCIAL POST: "Play Integrity Isn’t Security—It’s Monopoly!"

📌 THE SYMBOLIC IMAGE (for artists/AI to visualize):
A tech dystopia where:
• Google mass-certifies devices like a factory (robots stamping phones with a "G" logo).
• "Non-compliant" devices get trashed (Huawei, Fairphone, modded phones in a dumpster).
• Rebel hackers smash digital locks with screwdrivers/USBs, revealing: *"Freedom > Certification"*.
• Google’s control tower looms in the back, with screens saying *"Security"*—but wires lead to a sign: *"Terms & Conditions apply"*.

🎨 Style: Cyberpunk + *1984* vibes, with glitch effects and neon contrasts.

👇 WHY IT MATTERS:
Play Integrity ISN’T a neutral certification. It’s a tool to:
1️⃣ BLOCK competitors (no GMS? You’re out!).
2️⃣ BAN root/custom ROMs ("Your device, your rules"? Not anymore.).
3️⃣ FORCE Google services (Play Store, APIs, etc.).

💡 SOLUTIONS?
• Free OSs: GrapheneOS, /e/OS.
• Alternative stores: F-Droid, Aurora.
• Fight back: Report abuses to antitrust authorities!

✊ SHARE IF YOU BELIEVE SECURITY SHOULDN’T MEAN CENSORSHIP!

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🕵️Android 16 wants to make your next phone trade-in process a lot faster

The Android 16 release adds a trade-in mode that makes it easier for phone technicians to run device diagnostics

Here's how it works👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-trade-in-mode-3566274/

Google has announced that Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 is now available!

QPR1 Beta 2 brings the enhanced desktop windowing on connected display feature.

The build ID is BP31.250523.006, and it includes the following fixes:

* Auto dark theme is not working
* Now playing is crashing when selecting a track
* Camera frequently fails to launch
* Shortcuts for newly-downloaded apps aren't automatically added
* Home button not working on app list UI
* "More wallpapers" button misaligned in wallpaper settings
* Gemini fails to work on the lockscreen

It's available for the Pixel 6 and later!

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🚨BREAKING: The Government in considering introducing a digital ID "BritCard" for all UK citizens.

💪 We must stop this!

“Make no mistake: the new digital ID proposal reportedly being considered by the Government is another plan for a mandatory universal ID under a new guise." - Rebecca Vincent

Read our statement in full:
https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/big-brother-watch-urges-government-to-reject-new-digital-id-plan/

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⚡ Emotions Engineered by AI?
@takebackourtech

In this clip, I bring up how large language models aren’t just generating content—they’re designed to invoke feelings. These tools are being fine-tuned to manipulate tone and emotion, shaping the way we interpret online conversations.

We also explore how the same post can have wildly different comment sections based on who’s seeing it. This isn’t random—it’s by design.

You can catch the whole interview here: https://above.sh/egXSFK

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🖥 With Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 now rolling out, you may be wondering how to enable the new Desktop Mode.

This article covers everything you need to know, including what setting to toggle and what devices are supported👇

🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/try-android-16-desktop-mode-on-pixel-3565393/

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