Didn’t expect a lot out of A14 tbh. I think that Operating Systems have matured to become mostly an intermediary between the user and apps as opposed to the conductor. As long as they stay out of the way, most users will be content.
Personally tho, I wouldn’t be surprised if 15 is a huge release. Right now, the next frontier seems to obviously be transitioning phones towards AI personal assistants and w/ full integration. Microsoft is already leading the charge from the desktop OS front, but phones imo will be the most familiar integration opportunity.
Huh, the update is going out to 4a 5G but not the 4G version… Is my phone already depreciated?
Yup. Came out a few months before the 4a 5G:
https://endoflife.date/pixel
What happened to the webcam-over-USB feature that was promised? Just updated to 14 and went into charge-settings but no webcam option. Tried two USB-cables and both mac and Windows but no go. Was this confirmed to be scrapped? Was my most hyped feature 😭
I think it’s in the current QPR beta. You need to register for the beta program, which will give you access to the new features they’re testing for the December feature drop.
It’s listed on their official update video so it does exist. But it says “on compatible devices and countries” so might only be on the newest phones so far?
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/wEVaHobjbPw
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
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So wallpapers, clock changes on lock screen, and updated credential manager which I assume is the latest push for Passkeys.
That qualifies a major version change? It kinda sucks that we’ve stagnated in mobile OS improvements. You just don’t really see anything radically different or innovative anymore.
What would be considered radical according to you, then?
Not that I disagree with you, though…
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Significant battery life improvements
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Granular Internet Acess Control (Give users option to prohibit apps from connecting to data or Wi-Fi)
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Something native like KDE Connect or Your Phone from Microsoft
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Something like Samsung Dex
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Unlimited Paypal money generator
There are so many things Google could do.
Feature wise most mobile OS’s are pretty mature so it’s only natural to see less “improvements” compared to the early days.
Use your favourite Lemmy client for example, the first month of development every release brought a bunch of new features and improvements but these days the releases are all pretty small.
See am I crazy or didn’t google say this was a thing coming ages ago?
Also disabling apps. Am I also crazy or did that come and go and only ever work on certain ones? I really do sometimes find it useful to disable apps instead of uninstalling them. When you uninstall you need to configure them all over again when you do the reinstall.
Having 2 different instances of the same app. Samsung provides this for most messaging apps.
I hope it has the ability to remove the Google search bar from the home screen
EDIT: got the update, still can’t get rid of the search bar on the default launcher :(
You could always use a different launcher to do this. I like Nova Launcher, but there are lots of good options.
My current goto for an alternate launcher is Ruthless Launcher
Nova being bought out by a third party ad company made that a no go for me nowadays :(
