Android 17 codename has been revealed!

It's: Cinnamon Bun

And yet again, no one expected this at all. 💀

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You can now talk to Google Photos to make your edits

Google's Wednesday event unveiled new features for Pixel phones, highlighting AI advancements.  No specific dates or product names were released, but AI capabilities were a key focus.

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Google launches the Pixel 10 series,  base model now has three-cameras

Google unveiled the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL phones on August 18th at its Made by Google event. These new phones feature unspecified improvements, but no specific details were released.

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🔎 Google finally lets you customize icon shapes on your Pixel Launcher's home screen

Android will give you five options. Including the default circle, there’s square, four-sided cookie, seven-sided cookie, and arch.

- These options are currently only available in the August 2025 Android Canary release, but we expect it won’t be long before they make their way into the QPR2 track.
- You only have five total icon shape options to pick from, but it's better than nothing.
- The “Icons” menu had changed. Instead of only having a toggle to enable icon theming, the “Icons” menu now has several icon shape options.

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Samsung Might Make Gesture Navigation Default in One UI 8.5

Over the years, we’ve seen phone makers attempt different ways to help users navigate their devices’ UI. There was the physical home button, which later evolved to on-screen buttons, and these days, swiping and using gestures is the norm. Samsung typically uses the three-button navigation by default, but in One UI 8.5, the company could move to gestures.

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RIP, Nova Launcher ⚰️

Nova launcher dev (Kevin Barry) has decided to discontinue working on the project. After working on it alone for the past year, Besides of not open-sourcing the project to the community.

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The ReVanced Project is in a dangerous situation!

Out of sudden, Spotify decided to send a DMCA notice to ReVanced due to their "Spotify Patches", alleging that the patches enables access to copyrighted content by bypassing encryption, transfer key protocols, and premium feature restrictions (like skipping).

And now, they're seeking for legal help, hopefully someone out there can help them out. 🙏

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