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Android Studio 4.0 w/ Jetpack Compose preview announced at Android Dev Summit
For Android developers who like to keep up with the latest features, there are two major events hosted by Google that are not to be missed — Google I/O and the Android Dev Summit. Today being the latter event, Google has brought Android Studio 4.0 to the Android Dev Summit with an early developer preview of Jetpack Compose.
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These are the new default Google apps for Android 10 and Android Go
Every Android device comes preloaded with a few different sets of apps, some chosen by the OEM, some by the cell carrier, and usually a set of Google apps. We’ve now learned precisely which apps Google has mandated inclusion on Android 10 and Android Go phones with Google services, which includes some surprising additions.
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Google now requires all Android devices to have a ‘digital wellbeing’ app
For the past year and a half, Google has been pushing a “digital wellbeing” initiative to help us all use our phones in a healthier way. In the latest, and arguably largest, push, Android devices are now required to have a digital wellbeing app of some kind, along with parental controls, according to documents viewed by 9to5Google.
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Huawei Mate 30 Pro can no longer install Google apps, as researcher exposes backdoor
Immediately after the launch of the Huawei Mate 30 Pro, we showed how easy it was to install Google apps on the device, despite the phone not being legally allowed to have them in the first place. The app responsible for this, LZPlay, has now been taken down, following the release of a detailed explanation of the security backdoor used to install Google apps on the Huawei Mate 30 Pro.
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Leaked video shows Google’s vision for Android-based feature phones and apps
Last week, we saw that Google was seemingly scrapping their work on Chrome for Android-based feature phones. As this was the only publicly visible work, we believe Google may have scrapped Android feature phones altogether. Now we have an in-depth look at what could have been, as a leaked video of an Android-based feature phone made by Nokia has surfaced. Our in-depth analysis has revealed new apps and interesting details about the project.
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Nokia 7.2 goes on sale for $349 starting September 30th
Since they’ve gotten back into the business of making Android phones, Nokia has been accepted as creating some of the best (if not the best) affordable Android devices on the market. Now their latest addition, the Nokia 7.2, is going on sale at the end of this month.
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Analysis: Could ‘needlefish’ be a third Google Pixel 4 phone for 2019?
Yesterday, we all got our hands on a “dogfood” version of the Google Camera app from a pre-release Google Pixel 4. Within this update, we found another reference to “needlefish,” a third Google device codename that we’ve heard about once before…
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Google seemingly scraps ‘touchless’ Chrome for Android feature phones
For the past six months, we’ve been tracking Google’s progress on introducing feature phones as a new form factor for both Android and the Chrome browser. Now it seems plans may have changed, as Google seems to be removing all of the code for Chrome’s Android-based touchless mode.
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Google shut down ‘Mobile Network Insights’ service for carriers due to privacy concerns
According to a new report, for two years, Google apparently provided mobile carriers access to anonymized network data from Android phones in a program called “Mobile Network Insights.”
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Vulnerability in Snapdragon chips, ‘QualPwn,’ fixed with August security patch
When it comes to Android’s monthly security updates, some months can be more important than others. With the August 2019 Android security patch, Google and Qualcomm have fixed a set of “critical” vulnerabilities in their Snapdragon chips, dubbed “QualPwn,” that could allow hackers access to your phone’s underlying Linux kernel over the air.
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