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Re: Android 10

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Post by readams »

rvz wrote: post #30

> With Android 10, you’re in control of your privacy. With privacy being the latest buzzword in the tech industry and all this news about privacy blunders I keep seeing, For Google to market something like this for Android makes you wonder what other nefarious features that have been added to Android that they didn't tell you about. In terms of privacy, Android 10 instead screams "Upgrade and lose control of your pri…

Actually there are a number of new privacy-enhancing features in this release. Probably the most prominent is that it will help you choose which apps should be able to get location information in the background. Google obviously has a tricky relationship with privacy, but as far as I know Android 10 is strictly better in that regard.

Re: Android 10

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Post by Siecje »

> HEIF Imaging

> Support for new file format (.heic) to save still images.

What is the advantage of .heic images?

Re: Android 10

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Post by readams »

mfontani wrote: post #5

> Android’s new Dark theme uses true black to keep your battery alive longer. None of the screenshots around the caption seem to use "true black", though!

Note that "true black" saves almost no additional power on an OLED vs a dark grey.

Re: Android 10

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Post by pranau »

I wonder how many of the features advertised here will make it onto the Android 10 release of other OEMs. In Android 9 for example, the ability to select text via OCR in the recent apps screen was limited to only the Pixel devices for some strange reason even though all Android devices had access to that feature prior to the release of Google Assistant via the Google app.

In a similar vein, Digital Wellbeing was officially limited to Pixel devices and Android One devices although it could be sideloaded onto other phones (where it ran perfectly fine) running Android 9+.

Re: Android 10

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Post by fooqux »

gowld wrote: post #31
headmelted wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it? I use Signal because I don't want Google reading my messages.

Does Smart Reply send your messages to Google?

No, it uses the app's API to do that. However, the push notification from GCM does come from google and is possibly read though.

Re: Android 10

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Post by tantalor »

MrMetlHed wrote: post #3

How will Google avoid being sued (like Amazon / Audible is being sued https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-lawsuit/top-u-... ) for the "Live Caption" feature?

Because it works on all apps not just audio books
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