Stan, also known as Stako, is a smartphone enthusiast who loves exploring the limits of Android customization. His journey with mobile tech began with the Nokia 5110 and evolved with devices like the BlackBerry 9350 Curve and Samsung Galaxy A4.
was absolutely the right type of stimuli I was looking for. Was I hoping that it would hit me on an October night, just before the witching hour? No. But I’ll tell you this much: I was hoping for somethingYou’d get the notification, initialize the update only to have the phone tell you that it doesn’t have enough battery, so you’d rush to get your charger and watch in anticipation as that download bar filled up.
Typically, when a new version of Android drops, there is usually a prompt or notification, waiting to tell you all about what is the latest with the OS. Not only that, but with Pixel phones in particular, you also have the Pixel Tips app, which usually gets updated with new info when an OS upgrade happens.
I got my girlfriend to pretend-steal my phone from me while we were on our evening stroll, so that we can test out Theft Protection and even though she ranthe distance, all that managed to achieve was to accidentally activate Messenger's bug report from all the shaking, so take that as you will. . The way it’s explained made me feel like I need a secondary Google account in order to use it.
Toggles, over-engineered niche features and bucket loads of tiny improvements are just not as exciting as UI changes, huge feature drops or design philosophy updates. These few, minor new additions, however, are what Google chose to tell us about in its blog post. So that’s what we’re going with, just like any other person would.
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