Last June, we exclusively revealed that Google was working on an Android Beam replacement and AirDrop competitor called “Fast Share.” It was renamed to “Nearby Sharing” earlier this year, but ultimately still unannounced. The Android 11 DP2 today surprisingly references the feature.
Release notes for Developer Preview 2 today explicitly reference Nearby Sharing by its original “Fast…
The Google Stadia app updated on Android and iOS this week, and while things don’t look any different on the surface, we’ve found that Google is prepping to bring wireless Stadia Controller support to Android, along with a mention of “Pro-only games.”
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If you are not content with the most recent Android 11 Developer Preview build on your Google Pixel, it’s probably music to your ears knowing that you can downgrade your OS to a stable Android 10 build if you encounter any major problems.
We’ve shown you how to install…
It wouldn’t be an early Android build without notification tweaks, would it? In the second developer preview of Android 11, Google is introducing a new option to hide notifications marked as “silent.”
Since Android 10’s early releases, Google has been working on refining “silent” notifications. This new category of notifications won’t audibly ring and gets pushed to the bottom of…
Samsung’s new Galaxy S20 series is full of some really great flagship phones, but they suffer a bit in the camera department. After promising to fix issues, Samsung is now rolling out a new update for the Galaxy S20, which apparently focuses on camera and autofocus…
Apple today introduced the fourth-generation iPad Pro with a new camera setup and the A12Z Bionic chip. While we know the new processor can provide better graphics performance, Apple hasn’t mentioned what exactly changed from the previous generation with the A12X Bionic…
Android 11 DP2: ‘Quick Controls’ will put your smart home shortcuts into the power menu
March 18, 2020
In the most recent Pixel Feature Drop, Google launched easy access to your “Cards & Passes” from Google Pay by way of the power menu. As of the latest Android 11 Developer Preview, launched earlier today, Cards & Passes is set to be replaced in the power menu with something called “Quick Controls,” that appears to make smart home shortcuts easier to access.
Quick Controls are not…
Have you ever swiped away a notification on Android by mistake? It can be frustrating! Luckily, there’s a new feature coming in Android 11 that’s live now in the second developer preview called “Notification history” which should solve this problem.
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In the world of Android development, you need to connect your computer to your phone, usually via a USB cable, in order to transmit your app to your phone. To simplify and modernize this process, Android 11 Developer Preview 2 includes a new “Wireless debugging” setting…
In the first developer preview of Android 11, Google blocked access to the traditional Easter egg in an unprecedented move. Now, in the second developer preview, Android 11 is re-enabling access.
Digging into the settings menu of Android 11 on a Pixel smartphone, you’ll be able to do the handful of taps needed to access the Easter egg as you would in previous versions of Android. For the new…
