Episode 343 – Long Show Tonight

By | March 29, 2017

Long Show Tonight

Show Notes

  • Android O Preview
    • The Files App now shows in the app drawer
    • Granular Battery Usage is gone.
    • Install source permission limited to user authorized apps
    • Expandable quick settings only work when tapping the text, not the icon.
    • Battery percentage inside the battery icon is no longer an option
    • Status bar in Notification Shade gets a bit more dense.
    • Custom Shortcuts can be added to the lockscreen via the UI Tuner
    • Android might be getting native support for themes.
    • Settings app has been completely overhauled
    • Individual notifications can be snoozed for 15m, 30m, or 1hr.
    • Home screen notification badges are now supported.
    • Autofill API
    • New background limits help save battery life
    • Hardware keyboard improvements
    • Support for aptX bluetooth streaming
    • PiP for all devices and new windowing features
    • Network Aware Networking mode for wifi
  • Android News
    • Shielding MAC addresses from stalkers is hard and Android fails miserably at it.
    • Securing Your Devices: Android Year in Review
    • Google Talk is dead, Hangouts is the new Slack, Project Fi users are screwed and everyone hates Allo
    • Google to streamline Android Security Update Platform further, only about 50% of Devices get Patches
  • App News
    • Vudu’s mobile app can now do DVD to HD digital…$2 for a ‘like’ conversion, $5 to upgrade a DVD to an HD digital copy.
    • Google Maps adds new improved parking spot saver.
    • More news in Google News & Weather
    • Nova Launcher beta includes ‘dynamic icons’ that pull badges from notification content
    • Hangouts is losing SMS integration on May 22
    • Google Duo getting an audio only option
    • Location Sharing is coming back to Google Maps
  • In Other News
    • FedEx will give you $5 to support Flash.
    • Google takes Symantec to the woodshed for 30000 misissued certificate
    • Dig Once Bill could bring fiber internet to much of the US
    • LastPass Security flaw responsibly disclosed and not yet patched.
    • FCC Plan to let phone companies block more robocalls moves forward.
    • Why You Should Care About the Supreme Court case on Toner Cartridges