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What will the "Instant Hotspot" settings be?
In the first beta version of Android 14 QPR1, Mishaal Rahman discovered the presence of a hidden "Instant Hotspot" item in the "Wi-Fi Hotspot" settings. At the time, even if you made the item appear, tapping on it didn't reveal anything.
Digging a bit into Google Play Services, I managed to discover that this item would open the "Cross-device services" page I described earlier. These services' functionality includes Internet Sharing, which allows you to share your Wi-Fi passwords and instantly connect to a hotspot for devices running under your Google Account, including Chromebooks.
When Google does officially introduce Cross-device services is still unknown.
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In the first beta version of Android 14 QPR1, Mishaal Rahman discovered the presence of a hidden "Instant Hotspot" item in the "Wi-Fi Hotspot" settings. At the time, even if you made the item appear, tapping on it didn't reveal anything.
Digging a bit into Google Play Services, I managed to discover that this item would open the "Cross-device services" page I described earlier. These services' functionality includes Internet Sharing, which allows you to share your Wi-Fi passwords and instantly connect to a hotspot for devices running under your Google Account, including Chromebooks.
When Google does officially introduce Cross-device services is still unknown.
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Google has released the first beta version of Android 14 QPR3 (June release). The company has opened beta testing for the system image, which will be released in June this year. The beta program is available for devices starting with Pixel 5a and newer.…
Google has released the second beta version of Android 14 QPR3 (June release).
List of fixes:
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused a device to crash or restart unexpectedly.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused a device to crash or restart unexpectedly while updating apps after the device was flashed.
• Fixed issues that caused a device to display a blank, black screen after booting from flash.
• Fixed an issue that caused a device to crash and display a blank, black screen after switching to a secondary user.
• Fixed issues when always-on display mode was enabled that interfered with the "Double tap to wake" gesture and prevented the device from unlocking if the user tried to use their fingerprint to unlock the device.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused battery information to not display correctly in the system settings, status bar, and on the lock screen.
• Fixed issues that prevented device-to-device transfers and backup and restore from working.
• Fixed various issues that were impacting system stability, performance, and camera.
Build number:AP21.240119.009 → AP21.240216.010
Security Patch: March 2024
🔗 OTAs (❗️❗️ is not recommended if your bootloader is locked. There are cases of bootloop)
🔗 Factory Images
🔗 Beta program opt-in (Pixel 5a and later)
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List of fixes:
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused a device to crash or restart unexpectedly.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused a device to crash or restart unexpectedly while updating apps after the device was flashed.
• Fixed issues that caused a device to display a blank, black screen after booting from flash.
• Fixed an issue that caused a device to crash and display a blank, black screen after switching to a secondary user.
• Fixed issues when always-on display mode was enabled that interfered with the "Double tap to wake" gesture and prevented the device from unlocking if the user tried to use their fingerprint to unlock the device.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused battery information to not display correctly in the system settings, status bar, and on the lock screen.
• Fixed issues that prevented device-to-device transfers and backup and restore from working.
• Fixed various issues that were impacting system stability, performance, and camera.
Build number:
Security Patch: March 2024
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Google has updated the Android logo on the Pixel bootanimation in Android 14 QPR3 Beta 2.
It now matches the new system logo design that the company unveiled in early fall. Bugdroid has the same color as the font, and the name "Android" is capitalized.
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It now matches the new system logo design that the company unveiled in early fall. Bugdroid has the same color as the font, and the name "Android" is capitalized.
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Android is preparing to add a built-in settings screen for satellite messaging 👀
This screen has a link to an unpublished T-Mobile page for satellite messaging. T-Mobile is working with Starlink to enable this feature on existing phones.
Full details are available in my latest article for Android Authority.
This screen has a link to an unpublished T-Mobile page for satellite messaging. T-Mobile is working with Starlink to enable this feature on existing phones.
Full details are available in my latest article for Android Authority.
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Android 15 might let you send text messages via satellite
Satellite connectivity lets you send an emergency SOS when your phone can't reach a cell tower, and it seems Android 15 is adding support.
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Under Settings > Security & privacy > More security & privacy in Android 14 QPR3 Beta 2, there's a new "allow camera software extensions" toggle that's enabled by default.
This toggle "enables the default software implementation of advanced camera features, such as Eyes Free videography."
This feature basically lets the Android OS provide some fallback Camera2/CameraX vendor extensions in cases where the OEMs don't provide their own.
This toggle "enables the default software implementation of advanced camera features, such as Eyes Free videography."
This feature basically lets the Android OS provide some fallback Camera2/CameraX vendor extensions in cases where the OEMs don't provide their own.
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I first reported back in January that Google was working on bringing back widgets to the lock screen. I believed at the time that this feature was intended for devices like the Pixel Tablet, and Android 14 QPR3 Beta 2 lends credence to that theory.
While digging through the latest beta, I discovered that there's going to be a new "glanceable hub" toggle under "Hub Mode" settings. Given what I showed off in January, the name makes sense: You aren't actually placing widgets directly on the lock screen but rather swiping to open a new page where the widgets can be added.
While digging through the latest beta, I discovered that there's going to be a new "glanceable hub" toggle under "Hub Mode" settings. Given what I showed off in January, the name makes sense: You aren't actually placing widgets directly on the lock screen but rather swiping to open a new page where the widgets can be added.
<string name="enable_glanceable_hub_toggle">Enable glanceable hub</string>
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Android 15 could bring widgets back to the lock screen
Google killed off lock screen widget support on Android nearly a decade ago, but it could be coming back in Android 15.
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When you connect a physical keyboard to your device in Android 14 QPR3 Beta 2, you can now enable two new accessibility options: "sticky keys" and "bounce keys".
Sticky keys make it easier to enter keyboard shortcuts in quick succession. When you press a modifier key like Ctrl or Alt with sticky keys enabled, it'll stay pressed so you don't have to hold it down while pressing other keys.
Bounce keys lets the system ignore rapid, repeated presses of the same key.
These two accessibility options will soon be joined by a third "slow keys" option in a future release.
Sticky keys make it easier to enter keyboard shortcuts in quick succession. When you press a modifier key like Ctrl or Alt with sticky keys enabled, it'll stay pressed so you don't have to hold it down while pressing other keys.
Bounce keys lets the system ignore rapid, repeated presses of the same key.
These two accessibility options will soon be joined by a third "slow keys" option in a future release.
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Finally: Google has enabled display output on a Pixel phone for the first time!
With Android 14 QPR3 Beta 2, you can mirror your Pixel 8's screen to an external display, as Google has finally enabled DisplayPort Alternate Mode.
More details are available in my article for Android Authority.
With Android 14 QPR3 Beta 2, you can mirror your Pixel 8's screen to an external display, as Google has finally enabled DisplayPort Alternate Mode.
More details are available in my article for Android Authority.
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Google finally enables display output on the Pixel 8, here's what it could mean for a DeX-like mode
With the latest Android beta, Google has finally enabled display output over USB-C on the Pixel 8 series. Here's why that's important.
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Google I/O 2023 will take place on May 10! The event will take place live from the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View and online at http://io.google/2023. The conference will cover the latest Google solutions, products and technologies, from artificial…
The annual I/O 2024 event will kick offwith a main keynote hosted by CEO Sundar Pichai live from the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. It will be followed by a keynote for developers and on-demand sessions.
In addition to various announcements regarding Google's software products, we can expect the announcement of the Pixel 8a, a teaser of the Pixel 9 and 9 Pro, and details about Android 15, the second beta of which will be released on the same day (allegedly).
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Google has released the second developer preview build of Android 15. The first beta is expected next month.
Android 15 testing is available for Pixel 6 and newer devices, including the Pixel Fold and Tablet. Installing Developer Preview 2 automatically signs you up for over-the-air updates on the beta.
List of fixes:
• Fixed an issue where the Google Play store app crashed repeatedly when a user tried to open it.
• Fixed an issue where the package manager crashed when installing an APK from unknown sources, even if the "Install unknown apps" was enabled in system settings.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Android System Intelligence app to crash.
• Fixed an issue where work profile apps sometimes crashed if the device's fingerprint reader was used. (Issue #326093530
• Fixed an issue where an Android Virtual Device (AVD) using an Android 15 system image displayed as offline if the AVD was launched and then rebooted using adb reboot or other methods.
• Fixed an issue where the Google Play Store sometimes crashed with a null pointer exception when trying to update apps.
Build number: AP31.240223.016.A3
OTAs — are unavailable due to a "Device is corrupted" bootloop bug. Will be fixed by the first beta version.
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• While adding a face model for Face Unlock, the preview screen appears to be trimmed or cropped.
• When an app window is transitioning to picture-in-picture (PiP) mode, the PiP window disappears if the device is rotated before the PiP transition finishes.
• When a locked SIM card is inserted into an unlocked device, the user is not prompted to enter the PIN to unlock the SIM card. To work around this issue, lock and unlock the device manually.
• Apps that depend on runtime-enabled SDKs get uninstalled on device reboot. To work around this, please reinstall the app after the device reboots.
• The search bar in system settings doesn't respond the first time that it's tapped.
• The profile picture for secondary users can't be changed.
• A "Google Play services keeps stopping" message appears while setting up a device.
• An Error page shows while adding an account during device setup.
• Unicode 15.1 APIs: The android.icu.lang.UCharacter APIs for Unicode 15.1 aren't working in Developer Preview 2, but are expected to be fully functional in Android 15 Beta 1.
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Android 15 Developer Preview 2 is OFFICIAL! Google has just announced the release on the Android Developers blog. Here’s what Google says is new in Android 15 DP2:
- Android 15 DP2 adds some UI elements to ensure a “consistent user experience” for devices that support satellite connectivity. The update also expands platform support for satellite connectivity by adding a new ServiceState.isUsingNonTerrestrialNetwork() API that apps can use to detect when a device is connected to a satellite. Android 15 also lets SMS/MMS/RCS apps use satellite connectivity for sending and receiving messages.
- Android 15 is adding a property (WindowManager#COMPAT_SMALL_COVER_SCREEN_OPT_IN) that developers can use to show their Application or Activity on the small cover screen of a clamshell foldable phone (AKA a “flippable” device). Since these screens are too small for most apps, you need to opt in to support them. Plus, this only works on flippable devices that add support for this feature.
- Android 15 lets apps detect when they’re being recorded! Apps can use WindowManager’s addScreenRecordingCallback(...) API to receive a callback when they transition between being visible or invisible in a screen recording. This lets apps that are performing sensitive operations inform the user that they’re being recorded. Notably, this expands on the screenshot detection API introduced in Android 14.
- The PdfRenderer API is getting a lot of improvements in Android 15! The API now lets apps add advanced features like rendering password-protected files, annotations, form editing, searching, and selection with copy. Linearized PDF optimizations are supported to speed up local viewing and reduce resource use. Google is moving PdfRenderer to a Mainline module that can be updated via Play System Updates. On Android 11+, the PdfRendererPreV API provides a backported version of these changes.
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- Android 15 DP2 adds some UI elements to ensure a “consistent user experience” for devices that support satellite connectivity. The update also expands platform support for satellite connectivity by adding a new ServiceState.isUsingNonTerrestrialNetwork() API that apps can use to detect when a device is connected to a satellite. Android 15 also lets SMS/MMS/RCS apps use satellite connectivity for sending and receiving messages.
- Android 15 is adding a property (WindowManager#COMPAT_SMALL_COVER_SCREEN_OPT_IN) that developers can use to show their Application or Activity on the small cover screen of a clamshell foldable phone (AKA a “flippable” device). Since these screens are too small for most apps, you need to opt in to support them. Plus, this only works on flippable devices that add support for this feature.
- Android 15 lets apps detect when they’re being recorded! Apps can use WindowManager’s addScreenRecordingCallback(...) API to receive a callback when they transition between being visible or invisible in a screen recording. This lets apps that are performing sensitive operations inform the user that they’re being recorded. Notably, this expands on the screenshot detection API introduced in Android 14.
- The PdfRenderer API is getting a lot of improvements in Android 15! The API now lets apps add advanced features like rendering password-protected files, annotations, form editing, searching, and selection with copy. Linearized PDF optimizations are supported to speed up local viewing and reduce resource use. Google is moving PdfRenderer to a Mainline module that can be updated via Play System Updates. On Android 11+, the PdfRendererPreV API provides a backported version of these changes.
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Android 15 Developer Preview 2 is OFFICIAL! Google has just announced the release on the Android Developers blog. Here’s what Google says is new in Android 15 DP2: - Android 15 DP2 adds some UI elements to ensure a “consistent user experience” for devices…
- Android 15 is updating the NFC stack to add a new “observe mode.” Observe mode lets devices listen but not respond to NFC readers. On supported devices, apps can request the NfcAdapter to enter observe mode so they then get PollingFrame objects to process. Apps can read PollingFrame objects to auth ahead of the first communication to the NFC reader, which allows for a one tap transaction to be made.
- Android 15 gives apps control over the HDR headroom with the Window#setDesiredHdrHeadroom. This lets apps decide how to strike a balance between SDR and HDR content. This is useful for when a mix of SDR and HDR content is shown on screen, as letting the OS decide can end up adversely influencing the perceived brightness of the SDR content.
- Android 15 supports the CTA-2075 standard which helps users avoid audio loudness inconsistencies and ensure they don’t have to constantly adjust volume when switching content. The system uses known characteristics of output devices and the loudness metadata available in AAC audio content to intelligently adjust audio loudness and dynamic range compression levels. Devs need to ensure loudness metadata is available in their AAC content and also enable the platform feature in their app.
- Android 15 expands the AutomaticZenRules API which lets apps customize Do Not Disturb rules and decide when to toggle them. The new version lets apps add types, an icon, a triggerDescription string, and ZenDeviceEffects that enable rules to trigger on things like grayscale display, night mode, or wallpaper dimming.
- Android 15 adds granular line break controls to TextView so apps can preserve a given portion of text in the same line to improve readability. Devs can take advantage of this by using the <nobreak> tag in string resources or by using LineBreakConfigSpan#createNoBreakSpan(). It’s also possible to preserve words from being hyphenated by using the <nohyphen> or by using LineBreakConfigSpan#createNoHyphenationSpan().
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- Android 15 gives apps control over the HDR headroom with the Window#setDesiredHdrHeadroom. This lets apps decide how to strike a balance between SDR and HDR content. This is useful for when a mix of SDR and HDR content is shown on screen, as letting the OS decide can end up adversely influencing the perceived brightness of the SDR content.
- Android 15 supports the CTA-2075 standard which helps users avoid audio loudness inconsistencies and ensure they don’t have to constantly adjust volume when switching content. The system uses known characteristics of output devices and the loudness metadata available in AAC audio content to intelligently adjust audio loudness and dynamic range compression levels. Devs need to ensure loudness metadata is available in their AAC content and also enable the platform feature in their app.
- Android 15 expands the AutomaticZenRules API which lets apps customize Do Not Disturb rules and decide when to toggle them. The new version lets apps add types, an icon, a triggerDescription string, and ZenDeviceEffects that enable rules to trigger on things like grayscale display, night mode, or wallpaper dimming.
- Android 15 adds granular line break controls to TextView so apps can preserve a given portion of text in the same line to improve readability. Devs can take advantage of this by using the <nobreak> tag in string resources or by using LineBreakConfigSpan#createNoBreakSpan(). It’s also possible to preserve words from being hyphenated by using the <nohyphen> or by using LineBreakConfigSpan#createNoHyphenationSpan().
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- Android 15 is updating the NFC stack to add a new “observe mode.” Observe mode lets devices listen but not respond to NFC readers. On supported devices, apps can request the NfcAdapter to enter observe mode so they then get PollingFrame objects to process.…
Android 15 also:
* Helps apps keep up with the dynamic demands of web-hosted deep links by building in support for more precise Intent resolution
* Adds additional controls to improve the on-device multi-language audio recognition that was introduced in Android 14
* Introduces a new ApplicationStartInfoAPI that gives apps more info on how they were launched;
* Expands OpenJDK API support
* Improves PackageManager’s Stopped State to remove PendingIntents from apps
* Offers a new StorageStats.getAppBytesByDataType(...) API that provides more insight into how much space an app is taking up
* Brings a new mediaProcessing Foreground Service type to help apps migrate away from the dataSync Foreground Service type
* Adds new SQLite APIs that expose advanced features from the underlying SQLite engine that target specific performance issues that can manifest in apps
* Deprecates the Virtualizer class in favor of AudioAttributes.Builder.setSpatializerBehavior
* Enables the elegantTextHeight TextView attribute by default, replacing the compact font used by default with some scripts that have large vertical metrics with one that’s more readable. The compact font still exists but may not be supported in the future.
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* Helps apps keep up with the dynamic demands of web-hosted deep links by building in support for more precise Intent resolution
* Adds additional controls to improve the on-device multi-language audio recognition that was introduced in Android 14
* Introduces a new ApplicationStartInfoAPI that gives apps more info on how they were launched;
* Expands OpenJDK API support
* Improves PackageManager’s Stopped State to remove PendingIntents from apps
* Offers a new StorageStats.getAppBytesByDataType(...) API that provides more insight into how much space an app is taking up
* Brings a new mediaProcessing Foreground Service type to help apps migrate away from the dataSync Foreground Service type
* Adds new SQLite APIs that expose advanced features from the underlying SQLite engine that target specific performance issues that can manifest in apps
* Deprecates the Virtualizer class in favor of AudioAttributes.Builder.setSpatializerBehavior
* Enables the elegantTextHeight TextView attribute by default, replacing the compact font used by default with some scripts that have large vertical metrics with one that’s more readable. The compact font still exists but may not be supported in the future.
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Android 15 DP2: 'Audio sharing' to multiple headphones at the same time.
There's a new 'Audio Transfer' option in the Connected devices settings. The description of the settings page reads, 'Let others listen to your media along with you using their own compatible headphones'.
On the page, there is a 'Share audio' switch on the page, which doesn't seem to be working yet, because when you return to this page it's off again. There is also a Stream settings section, which is currently empty.
From previous news about this feature, the connection will be done via QR codes
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There's a new 'Audio Transfer' option in the Connected devices settings. The description of the settings page reads, 'Let others listen to your media along with you using their own compatible headphones'.
On the page, there is a 'Share audio' switch on the page, which doesn't seem to be working yet, because when you return to this page it's off again. There is also a Stream settings section, which is currently empty.
From previous news about this feature, the connection will be done via QR codes
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Android 15 DP2: App archiving
There is a new "Archive" option with a cloud icon on the "App info" page. This feature frees up to 60% of the memory space occupied by an app by "deleting part of the app rather than uninstalling it completely". Previously, archiving was done automatically by Play Store, but in Android 15, users will be able to archive apps themselves.
Once sent to the archive, the app will be labeled with the appropriate icon, and to restore it back, all you have to do is tap on it in the apps menu.
As you may have noticed, with the addition of this button, Google has moved the "open" button to the upper-right corner. (The "three dots" menu will appear next to it).
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There is a new "Archive" option with a cloud icon on the "App info" page. This feature frees up to 60% of the memory space occupied by an app by "deleting part of the app rather than uninstalling it completely". Previously, archiving was done automatically by Play Store, but in Android 15, users will be able to archive apps themselves.
Once sent to the archive, the app will be labeled with the appropriate icon, and to restore it back, all you have to do is tap on it in the apps menu.
As you may have noticed, with the addition of this button, Google has moved the "open" button to the upper-right corner. (The "three dots" menu will appear next to it).
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