Android 13 QPR1 Beta 3 has a new pre-installed "Wallpaper Effects" app.
Apparently, it will generate cinematic 3D wallpaper effects, hints of which were discovered back in Android 13 Developer Preview 2 by Mishaal Rahman on Esper Blog.
Package name: com.google.android.wallpaper.effects
🔗 Mishaal Rahman
Apparently, it will generate cinematic 3D wallpaper effects, hints of which were discovered back in Android 13 Developer Preview 2 by Mishaal Rahman on Esper Blog.
Package name: com.google.android.wallpaper.effects
🔗 Mishaal Rahman
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YouTube app on Android is experimenting with the player's page interface. Now, when playing a video in a dark theme, the page background is colored black, while the device status bar and the area under the video are dynamically colored according to the current…
YouTube officially updates its interface: a black theme, 'Ambient Mode' and other video player updates.
The YouTube team has officially announced new features and design updates to the player that it has been testing over the past few months, among them:
• Ambient Mode (Desktop, Android, iOS)
• Dark theme is now Black (Desktop, Android, iOS, Smart TVs.)
• New Playlist design (Android, iOS)
• Redesigned buttons below videos (Desktop, Android, iOS)
• Pinch to zoom gesture to easily zoom in and out of a video while on your iOS or Android phone. (Android, iOS)
• Precise seeking: drag or swipe up while seeking to display a row of thumbnails in the video player. (Android, iOS)
All of these changes will start rolling out starting today.
🔗 YouTube Blog
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The YouTube team has officially announced new features and design updates to the player that it has been testing over the past few months, among them:
• Ambient Mode (Desktop, Android, iOS)
• Dark theme is now Black (Desktop, Android, iOS, Smart TVs.)
• New Playlist design (Android, iOS)
• Redesigned buttons below videos (Desktop, Android, iOS)
• Pinch to zoom gesture to easily zoom in and out of a video while on your iOS or Android phone. (Android, iOS)
• Precise seeking: drag or swipe up while seeking to display a row of thumbnails in the video player. (Android, iOS)
All of these changes will start rolling out starting today.
🔗 YouTube Blog
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🇬🇧 Google has officially announced the Digital Wellbeing "Screen Time" widget. We have already seen that it was under development before. And now Google will officially introduce this widget for all Android devices. It shows the total number of hours and…
The "Your screen time" widget now has an 'update' button.
There is now an update button in the upper right corner, which, when clicked, will provide you with more up-to-date device usage data for the day.
As a reminder, this widget belongs to the Digital Wellbeing app.
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There is now an update button in the upper right corner, which, when clicked, will provide you with more up-to-date device usage data for the day.
As a reminder, this widget belongs to the Digital Wellbeing app.
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Android 13 QPR1 Beta 3 is Out! Pixel 7 and 7 Pro are now Included! Security patch level: October 2022 Build: T1B3.221003.003 Resolved Issues: • Fixed an issue for some devices where the screen unlock UI was displayed over notifications and other lock…
Android 13 QPR1 Beta 3 survey is now open.
Google has opened feedback collection on the third beta version of the upcoming December release of Android 13 QPR1.
This survey is relevant to Pixel 4a and newer users who have installed the beta with build number T1B3.221003.003.
At the same time in the list of "Which device are you using?" for some reason there is no Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, although they were included in the beta test with the release of the third beta-version.
Link to Google Form:
🔗 Android 13 QPR1 Beta software survey
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Google has opened feedback collection on the third beta version of the upcoming December release of Android 13 QPR1.
This survey is relevant to Pixel 4a and newer users who have installed the beta with build number T1B3.221003.003.
At the same time in the list of "Which device are you using?" for some reason there is no Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, although they were included in the beta test with the release of the third beta-version.
Link to Google Form:
🔗 Android 13 QPR1 Beta software survey
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YouTube app on iOS has added new homescreen widgets. The 4×2 "Quick Actions" widget is "the fastest way to search and browse YouTube." There's a "Search YouTube " bar at the top, which immediately launches the UI with an open keyboard, and a microphone icon…
YouTube app on Android now has new Material You widgets.
There are two in total: the 3x3 'Quick Actions', which has a search bar and Home, Shorts, Subscriptions, and Library buttons. If you have a 5x5 or 3x3 grid, at 3x3 size it can only display 3 buttons, like in the preview.
The second widget, Quick Search, basically looks like the first widget without the bottom row of buttons and just serves as a quick access to text and voice search.
These widgets are available by default in the app version 17.43.35.
Earlier similar widgets appeared on iOS, only the search widget was a 2x2 square.
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There are two in total: the 3x3 'Quick Actions', which has a search bar and Home, Shorts, Subscriptions, and Library buttons. If you have a 5x5 or 3x3 grid, at 3x3 size it can only display 3 buttons, like in the preview.
The second widget, Quick Search, basically looks like the first widget without the bottom row of buttons and just serves as a quick access to text and voice search.
These widgets are available by default in the app version 17.43.35.
Earlier similar widgets appeared on iOS, only the search widget was a 2x2 square.
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Google has announced new icons for the Contacts, Messages, and Phone apps. The new icons have the same look and feel as many other Google products and are designed to "emphasize their common purpose of helping you communicate." Each is designed to adapt…
Google Phone app has received the promised updated icon.
You can get the change by upgrading to beta version 92.0.484272277-publicbeta. So the new icon joins the already updated Google Contacts and Messages (in beta version).
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You can get the change by upgrading to beta version 92.0.484272277-publicbeta. So the new icon joins the already updated Google Contacts and Messages (in beta version).
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Google Play launched the Users' Choice voting for best apps and games of 2022.
There are nine nominees in each category. The Users' Choice App category includes:
・Dream by WOMBO – AI Art Tool
・Sleep Tracker – Sleep Recorder
・DanceFitme: Fun Weight Loss
・BeReal. Your friends for real.
・Breathwrk: Breathing Exercises
・noteit widget – get it now
・Daily Diary: Journal with Lock
・Ukulele by Yousician
・PicCollage: Grid & Story Maker
And in the Users' Choice Game the company collected the following candidates:
・MY HERO ULTRA IMPACT
・Dislyte
・Rocket League Sideswipe
・Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds
・Gun & Dungeons
・Diablo Immortal
・Kingdom Maker
・Apex Legends Mobile
・Tower of Fantasy
Voting will last two weeks, and the winners in each category will be announced on November 30, 2022.
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There are nine nominees in each category. The Users' Choice App category includes:
・Dream by WOMBO – AI Art Tool
・Sleep Tracker – Sleep Recorder
・DanceFitme: Fun Weight Loss
・BeReal. Your friends for real.
・Breathwrk: Breathing Exercises
・noteit widget – get it now
・Daily Diary: Journal with Lock
・Ukulele by Yousician
・PicCollage: Grid & Story Maker
And in the Users' Choice Game the company collected the following candidates:
・MY HERO ULTRA IMPACT
・Dislyte
・Rocket League Sideswipe
・Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds
・Gun & Dungeons
・Diablo Immortal
・Kingdom Maker
・Apex Legends Mobile
・Tower of Fantasy
Voting will last two weeks, and the winners in each category will be announced on November 30, 2022.
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🇬🇧 Google Play Expanding Target Level API Requirements to Strengthen User Security Starting on November 1, 2022, existing apps that don’t target an API level within two years of the latest major Android release version will not be available for discovery…
Google Play's target API level requirements have been updated.
・ Starting today, if an app is not targeting API level 30 (Android 11) or higher, new users with newer versions of the Android OS will not be able to find or install the app in Google Play. And those who have used the app before will still have access to it.
・ For new apps not yet published on Google Play, however, there has been a requirement to target API level 31 (Android 12.0) since August.
・ Updates for existing apps must also target API level 31 (Android 12.0) or higher, otherwise developers will not be able to upload them.
・ Wear OS apps should now be targeted at API 30
🔗 Play Console Help (via Mishaal Rahman)
・ Starting today, if an app is not targeting API level 30 (Android 11) or higher, new users with newer versions of the Android OS will not be able to find or install the app in Google Play. And those who have used the app before will still have access to it.
・ For new apps not yet published on Google Play, however, there has been a requirement to target API level 31 (Android 12.0) since August.
・ Updates for existing apps must also target API level 31 (Android 12.0) or higher, otherwise developers will not be able to upload them.
・ Wear OS apps should now be targeted at API 30
🔗 Play Console Help (via Mishaal Rahman)
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Google has intentionally turned off the light Assistant theme on phones.
Back during the beta test of Android 13, many people noticed that Google Assistant now always has a dark theme regardless of system settings. In a comment on Issue Tracker, Google said that this was done intentionally:
"Google Assistant regularly tries new ideas to see what works and what could work better. This includes ways to make our products look and feel consistent throughout our product ecosystem. To offer a more helpful visual experience across all your devices, including Pixel Watch and Google TV, when you engage with Assistant on mobile Light mode is no longer available - it will now have a dark appearance, even if you have Dark theme turned off in your phone settings."
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Back during the beta test of Android 13, many people noticed that Google Assistant now always has a dark theme regardless of system settings. In a comment on Issue Tracker, Google said that this was done intentionally:
"Google Assistant regularly tries new ideas to see what works and what could work better. This includes ways to make our products look and feel consistent throughout our product ecosystem. To offer a more helpful visual experience across all your devices, including Pixel Watch and Google TV, when you engage with Assistant on mobile Light mode is no longer available - it will now have a dark appearance, even if you have Dark theme turned off in your phone settings."
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Google will shut down its dedicated Street View app next year.
In the latest app update, Google prepared some pop-up notifications about the imminent shutdown of the Street View app, specifically on March 21, 2023.
However, the service itself will continue to work. Users are encouraged to use the Street View Studio web app, as well as street view and upload their own photo spheres to Google Maps.
However, Google will still turn off one feature, namely "Photo Paths." It allowed taking simple two-dimensional photos of a road or path that has not yet been documented in Street View.
🔗 9to5Google
In the latest app update, Google prepared some pop-up notifications about the imminent shutdown of the Street View app, specifically on March 21, 2023.
However, the service itself will continue to work. Users are encouraged to use the Street View Studio web app, as well as street view and upload their own photo spheres to Google Maps.
However, Google will still turn off one feature, namely "Photo Paths." It allowed taking simple two-dimensional photos of a road or path that has not yet been documented in Street View.
🔗 9to5Google
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Google Contacts will soon get a new 'Single Contact' widget.
The 'Single Contact' widget appears in the list of available widgets after updating to version 3.80.24.484030026, but it has a low-quality preview, and when trying to place it on the Pixel Launcher home screen, it crashes.
Judging by the preview, it will be similar to the YouTube Music widget, and has two shortcuts: Calling a contact and opening a dialog in Messages. Perhaps when you click in the middle, it will open the contact's page in the app.
Most likely, it's just not finished yet.
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The 'Single Contact' widget appears in the list of available widgets after updating to version 3.80.24.484030026, but it has a low-quality preview, and when trying to place it on the Pixel Launcher home screen, it crashes.
Judging by the preview, it will be similar to the YouTube Music widget, and has two shortcuts: Calling a contact and opening a dialog in Messages. Perhaps when you click in the middle, it will open the contact's page in the app.
Most likely, it's just not finished yet.
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🇬🇧 The beta for Google Play Games for PC is now available! Mishaal Rahman posted a video demonstration of the client (courtesy of BakaChocolate) . There is also a download link, but without an approved account in one of the 3 aforementioned regions you…
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Google Play Games on PC beta is now available in 8 more countries.
Previously, it was only available to players in Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and Australia.
And as of today, the list has been expanded to 8 new countries: the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore.
🔗 Download
🔗 Minimum spec requirements
🔗 Android Developers Blog
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Previously, it was only available to players in Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and Australia.
And as of today, the list has been expanded to 8 new countries: the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore.
🔗 Download
🔗 Minimum spec requirements
🔗 Android Developers Blog
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Google Photos will soon allow you to select the default app for editing RAW files.
Right now, when you try to edit RAW files in Google Photos, you'll see a pop-up menu asking you to choose a RAW editing app or find one on Play Store.
Now there will be a separate "RAW Editing" settings page in the app, allowing you to enable editing in default app. Thus, when you press the "edit" button, you will immediately open the pre-selected app.
This page appeared inside app version 6.13 and is not yet listed in the settings.
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Right now, when you try to edit RAW files in Google Photos, you'll see a pop-up menu asking you to choose a RAW editing app or find one on Play Store.
Now there will be a separate "RAW Editing" settings page in the app, allowing you to enable editing in default app. Thus, when you press the "edit" button, you will immediately open the pre-selected app.
This page appeared inside app version 6.13 and is not yet listed in the settings.
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Google Phone app has fixed the black statusbar on devices with a display cutouts on the In Call screen!
Happy day for everyone who has a display cutout and uses the Google Phone app! Google is rolling out a fix that eliminates the black status bar on the call screen. So now it's colored all over the page!
The first Google device with a display cutout was the Pixel 3 XL, which was released in 2018, and after the Pixel 4a the notch was in every device. It could be said that's how long it took the company to notice this issue. And not without our help.
Another credit to @gn_issues!
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Happy day for everyone who has a display cutout and uses the Google Phone app! Google is rolling out a fix that eliminates the black status bar on the call screen. So now it's colored all over the page!
The first Google device with a display cutout was the Pixel 3 XL, which was released in 2018, and after the Pixel 4a the notch was in every device. It could be said that's how long it took the company to notice this issue. And not without our help.
Another credit to @gn_issues!
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Google Phone app has fixed the black statusbar on devices with a display cutouts on the In Call screen! Happy day for everyone who has a display cutout and uses the Google Phone app! Google is rolling out a fix that eliminates the black status bar on the…
Google Contacts will soon get a redesigned tablet UI.
The bottom navigation bar will now be replaced with navigation rail on the left, where the floating action button has also moved.
The entire interface will be implemented on the principle of two panels: on the left list of contacts, on the right either information about the selected contact, or a stub "select a contact from the list to see details".
This change is not yet available to users and was discovered by Mishaal Rahman, which he shared on his Telegram channel.
🔗 Mishaal Android News
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The bottom navigation bar will now be replaced with navigation rail on the left, where the floating action button has also moved.
The entire interface will be implemented on the principle of two panels: on the left list of contacts, on the right either information about the selected contact, or a stub "select a contact from the list to see details".
This change is not yet available to users and was discovered by Mishaal Rahman, which he shared on his Telegram channel.
🔗 Mishaal Android News
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Android's new system Photo Picker arrives even on Android 4.4 KitKat.
Previously, the company promised support for this feature only on Android 11 and higher through an update of the MediaProvider component in Google Play System updates . But now it has found a way to Enable photo picker support back to Android 4.4 thanks to the Google Play Services update version 22.43.
As a reminder, this tool is designed to give apps access only to the media files you select.
🔗 November 2022 Google Play system updates changelog
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Previously, the company promised support for this feature only on Android 11 and higher through an update of the MediaProvider component in Google Play System updates . But now it has found a way to Enable photo picker support back to Android 4.4 thanks to the Google Play Services update version 22.43.
As a reminder, this tool is designed to give apps access only to the media files you select.
🔗 November 2022 Google Play system updates changelog
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Android 13 October Security patch is out! Build number: TP1A.221005.002 (.003 for 6a) According to the support schedule, this is the last update for the Pixel 4 (XL), after which it may get a few more fixes. 🔗 Pixel Phone Help 🔗 Android Security Bulletin…
Android 13 November security patch is out!
Build numbers:
• Pixel 4a - 6 Pro: TP1A.221105.002;
• Pixel 7/Pro: TD1A.221105.001
• Pixel 7/Pro Verizon: TD1A.221105.003
Yes, there is no update on the Pixel 4, support for the device ended last month.
🔗 Pixel Phone Help
🔗 Android Security Bulletin
🔗 Pixel Update Bulletin
🔗 OTA images
🔗 Factory Images
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Build numbers:
• Pixel 4a - 6 Pro: TP1A.221105.002;
• Pixel 7/Pro: TD1A.221105.001
• Pixel 7/Pro Verizon: TD1A.221105.003
Yes, there is no update on the Pixel 4, support for the device ended last month.
🔗 Pixel Phone Help
🔗 Android Security Bulletin
🔗 Pixel Update Bulletin
🔗 OTA images
🔗 Factory Images
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Android 13 QPR1 Beta 3 is Out! Pixel 7 and 7 Pro are now Included! Security patch level: October 2022 Build: T1B3.221003.003 Resolved Issues: • Fixed an issue for some devices where the screen unlock UI was displayed over notifications and other lock…
Android 13 QPR1 Beta 3.1 with November patch is out!
Security patch level: November 7, 2022
Build: T1B3.221003.008
🔗 Android Beta
• OTA images
• Factory Images
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Security patch level: November 7, 2022
Build: T1B3.221003.008
🔗 Android Beta
• OTA images
• Factory Images
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