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Samsung (mostly) disables Android 12L’s taskbar when you use a third-party launcher

September 12, 2022
Android 12L’s key feature for tablets and foldables is the taskbar, but there’s a quirk on Samsung devices that disables the taskbar when using a third-party launcher. Samsung rolled out Android 12L as a part of its One UI 4.1.1 update, bringing Google’s latest big-screen features to its foldables and tablets. With that update came the taskbar, which arrived first on the Galaxy Z Fold 4, but…
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Google Home app readies ‘Preview Program’ on Android, here’s how to sign up

September 11, 2022
Google is preparing to open a “Preview Program” for the Home app on Android, which would give early access to new features for your smart home — here’s how to sign up. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps)…
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iPhone 14 orders ‘Preparing to Ship’ a day after pre-sale started

September 10, 2022
Apple started the pre-sale of the iPhone 14 series this Friday. While many faced issues with the Apple Online Store and estimated delivery dates slipped up to October, some customers already get the message that their iPhone 14 order is preparing to ship. A few 9to5Mac readers have shared with us that their iPhone 14 order changed from “Order Placed” and “Processing” to “Preparing to…
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What apps support the new Android 13 media player [Updated]

September 10, 2022
Android 13’s most obvious UI change is a redesign of the lockscreen and notification shade media player. However, not all music, podcasts, and audio apps have been updated to support them yet, and here’s our running list of what controls have been modernized. Original 8/18: The Android 13 media controls start with a new size that’s taller than what was on Android 12. (There’s a compact…
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