But why? Why would they do this?
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But why? Why would they do this?
BoboBrazil
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They keep getting worse and worse 😬
……forgetit
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Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
It's Google.
They currently have no direction. They are just throwing shit around now. Some of it good. Some of it bad.
They currently have no direction. They are just throwing shit around now. Some of it good. Some of it bad.
WhiskerFrisker
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Emojis are getting more and more detailed. Soon we'll be sending humans
I think beta 3 for N was stable. Will wait.
I am fully expecting all mobile communication to be done by emojis in the future.
Junior Mint
Member
Maybe Android will get two sets of emoji
TheAbsolution
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I use Android Pay every chance I get. I love it, what are you talking about?
Samsung fanboy. Don't mind him.
Saiyan-Rox
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New ambient screen doesn't seem to activate the touch screen you can't tap again to turn the screen on also text is huge!
Holy cow, just restarted the Pixel XL to see if the boot times are better. What thell did they do in Nougat? I've never seen a phone booting up this fast 
Even my friends S8 took 2 secs longer.
My Pixel went from 35 to 15 sec boot up.
Well, times don't matter as I'm rebooting my phone once a month for the update, but nice improvement.
Even my friends S8 took 2 secs longer.
My Pixel went from 35 to 15 sec boot up.
Well, times don't matter as I'm rebooting my phone once a month for the update, but nice improvement.
Baroquemantic
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I rarely ever use emoji, but I still want the blobs back. They were the best looking out of all of them.
-Pyromaniac-
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what a shitty ass IO
I guess android wear really is dead.
I guess android wear really is dead.
Prototype Viktor
Member
I took the plunge earlier than normal for me
Put that O on my 6p
Put that O on my 6p
That was a pretty shitty conference. Not much for Android at all tbh. Still no meaningful work on backup. No battery diagnosis for users, no theme engine expansion, no one-hand use shrink service, no notification mirroring etc etc.
Google uncouple updating emoji from the system but don't understand that there are lots of parts of the OS that need the same.
Glad they sorted the Daydream/S8 mess though. And the old emoji sucked, so I'm not sorry to see them go.
Google uncouple updating emoji from the system but don't understand that there are lots of parts of the OS that need the same.
Glad they sorted the Daydream/S8 mess though. And the old emoji sucked, so I'm not sorry to see them go.
The Faceless Master
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can't be very often...
I'd like to know why.
Depends what country they're in. In the UK, it launched yesterday and has only 3 banks supporting it and almost every store has NFC payments now. I use Android Pay for almost every purchase I make now. Nowhere uses mag-readers except for a huge backup.
The Faceless Master
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Prototype Viktor
Member
Why did they move side loading permission to the browser? For Instant Apps¿ seems weird
The blobs look like little ghosts. :3
Junior Mint
Member
Y'all should know by now that Samsung does more to push Android forward than Google brehs
Maybe in the US, in the UK we have contactless almost everywhere. I make every purchase with android pay here.
Which is how it should be. I want to live in this future.
Prototype Viktor
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I really disliked them burying apps 1 down from nougat even more so with the short cut swipe removed
Little Old Man
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Exactly. Practically everywhere takes contactless payments these days, so by extension Android Pay.
It's one of the main reasons I can't wait to have my 5x back once it's repaired.
The Faceless Master
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i want to live in this future also, but these American companies keep fucking up.
almost two years later and half of the places i go to still have swipe terminals and many of the ones with chips have NFC disabled.
it seems like only fast food places really care. you would think it would be the opposite since who CC scams a 20 piece nuggets?
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
This IO was fantastic. I'm not disappointed because I expected nothing. It also demonstrates Google isn't focused on these things right now. That means they're working on something else. Great news. Perhaps we'll get a taste during Pixel 2?
So big android o changes in beta.
Pixel now boots up at the speed as any other android device.
Picture in picture for YouTube but only red. S8 can already do this for any youtube.
Auto fill passwords from your chrome save passwords in apps is nice.
Pixel now boots up at the speed as any other android device.
Picture in picture for YouTube but only red. S8 can already do this for any youtube.
Auto fill passwords from your chrome save passwords in apps is nice.
I'll buy it for $50.
Should they really be encouraging that feature? I thought the database protection on Chrome saved passwords was almost non-existent at least on desktop, not sure on mobile.
-Pyromaniac-
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working on ways to get more user data lol
the blobs were kinda cute but too out of place in the emoji-verse so I'm not sad to see them go.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Ha probably. Frankly, this IO just reinforced my recent decision to switch to iOS. It's Apple time now and I'll jump back to Android if Google regains the lead. Still haven't turned on iMessage or went fully iCloud.
Some interesting stuff. I don't really understand the enthusiasm for kotlin. I would have thought a better idea would be native support for a google language. Or hell anything but another java connected language. Even swift would be better.
Like the new AndroidTV home screen. Reminds me a lot of the AndroidTV YouTube interface.
The newhome stuff is looking nice.
Installed the O beta on my 5x. Seems to be running ok so far.
Like the new AndroidTV home screen. Reminds me a lot of the AndroidTV YouTube interface.
The newhome stuff is looking nice.
Installed the O beta on my 5x. Seems to be running ok so far.
Lead in what way....I'm still not seeing an apple lead anywhere.
Wearables? Tablets?
as much as i liked the blobs this is a necessary change for the bigger crowd. less confusion. and tbh they don't look too bad, better than iOS at least
The direction seems there to me...AI, assistant and machine learning. Not unlike Microsoft really.
Mr.Shrugglesã
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Today's Google Assistant keynote was amazing. I wonder what 2012 will bring.