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Android 12 DP3: Widgets get revamped w/ new menu, recommendations, forced rounded corners

April 22, 2021
Following the recent popularity of homescreen widgets after their launch on iOS, Android 12 is giving some love to the OS’s long-existing widgets system, including a new menu, forced rounded corners, and more. With Android 12 Developer Preview 3, Google has made quite a few changes to the widgets system. The most noticeable change, affecting your existing widgets, is that Android homescreen…
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Google Pixel 5a 5G set to run on same Snapdragon 765 as Pixel 5

April 22, 2021
Earlier this month, Google confirmed that their next budget smartphone, the Pixel 5a 5G, would be releasing later this year. Thanks to the latest Android 12 Developer Preview, we can report that the Pixel 5a 5G will run on the same chip as the Google Pixel 5. In confirming…
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Android 12 DP3: Dark mode finally extends to toast messages w/ design tweak

April 22, 2021
Dark mode was fully integrated into Android almost three years ago at this point, but some parts of the system have slipped through. In Android 12, Google is finally bringing a dark theme to toast messages. Toast messages, for those not versed with the admittedly somewhat obscure term, are those little pop-ups that appear at the bottom of the screen with messages. One of the easiest ways to see…
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New Gmail for web loses Google Material Theme compose button

April 22, 2021
Google is in the process of rolling out a new Gmail client online for free users that incorporates Chat and Rooms. As part of that, there were a number of small design tweaks, and the latest sees Gmail on the web get a new compose button. When the ability to enable Google…
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Android 12 Developer Preview 3 hands-on: Top new features [Video]

April 22, 2021
The Android 12 Developer Preview 3 is set to be the last “full” developer build of the latest OS, and we’ve unearthed a treasure trove of new user-facing features. We’re already starting to see Google make plenty of interface-related changes to Android 12, and Developer Preview 3 is enabling a number of those that we have actually had a glimpse of, thanks to teardowns and tinkering. But…
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OxygenOS Open Beta 3 and 9 arrive for OnePlus 8/8T series w/ April patches, more

April 21, 2021
It appears as though the OxygenOS Open Beta 3 and Beta 9 updates are now rolling out for the OnePlus 8T and 8 series respectively. We say “appears” as there has been no official confirmation from OnePlus as yet, but users over on the OnePlus Forums have managed to grab the update for the 8T, 8, and 8 Pro (via XDA). It’s quite a sizeable patch but as with the recent stable update for the…
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