Android

Following the final Android 15 preview last week, Google is releasing Android 15 QPR1 Beta 1 for Pixel today.

Android 15 QPR1 Beta 1 is rolling out with a new developer option to enable desktop mode on secondary displays.

Like Google Keep, Microsoft OneNote is working on support for being a default notes app on Android 15, though we're not sure when it'll come.

1. Install Obtainium from F-Droid to manage app downloads and updates

2. Go to Obtainium -> Add app

3. Paste the URL of the official download page: https://store.steampowered.com/mobile. Remember to always check that you're using an official and safe link to a webpage or supported source

4. In field "Custom APK Link Filter by Regular Expression", write the pattern under which Steam uploads its app. This is important because "/mobile" page has 3 different apps. The pattern is: /steam-android/steam-(.*).apk$

5. (Optional). To improve update detection, paste "/steam-android/steam-(.*).apk$" (w/o quiotation marks) to "Version String Extraction RegEx" and write "$1" into "Match Group…"

6. Use Steam

I've made this poll due to a debate over the definition of "base" Android. I consider it to be the AOSP, but I would like other's inputs on it. Thanks for voting!.

Google's new Pixel 9 has the ability to copy data from another Android phone after setup. Here's how that works.

TL;DR

• Google has confirmed to us that the Pixel Watch 3 can’t be repaired and can only be replaced.
• This is bad news for environmental reasons, suggesting that broken watches will end up in landfills.
• This isn’t the first Pixel Watch model that can’t be repaired, though.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18873916

Google has an entirely new uniform packaging. In detailing the design, Google gives us a Pixel Watch 3 unboxing today.

Summary

• Major tech giants like Google pay researchers for finding vulnerabilities in their products.

• Google is shutting down the Google Play Security Reward Program on August 31, 2024.

• It will review all submitted reports before the program ends, though payouts can take a few weeks.

I asked a relative to look for RealVNC on the Play Store and install it. Once they were done, I asked them to fulfill a basic task inside RealVNC and they were really confused by my instructions. I took a look at their phone, lo and behold, they had installed a different app. I asked them to repeat the install procedure while I watched. They punched in "realvnc" in the search box, two identically formatted results appeared. Their finger instinctively clicked the Install button on the top result. It was an ad. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦

After teasers and snippets, the OnePlus Buds Pro 3 has officially launched as a follow-up to one of last year's best Bluetooth accessories.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/27264486

Updates in this version:

• Order of Web Apps in menu can be changed
• File downloads are supported
• Native Alpha custom context menu can be deactived so that the standard browser context menu is shown
• Italian translation added
• General, technical version updates

If you want a “premium” phone in a compact package, Google answered that call with the Pixel 9 Pro.

It’s a 1st step in powerful editing tools for consumer images, harnessing on-device diffusion models.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18747630