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Your Super Mario Maker 2 levels are a lot less cute in World Maker

Super Mario Maker 2’s latest update reveals that almost no one knows how to make a fun Mario stage. This was once easy to ignore, because that’s not actually what you should go to Super Mario Maker for. Instead, this series has always provided players with a familiar canvas upon which they could paint their silliest ideas. But that doesn’t work in the context of the game’s newest…
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Android 11 DP3: All notifications can be dismissed, even those annoying ongoing ones

Android 11 is making some notable changes to notifications. In the third developer preview of Android 11, we’ve discovered that you can now dismiss  notification, even ongoing ones that were previously always in place. An ongoing notification in Android is typically used by apps to keep information in the notification shade at all times or, in some cases, to keep the app running in the…
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PSA: Sideloading Android 11 DP3 is failing on Pixel 3, Pixel 4 devices

We’re still in the process of uncovering all of the new things in Android 11 Developer Preview 3, a process that is currently taking a longer time than usual. Our normal routine of manually “sideloading” the update to Android 11 DP3 via ADB — which our Ben Schoon has explained in detail — is failing for owners of the Pixel 3 and Pixel 4. Since the release of Android 11 DP3, every…
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Google launches Android 11 Developer Preview 3 with app exit reasons, ADB Incremental, and wireless debugging

Google today launched the third Android 11 developer preview with app exit reasons updates, GWP-ASan heap analysis, Android Debug Bridge (ADB) Incremental, wireless debugging, and data access auditing. You can download Android 11 DP3 now from developer.android.com — if you have the previous preview, Google will also be pushing an over-the-air (OTA) update. The release includes a preview SDK with…
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