Pixel Tag impressions: Off to a solid start.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8FAZtIM3xI

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Will we ever get genuinely good under-display cameras? ZTE/RedMagic has iterated on UDCs for 9 generations now, and while the screen looks seamless, the selfie quality still lags way behind a standard hole-punch.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Optics/comments/1xt8st6/will_we_ever_get_good_underdisplay_cameras_or_are/

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Whats the best browser for Android with extension support that wont give you the aw snap error? Specifically on Youtube.

Whats the best browser for Android with extension support that wont give you the aw snap error? Specifically on Youtube.

Since there are some that have extension support on Android. I keep getting aw snap errors while watching Youtube videos so much. I just want it to end. Questa and Vilvadi​ doesn't help at all witth the aw snap errors. Even if they have no extension and turned off ad blockers of any kind. It's super annoying to the point that its making me dislike having this damn android phone. Since it's so common to see.


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MultiCounter: floating tally

I built an Android app that lets you keep tally counters floating over other apps

I've just released MultiCounter, a free-to-try Android app.

The idea is simple: sometimes you need to count things while using another app, without constantly switching screens.

MultiCounter lets you place movable floating counters over other Android apps.

You can:

\- Create and customise counters.

\- Move counters around your screen.

\- Count while using other apps.

\- Organise your counters into groups.

\- Review counting history and statistics.

I originally developed it around the idea of making everyday counting easier, whether that's sport, work, hobbies or general tasks.

I'd really welcome feedback from other Android users, particularly on the floating counter functionality.

MultiCounter: Floating Tally — W2apps

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.w2.multicounter

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Phone batteries are now 9,000 to 14,000 mAh. Where’s the line between battery life and weight for you?

In the last few weeks there’s been a reported 14,000 mAh Honor battery said to last a week, a Redmi Note 17 Pro Max review calling it a battery powerhouse, and a OnePlus 16 review highlighting battery life. Bigger batteries are great for longevity, but they cost weight, thickness and sometimes charge time.

One thing I noticed when estimating screen-on time from battery capacity and display size: a bigger screen eats a lot of the gain, so screen size seems to matter as much as the mAh number.

For anyone who’s used a phone with 7,000+ mAh: does the extra weight bother you day to day? Would you take two-day battery for 20-30 g more? And would you pick a bigger battery or faster charging?

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I was sick of pinch-zooming my whole desktop on my phone, so I made every PC app open at the phone's exact size

Every remote desktop app I tried on my phone did the same thing. It shrinks the whole PC screen down and you pinch and zoom around it. Fine for clicking one button, useless for actually getting anything done.

So I built Penlink. You pick an app from a grid, like a phone launcher, and the PC creates a virtual monitor at the exact size and shape of your phone's screen and opens the app full screen on it. The app lays itself out for the phone. Rotate the phone and it re-lays itself out in landscape. Open the keyboard and it fits the space above it. It's still the real desktop program, so every menu, panel and shortcut is there.

The part I'm happiest with is the S Pen. It doesn't get turned into a mouse. Windows sees it as an actual pen with pressure, tilt, the barrel button and the eraser, so drawing apps, handwriting and Windows Ink work like they would on a pen tablet.

Some details for the curious:

* Rust host on Windows, Kotlin + Jetpack Compose on Android
* Video goes over WebRTC with low-latency H.264, input comes back on a data channel. I measured about 27 ms touch-to-pixel on a local connection, and there's a stats overlay if you want to see where the time goes
* Every app gets its own virtual screen, so your real monitors keep their layout. Close the app on the phone and its screen disappears
* Your PC's notifications show up as normal phone notifications
* Tailscale or LAN only, pairing is a one-time 6-digit code, no cloud in between

What it doesn't do yet: the host is Windows only, the app needs Android 13+, and I've mostly tested on one phone, my Galaxy S26 Ultra. If you try it on something else, expect rough edges and please tell me what broke. Hardware encoding and a macOS host are next.

Big thanks to the Apollo project. The virtual displays come from its SudoVDA driver, and that saved me a lot of pain. I also built this with a lot of help from Claude Code, which you'll see in the commits.

MIT licensed, APK and host on the releases page: [https://github.com/Michael-Ivlev/penlink](https://github.com/Michael-Ivlev/penlink)

If you've tried Moonlight, Parsec, Chrome Remote Desktop or similar from a phone and given up on it, what was the thing that made you quit? I'd like to know if I'm fixing the right problem.

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The Oppo Pad Air6 (aka Oppo Pad 6) unveiled, sales start next week
https://www.gsmarena.com/the_oppo_pad_air6_aka_oppo_pad_6_gets_unveiled_today_will_launch_next_week-news-75405.php

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I tested 77 popular websites on a Galaxy Z Fold screen: 94% put a button or link right under the hinge

If you've ever unfolded your Fold and found the search box cut in half, you're not imagining it.

I audited the first screen of 77 of the most visited websites at the Z Fold inner-screen size (690×829, book posture):

\- 94% split at least one button, link or form field across the hinge

\- Google's search box is right on it

\- Booking[dot\]com and Temu score worst; Figma, Zara and Medium score best

\- Half of the sites put their cookie banner on the hinge



Full results, screenshots of the worst offenders and the method: https://christophe77.github.io/fold.js/study.html



Which sites annoy you the most on the inner screen? I'm thinking of adding them to the next run.

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Is iPhone better for business google people than Android? No way this is right, say it ain't so.

I'm not asking for help, I already found the answers, am just taken aback at the reality of it all...

TLDR; Google assistant/hey google replaced by Gemini entirely now, but with google workspace accounts, Gemini intentionally cannot "hey google" or send texts/make calls via voice command. iPhone can still "hey siri."

Folks, I know this is a bold statement, but I sit here frustrated tonight with a freshly broken S24 and a ton of GCP infra and multiple GWS business accounts unable to use my phone like I could when I bought it--heck, it all worked fine all the way back to my S10, and all the way up to this week when I installed updates.

For the past couple of years, google has been pushing gemini to replace google assistant. With the latest update, google assistant is gone, and gemini is the only option. The rub? You can't use gemini with hey google or place calls/texts if your primary account is a workspace account. You COULD with google assistant. The work around was to re-enable google assistant, but that is now gone. I has assumed they would bring gemini to feature parity for GWS users before removing assistant. I WAS WRONG.

Can I use a personal gmail.com address and do the account ordering trick? Yes. Should I have to just because I have a domain for my family and 3 email addresses, which are all personal? No. I'm sorry, paying more for less features is incredibly crazy.

The even crazier part? My wife's iPhone happily response to hey siri and does all the stuff mine did last week just fine, and she is logged in as a "Business" "family domain" account, which is how it should be! Why wouldn't it work?

I sit here just in awe at this. I'm huge on GCP infra, have managed and continue to manage tons of cloud infra, I love GWS, I love my android, my android auto, this is just bonkers! And yes, I've gone through every permission setting both in admin.google.com and my device and eventually just had to accept that the articles and support threads that say it just doesn't work with GWS accounts is correct, and they have no plans to make it work, and worst of all, it was done on purpose. I just can't believe we're here.

EDIT: I went ahead and revived an old "personal" gmail account and got gemini working and google promptly banned it for TOS violations or suspected of being a bot. I don't know what tripwire I hit, unless it was compromised I have no idea why it was flagged, just an incredible amount of hoops I am having to jump through to have a standard user experience.

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I created Strava, but for time instead of distance.

I wanted to track the hours I put into getting better at things, and see when I might actually reach my goals and have leaderboards with friends. I couldn’t find a tracker that worked the way I wanted, so I built 10k, mainly for myself.

My favorite feature is the ETA. Set a goal of 100, 1,000, or 10,000 hours, and it estimates when you’ll get there based on your actual pace. It updates as you track your time. I find it surprisingly motivating to see a long-term goal turn into an estimated date.

The name comes from the familiar idea that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to master something. I know there’s no magic number where you suddenly wake up great 😃. I just like having something to work toward, and you can set whatever target makes sense for you.

I’ve also added leaderboards with friends, which have made tracking more motivating for me, and clubs, where small communities can share a leaderboard.

Get in on Google Play

also on web: https://10k.live


The app is free

P.S. Fun math: two hours of practice a day from GTA 5’s release on September 17, 2013 to GTA 6’s scheduled release on November 19, 2026 adds up to 9,622 hours. That’s 378 short of 10,000. One more delay and you’d have made it.

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Google Voice appears to finally be working on RCS support
https://9to5google.com/2026/11/11/google-voice-rcs-support-teardown/

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Introducing home keys in Google Wallet for compatible smart locks in the Google Home app
https://support.google.com/googlehome/blog/477084054

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اشترى وان بلس 16 ولا سامسونج اس 26 الترا

اشترى وان بلس 16 ولا سامسونج اس 26 الترا

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Looking for 12 Android Beta Testers – LifePilot AI

Looking for 12 Android Testers – LifePilot AI

I'm launching my new Android app, LifePilot AI, and looking for 12 Android users to participate in Google Play Closed Testing.

Requirements:

Android phone
Google Play account
Join the testing program
Install and use the app
Participate for at least 14 consecutive days
Provide honest feedback

Join here: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.quantumgalaxyintelligent.lifepilotai

Thank you for supporting my independent app!

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