Phone makers are breaking your favorite apps with reckless changes to Android's power optimization features
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/07/08/phone-makers-are-breaking-your-favorite-apps-with-reckless-changes-to-androids-power-optimization-features/

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‘Works with Hey Google’: A slight tonal shift for Google Assistant branding
https://9to5google.com/2020/07/08/works-with-hey-google/

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Samsung Galaxy A31 review
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_a31-review-2130.php

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Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 865 Plus 5G Mobile Platform | Qualcomm
https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2020/07/08/qualcomm-announces-snapdragon-865-plus-5g-mobile-platform

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Android 11 has a developer option to seperate the recents and app launcher, this could enable better third-party launcher support for gestures.
https://twitter.com/MishaalRahman/status/1280925556234768386?s=19

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Closer Look: Android on Surface Duo - Prerelease Demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qeaak6rx6Lk

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HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, founding new Centre of Excellence in Finland for R&D
https://www.hmdglobal.com/press-releases/new-centre-of-excellence

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OnePlus Nord leaked renders confirm quad camera setup, dual hole-punch display
https://www.xda-developers.com/leaked-oneplus-nord-renders-confirm-quad-camera-dual-hole-punch/

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The most notable new Android 11 features we’ve found so far
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-11-features-1085228/

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What should I buy Thursday (Jul 09 2020) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

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[TechAltar] How do phone makers choose specs?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ncbl70YpM98

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The Nest successor to the original Google Home makes its way through the FCC.
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/07/09/this-is-googles-upcoming-nest-speaker-the-successor-to-the-original-google-home/

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vivo iQOO Z1x 5G unveiled with 120Hz display, Snapdragon 765G, $230 price
https://www.gsmarena.com/vivo_iqoo_z1x_5g_is_finally_announced_with_5000_mah_battery_costs_about_230-news-44175.php

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Ice universe on Twitter: Adjust some details, this is the Note20 Ultra rendering, I am confident that before the official rendering is released, this is the closest to the real
https://twitter.com/UniverseIce/status/1281192396890402816?s=20

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Accelerating Android Updates
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/07/accelerating-android-updates.html

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Gboard 9.6 preps dark/light themes that follow system, Google Lens shortcut
https://9to5google.com/2020/07/09/gboard-9-6-dark-light-theme/

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Scrolling screenshots won't be available in the final Android 11 release
https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/hk3hrq/were_on_the_android_engineering_team_ask_us/fxgdk5a/?context=1

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ARM64 devices launching with Android 11 or higher and running Linux kernel versions 5.4.42 and higher, the device MUST boot and pass VTS and CTS-on-GSI with a GSI and GKI installed - with no changes to vendor, vendor_boot, or odm partitions.
https://twitter.com/MishaalRahman/status/1281270536874725379?s=09

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Am I the only one that is pleased with the aesthetic of Android UI's?

Be it the Samsung One UI, Xiaomi MIUI, Huawei EMUI, LG UX, Color OS, or Oxygen OS there's always something about the layouts and formatting of the UI's that pleases the eye. A fresh clean look and the organisation of a lot of UI's are what make for that aesthetically pleasing look on a phone. And on top of that you get the physical design and clean look on that same device. Idk about you guys I personally find the look of a lot of Huawei, Oppo, Samsung and Xiaomi phones eye-catching. And when yo...

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'Pixel 4a 5G' and 'Pixel 5' confirmed by Google app - 9to5Google
https://9to5google.com/2020/07/10/pixel-4a-5g-pixel-5-confirmed/

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Call recording will probably not come to Android R

[https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/hk3hrq/were\_on\_the\_android\_engineering\_team\_ask\_us/fwri66l/](https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/hk3hrq/were_on_the_android_engineering_team_ask_us/fwri66l/)

That's too bad. It was rumored for years, much more than the recent scrolling screenshot feature that also [won't be added](https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/ho9oi8/scrolling_screenshots_wont_be_available_in_the/). I know it was never official, but at least we had this a...

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