Android Canary 2605 brings the blur to Pixel system UI
https://9to5google.com/2026/05/14/android-canary-2605/

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Daily Superthread (May 17 2026) - Your daily thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!

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Sunday Rant/Rage (May 17 2026) - Your weekly complaint thread!

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This weekly Sunday thread is for you to let off some steam and speak out about whatever complaint you might have about:

Your device.

Your carrier.

Your device's manufacturer.

An app

Any other company



Rules

1) Please do not target any individuals or try to name/shame any individual. If you hate Google/Samsung/OnePlus etc. for one thing that is fine, but do not be rude to an individual app developer.

2) If you have a suggestion to solve another user's issue, please leave a comment but be sure it's constructive! We do not want any flame-wars.

3) Be respectful of other's opinions. Even if you feel that somebody is "wrong" you don't have to go out of your way to prove them wrong. Disagree politely, and move on.

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We could have designed a new BlackBerry. Here's why we didn't.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLwi43Tcaj8

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"This must be engagement farming": Nothing CEO Carl Pei pokes fun at Sony for bizarre Xperia 1 VIII social post showing its AI Camera Assistant tool making photos look worse
https://www.techradar.com/phones/sony-xperia-phones/this-must-be-engagement-farming-nothing-ceo-pokes-fun-at-sony-for-awful-xperia-1-viii-social-post-showing-its-ai-camera-assistant-tool-making-photos-look-worse

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Samsung Internet now collects hashed URLs as well as plain text search keywords
https://www.internet.apps.samsung.com/pt/index.html

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Samsung's $95 Dollar smartphone (Galaxy A06) is crazy (Durability Test & Teardown) - JerryRigEverything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sC5ys31AEg

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Daily Superthread (May 18 2026) - Your daily thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!

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Walmart launches six new Android tablets starting at $97
https://9to5google.com/2026/05/18/walmart-onn-new-android-tablets-2026/

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RedMagic 11S Pro series arrive with overclocked SD 8 Elite Gen 5 chips, 11S Pro gets boosted battery
https://www.gsmarena.com/redmagic_11s_pro_series_arrive_with_overclocked_sd_8_elite_gen_5_chips_11s_pro_gets_boosted_battery-news-72868.php

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YouTube removes dedicated 'Subscriptions' tab from mobile app in new test
https://9to5google.com/2026/05/18/youtube-removes-subscription-tab-new-test-mobile/

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First look at new T1 Mobile smartphone - NBC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d8EojYVtCs

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ShizuCallRecorder - Record phone call on Android 11-16, without root (use Shizuku), FOSS, privacy friendly.

Introducing ShizuCallRecorder, an Android 11-16 application that uses the shell app (ADB through Shizuku), to record phone calls on non-rooted devices. FOSS, privacy-friendly, and it does not always run in the background. Simple as that.

Before saying anything else, Android 11 support is limited.

Features:

Records both sides of phone calls (incoming and outgoing)
Should work even when using Bluetooth or a remote headset
Security toggles to manage Shizuku on/off state
An attempt to reduce the potential attack surface introduced by Shizuku
Helps with apps that detect / yells at you when USB Debugging or Shizuku is enabled
(You need thedjchi Shizuku fork, recommend in requirements in the README.md)
Automatic call recording option with basic exclusion rules:
Ignore anonymous calls
Ignore specific contacts
Ignore all contacts
Saves recordings with Opus or AAC codec.
The app runs only on phone event changes, no persistent background process and notifications

This is a tool, use it responsibly, and follow the law. Read the app disclaimer, it's a one time thing, don't skip it.

Focus on phone carriers call, not third-party calling apps.

# GitHub: https://github.com/kitsumed/ShizuCallRecorder

If you are an Android dev or if you know more about Android internal API / hiddenapi, take a look at the CONTRIBUTING file. I have a few issues I would like assistance with, any kind of feedback, online resources, or even PoCs are welcome.

This app is not an first time easy install and forget. You have some configuration to do, though it is relatively small. However, if you have never used Shizuku, it will take longer. Please follow the **documentation** carefully. There is reading to do. I highly recommend that you do read, both for the sake of it working and for the sake of keeping your device safe.

The project is licensed under GPLv3, with additional terms under Section 7. The goal of the additional terms is to prevent the app from being published to app stores under the name ShizuCallRecorder, and to stop anyone else from distributing it as the official app. In a nutshell, it cover trademark protection, giving credit to me and the project in forks, etc. But anyone is free to fork it.

I care a lot about security and transparency. I enabled immutable GitHub releases, assets of a release cannot be swapped once a release is published. Releases are built using GitHub Actions Runners, they clone the repository code directly, build the app, and the apk files are attested so that all users can detect if something else happened between the build process and the release publication (gray-area). This reduces the attack vector, but does not fully eliminate it (the code itself, the runner getting compromised, dependencies, etc.).

I'm looking for user feedback. If you try out the app, please tell me the following:

Device model
Android Version
Did it work with the screen unlocked?
Did it work when the screen was locked?

I want to see if there's any specific device, OEM or Android limitations. I didn't extensively test it across devices outside of the Android emulator and my Samsung Android 16 test phone, but it SHOULD work.

"It works on my machine"

More rambling below, not important :

For a couple of years now, I have been looking for a call recording app. I think there are multiple reasons why one would want to record phone calls, such as remembering things, or even using it as proof for any kind of scenario.

However, the Android project seems to think differently. Ever since the release of

Android 4.4 KitKat (API 19), native 3rd-party phone call recording apps have been killed by restricting the CAPTURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT permission to signed and system apps for valid privacy reasons. However, to this day (API 37), no real, intended direct alternative has been added. Yet, multiple developers have asked about this on the Google Issue Tracker and other websites.

Meanwhile, "system" proprietary apps like the Google Dialer and OEMs apps sometimes use that restricted permission, and some do offer the recording feature. However, they often choose not to offer it to most users (even if legal in the user country), or they add their own proprietary rules on top of it. That is, of course, without mentioning that their apps are often privacy invasive.

On the other side, to work around theses new limitations, there are a couple of closed-source proprietary call recording apps on the play store and other online stores that use workaround ways like the speaker trick and accessibility services (see this short Bitdefender article on accessibility service security risks, I had found a really cool in depth article with all of the way it could be abused but can't find it anymore 😞 ).

I will not name any app nor say that they are 100% malicious as I did not dig deep, but I will say this: When I was looking at applications and checked them, some had unrelated invasive permissions related to the GPS and/or the phone sensors. Other apps would sometimes start pinging some remote config endpoint at recurrent intervals. All of these apps used accessibility services. Considering that these apps run permanently in the background and can see everything on your screen, this isn't really something I was personally comfortable with.

When I started this project, I noticed in the following weeks that a couple of existing closed-source call recording apps slowly added Shizuku support. Would I give ADB-level access to a closed-source app from an unknown developer? Personally, I would not feel comfortable doing so. I'm not looking to discredit their work and it's nice that they keep improving their apps, I'm just saying it's a risk I wouldn't take.

With that in mind, I recently discovered Shizuku and did a deep dive into how it works in my blog post, What is Shizuku, how does it work, and its security implications. This is when I had an idea: what if we could use the shell application permission, a signed system application, to use permissions you normally do not have access to? I searched online, found other issues online talking about it, and decided that if no one would make it (a FOSS app), I would give it a try myself. Now we are here, with a working app (I hope so). The more in-depth story is in the CONTRIBUTING file. I also want to point out that I had never done any real Android development prior to this app. Doing this as a first project was a little bit insane, but we'll see what happens.

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I made a Raspberry Pi app that can receive files from Android Quick Share

I have been working on RQuickShare Pi, a Raspberry Pi OS ARM64 desktop app that lets a Pi send and receive files with Android Quick Share.



The reason I built it is that I wanted my Raspberry Pi desktop to show up as a nearby target from my Android phone without using cables, cloud sync, Telegram, email, or a web upload page.



Current status:



\- Works on my Raspberry Pi 5 with Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit

\- Sends files from Pi to Android

\- Receives files from Android to Pi

\- Uses Bluetooth discovery and local network transfer

\- Has a normal desktop app and tray icon

\- Still alpha and looking for testers



One note for Samsung users: if the Pi does not appear, turning off `Share with Apple devices` in Samsung Quick Share settings may be required. That mode caused discovery issues in my testing.



GitHub:

https://github.com/EladBG-code/rquickshare-pi



Website:

https://eladbg-code.github.io/rquickshare-pi/

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Next OnePlus phone leaks with 185Hz-240Hz display, flagship Snapdragon chipset, larger battery than OnePlus 15 and a cooling fan
https://www.notebookcheck.net/New-OnePlus-phone-leaks-with-185Hz-display-flagship-chipset-and-large-battery.1299246.0.html

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Daily Superthread (May 19 2026) - Your daily thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions!

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Vivo X300 Ultra as Pocket Cinema Camera — A Filmmaker's Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbh6Kplm8pc

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For Samsung users: what are some Samsung exclusive softwares that make Samsung (Folds) > alternative brands?

(1) As per title. What are some exclusive Samsung software that makes Samsung so good?

I have the current Fold 5, but the only software I use daily that is exclusive to Samsung, as a Master's student, is the Notes. And even then, only because the Notes has S-pen support.

BUT. S-pen support stopped from 6 onwards I believe, so that's a major hit to Samsung's advantage and I don't see why I shouldn't consider alternative brands?

Samsung used to be the pioneer of Foldables, but we now see competition from other brands that make better screen ratios + creaseless + battery + better price for quality.

(2) Most phones use Android and I honestly can't the difference between Samsung Android vs Android on a random competitor.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own any other Samsung devices like laptops, so the "ecosystem" argument won't work here...

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Intelligent eyewear is coming this fall
https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/android-xr-io-2026/

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Samsung and Google Give First Look at New Intelligent Eyewear
https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-and-google-give-first-look-at-new-intelligent-eyewear

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