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Android Phone App Gets Automatic Dark Mode
9to5Google:
In the past, the Google Phone app had a dedicated toggle for dark mode within its in-app settings.
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Thoughts on the New Pixel 4a
Google unveiled the Pixel 4a yesterday, their successor to last year's budget-phone champ, the Pixel 3a. I
ios
“Android had it First.” “Well iOS had This First!” And Around and Around we Go
I was going to write a long article about each new thing in iOS 14 and whether each feature has been in Android already, but then I trashed the doc. I was getting bored writing it myself, so I can’t imagine how bored you would have been reading it.
Features like home screen widgets,
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Tweaking Android 11's New Media Controls
Update: As pointed out by Twitter user @monogon, Google shared some screenshots of what this may look like in the
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Pixel Owners Need Not Wait for Some of Those Android 11 Features
Any post about Android updates is going to be meet with some snarky folks say "ummmm, Android updates are like a year late if they come at all 🤓" Yes, we get it, iOS is much better at getting updates to more devices faster, but hey, people own Pixels and for them this isn&
Android
Android Updates in 60 Seconds
Ok, maybe 61 seconds, but still, this is basically just a standard reboot time for the phone. I'd love to see Apple match Android when it comes to downtime when doing small updates. This was the equivalant of an update like iOS 13.1.1 to 13.1.2, and it happened when
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Why I Liked the Android 10 Update
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbXxMKqhQJ4
This can only go well, right?
This was actually a video I made in September but didn’t feel like posting right away. As the description and title cards try to make exceptionally clear, this is not a video bashing Android, it’s just fun to see Android
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Podcast #192: Why We Don’t Take Android Tablets Seriously
Android tablets just haven’t caught on, and today I dive into some reasons why I think that’s the case. This episode was inspired by this conversation on the Android Authority Podcast.
I also used some different theme music today, so let me know on Twitter if you like it!
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Android OS Updates Install 6x Faster than iOS Updates
https://youtu.be/jNtUXH41XVU
As someone who spends time in the iOS and Android worlds, I install a lot of updates. And while these are a pain on iOS, they’re nearly transparent on Android, and I made this video to try and show just how drastic the difference is.
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Round 3: Night Sight vs iPhone XS
I did one more shoot with Night Sight on a Pixel 3 and an iPhone Xs which lead to this message from my wife:
She knows me well…
As with the other comparisons, the first photo will always be the iPhone and the second will be the Pixel.
https://youtu.be/ronqsBnJ-OM
This first
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On Camera Comparisons
I’ve done quite a few camera comparisons over the past couple years, and they continue to be one of the more popular things on the site. I find them really interesting because they can lead to really surprising results…in certain situations. Let me explain.
So whenever I share a photo comparison and don’
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Camera Test: iPhone Xs (Default and Hydra) vs OnePlus 6 (Default, Night Sight, and Night Mode)
It’s dark and snowy here in the Midwest, so it was inevitable that I would do a camera comparison. Here’s what I used:
* iPhone Xs
* Default camera app
* Hydra (low light mode)
* OnePlus 6
* Default camera app
* Default app’s Night Mode
* Google Camera app’s Night Sight
iPhone Xs
Default app
Hydra
Android
Touch Response on the OnePlus 6, iPhone Xs, and iPad Pro (2017)
https://youtu.be/d4mdB4YTtMo
The OnePlus 6 is a very nice Android phone (and at less than $600 it’s one of the most affordable high end phones of the year), but one thing that was bugging me was touch response time. Animations feel fast and the phone generally works quite quickly, but there was
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Android Updates and the Lowest Bars Possible
Android Developers Blog: An Update on Project Treble
Thanks to Treble, we expect to see more devices from OEMs running Android 9 Pie at the end of 2018 as compared to the number of devices that were running Android Oreo at the end of 2017.
It's worth noting that Oreo was on 0.
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One Slick Android Feature
Much like iOS, Android has an app store that lets people easily download apps for their devices. The differences between the Play Store and App Store are more in execution than concept, and will be how the vast majority of people get apps.
But Android also has the ability to simple install apps like you
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OnePlus 6 Charges Fast, But Only with It’s Proprietary Charger
Note, these results seem almost too bad to be true, but replicated the results across numerous charging setups. Let me know if there is a charging brick out there that will work better.
When I looked at the OnePlus 6 fast charging (don’t call it Dash Charge anymore) last week, I found it was
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6 Things That Annoy Me About the OnePlus 6
Earlier I shared 6 things I really like about the OnePlus 6, so it’s of course time to look at the things that bug me about this phone.
Garbage menu bar
I wrote about this already, but I’m still annoyed how the top right of the menu bar is chock full of junk
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6 Really Nice Things About the OnePlus 6
Now listen, the OnePlus 6 has a very low chance of dethroning my iPhone XS for my day-to-day phone, but there are some things I really like about it and had to share them here. And yes, I know OnePlus announced their OnePlus 6T today, but a lot of what I’m about