Show Notes Android News Android Distribution numbers updated. Oreo is at 12.1%, Nougat at 30.8%, Marshmallow at 23.5%, Lollipop at 20.4% Proposed API would bring notification badges to Android and web apps on Chromebooks Google’s support library for developers, AndroidX, is available on AOSP. Android Dev Summit in Mountainview November 7-8 Android has created more choice, not less… Read More »
Show Notes Comments “Hi, in reply to your request for feedback in episode 403. Carry on as your are! At home in the UK and been listening to you both since I started to download podcasts and always look forward to your weekly banter. Thanks” I listened to Episode 403 today. I pretty much agree with the guy… Read More »
Show Notes Android News TicWatch Pro now available for $249.99 Android P will have intelligent adaptive battery support App News Moment Pro Camera brings full manual controls to Android Google merges in the Pay Send app into Pay, starts adding promised ticket and boarding pass integration. Google Assistant gains new UI and names the voices using colors Google… Read More »
Show Notes Android News Android P adds automatic setting for 24 hour clock July security update rolling out for Pixel and Nexus devices. New RAMpage attack affects all Android phones released since 2012. App News Google tries to improve discovery of quality apps and games on the Play Store Multi-device and tablet support for Google Duo rolling out… Read More »
Guru returns Show Notes Android News AAA finds Android Auto less distracting than other car systems App News Play Store’s algorithm quietly changes, tanking some ratings. MX Player passes 500 million installs YouTube now supports picture-in-picture without Premium subscription Navbar Weather puts local weather forecast in navigation bar Firefox 61 released for Android with speed improvements Google Maps… Read More »
Show Notes Android News Android-x86 Project releases first Oreo build App News Android Messages for desktop browsers is going live Datally adds guest mode, daily limits, monitoring of unused apps, and a Wifi map. Facer introduces interactive watch faces In Other News Google Home and Chromecast can leak your location. https://media.blubrry.com/android_buffet/files.technobuffet.com/podcast/AndroidBuffet400.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration:… Read More »
Show Notes Android News Project Capillary: End to End Encryption for push messaging simplified Google’s Digital Well Being Initiative App News Clean Share removes tracking tokens and other data from a URL before sharing it. Google releases standalone Lens app Duo passes 500 million installs App wants to use phone microphones to enforce copyrights. Google Translate offering new… Read More »
Show Notes Android News Project Fi adds new phones Android Tablets coming to NY taxis App News Plex adds podcasts Carrot Weather, now in beta on Android Old Google Voice SMS Messages from Hangouts now appear in the Google Voice app In Other News Atari co-founder Ted Dabney dead at 81 Alan Bean dead at 86 https://media.blubrry.com/android_buffet/files.technobuffet.com/podcast/AndroidBuffet398.mp3Podcast: Play… Read More »
Show Notes Android News Samsung may ditch Tizen for Wear OS on new watch Android P enterprise improvements detailed. Trusted Places seems to have been removed as a Smart Lock option App News Driving Detective brings Automatic Do Not Disturb while driving using official Transition API AirMirror from AirDroid arrives to control your phone from another Google News… Read More »
Show Notes Android News Intra, in Early Access, brings DNS-over-TLS to older versions of Android by adding a local VPN. Open-source WearOS alternative Asteroids OS now available for several smartwatches Android P lets you disable System UI and System notifications Treble is turning out to be more important than we thought Google to require OEMs roll out regular… Read More »