Episode 478 – To All The Hosts I’ve Had Before

By | February 26, 2020

Show Notes

  • Android 11 Preview launches
    • Dynamic Meteredness and Bandwidth Estimator API
    • Dedicated Conversations section in notification shade
    • Chat Bubbles
    • Images in notification replies
    • One time permissions
    • Will not repeatedly ask for permissions
    • Secure storage of identity credentials
    • Call screening improvements
    • Wifi/Passpoint enhancements
    • Mute during camera capture
    • Automatically enabled/disabled dark theme at sunset
    • Screen recording is back
    • If you are listening to audio, airplane mode will not turn off bluetooth
    • You can now see what audio codecs bluetooth headphones support
    • Quick Access Wallet feature
  • Android News
    • Background location will now have to be applied for
  • App News
    • Firefox releases Android app(invite only) for its paid VPN service
    • Microsoft Defender coming to Android
    • Google bans 600 apps for disruptive ads
    • Larry Tesler, responsible for cut, copy, and paste, dead at 74.
  • Wyze Band announced, supports Amazon Echo, fitness tracking, etc. Wyze also working on outdoor camera, scale, doorbell cam, and person detection.

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  • 💬 Sir Kevin McLaughlin
  • 💬 Sir Kevin McLaughlin