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lazycouchpotato

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Internet rando.

You can also find me on Mastodon mastodon.social/@lazycouchpotato and Tildes tildes.net/user/lazycouchpotato

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lazycouchpotato OP ,
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It is still just Beta 2, but it is disappointing to see Android 15 not get any acknowledgement at all on stage at I/O.

lazycouchpotato ,
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Audio has been pre-generated.

Not a great example after yesterday's GPT-4o announcement which appeared to be live.

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Did they demo new Google Glasses :O

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Ok I'm done watching the stream. Boring as hell.

Thank you for all the updates! Looking forward to tomorrow's Android announcements.

lazycouchpotato OP , (edited )
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Things I like:

  • Brighter screen and now upto 120 Hz
  • 256 GB option, weirdly for the obsidian color only. Aloe and bay are nicer! (Also annoying how Google phones don't have microSD card slots because they offer Google Drive. smh this company)
  • Will get Gemini Nano for on-device AI
  • 7 years of OS updates

Rest is pretty much the same.

Google Store, Amazon and Best Buy are offering a $100 gift card for pre-ordering. Best Buy and Google Store are accepting trade-ins - you'll have to compare to see which one is offering the most value for your phone. Best Buy gift card will be more useful than a Google Store gift card though.

If you can wait half a year or so, it should drop to about $375 like the previous A phones have, making it a solid bang for your buck.

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MKBHD says to get the 8 over the 8a but I disagree. The improvements are marginal. Unless you really need wireless power sharing, the 8a offers pretty much everything the 8 does if slightly slower.

Best Buy gift card + trade-in or waiting till a price drop make it more enticing than paying $500 for the Pixel 8.

I'm plenty happy with my 6a so I'm going to hold onto it.

lazycouchpotato OP ,
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Interesting. Did a reviewer mention this or were you able to try the device yourself?

I'm one of the few who has had zero issues with the 6a fingerprint sensor. Sure it's a little slower but it works accurately for me.

lazycouchpotato OP ,
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It can and most likely will. Why MKBHD did not consider that puzzles me.

lazycouchpotato ,
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Adorable!

lazycouchpotato ,
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The easiest way I've found without root or ADB is to use Solid Explorer. Well worth the cost.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/40e3f1d2-d19e-40db-bfa3-d9ac6a804675.png
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b5314a11-ea58-45c0-bc12-caa78f9dea94.jpeg

I select the APK I want and copy it to a different directory. Extremely painless.

lazycouchpotato ,
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Sync apps have been my go-to for 10 years. Here's to 10 more 🍻

lazycouchpotato ,
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Happy with it!

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Aside from the Nexus One, Google phones have not had micro SD card slots. It's crazy how one part of the company (Google Drive) can influence the other (Nexus/Pixel).

Then again, Samsung makes micro SD cards and gutted the slot from their S series too..

I had the 8 GB Nexus 4 and it was annoying to have to clear cache from apps ever so often.

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It's pretty good but it works with a limited database stored on your phone.

With Google Assistant's music recognition you get to access a larger database stored on their servers.

lazycouchpotato ,
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Ease of use.

With your one Discord account you join all the servers you care about and interact with online/IRL friends.

There are downsides that people at Lemmy will find dealbreaking and I absolutely agree with them, but the convenience of it being a chat, forum (almost), voice/video calling and gaming platform for free with (currently) no ads triumphs all of that for the majority of people, and that's what makes it popular. It's also cross-platform so no one's left out.

lazycouchpotato , (edited )
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I own my device. I get to choose what I install on it.

Google Chrome isn’t on the Microsoft Store on Windows or macOS Store on macOS. Should I stop “sideloading” it according to his advice?

Edit: Found more about the quote on The Verge: theverge.com/…/pichai-we-dont-want-to-allow-you-t…

“We’re trying to strike a balance. Apple’s iPhone only allows the App Store, but we believe in choice, so on Android we allow you to sideload and install additional applications.”

I’m so conflicted about it. I don’t want people to have to suffer for intentionally or unintentionally installing garbage on their phones, but I can’t let that take away from how I use my device as well.

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Just started.

lazycouchpotato ,
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Good to see minor battery life improvements to the Pixel Watch 2. Hopefully that upgraded heart rate sensor is actually accurate.

youtu.be/TVGk48jcdtg

Pixel Watch was embarrassingly bad in health tracking compared to the Apple Watch SE. It’s cheaper to get an Apple Watch SE + (discounted) iPhone than just a Pixel Watch.

And please get rid of the Fitbit subscription, Google.

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Very happy to see their partnership with iFixit, and to see repairability actually be taken seriously.

lazycouchpotato ,
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youtu.be/YivUOqd91Nk

lazycouchpotato ,
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7 years of OS support! That’s the kind of stuff I like to hear.

lazycouchpotato ,
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He reviewed a second Polar H10 strap, which is why it was on the chart. youtu.be/6F_RccP7Ec0

It does seem to have been removed from newer videos. It’s not in the Apple Watch Series 9 review.

Regarding the accuracy of the Polar H10 strap itself: youtu.be/YGMZNF7Lnmo

Regarding comparing with actual scientific tests: youtu.be/7m_oBiYk8Rk he only does it for devices with significance, it seems.

It’s not a perfect series of tests since the subject is only him, but he’s clear about it and it’s above and beyond what regular tech reviewers do, who gloss over spec sheets.

These are the kinds of reviews I personally value.

lazycouchpotato ,
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Lol, there’s a non-zero chance that Google cancels the Pixel series.

lazycouchpotato ,
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I keep mine off except when driving or when I want GPS-tagged photos. Saves me a bit of battery life.

My phone is always with me in my pocket so I don’t feel the need to track its location using “Find My”. And to be honest, no one is going to find stealing a Pixel 6a enticing…

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According to Reddit last year, while only 4% of users are on old.reddit, 60% of all mod actions are carried out on it. They can’t get rid of it for now, but they are working on bringing updates to modding on new.reddit or newnew.reddit (nickname given by me).

Early 2024 is the estimated rollout for this, so I’d say mid-to-late 2024 is when old.reddit is kicked to the curb.

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Someone gave it a try. youtu.be/5uDM3fPeNFM

It’s SFW, don’t worry.

lazycouchpotato ,
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I love the post preview feature when sharing posts online or with friends.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/da172ab2-d1ac-4888-9d7e-cb7bf450dd4c.jpeg

I think something that would be beneficial to Lemmy (and hence Sync) would be if the entire community name (such as !syncforlemmy) be displayed in the preview.

A rough MS Paint example:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7ddd8d56-3c5f-4592-b1b6-518d00f8a6af.jpeg

lazycouchpotato ,
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Follow up:

It appears that for communities in other instances, the full name does show up (eg. Termux@programming.dev). If it’s on lemmy.world (or rather your own instance), it doesn’t show the instance name.

lazycouchpotato ,
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The reduction in features/openness is definitely noticed each update…

lazycouchpotato ,
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Press and hold the setting you want to share. It copies the shortcut to your clipboard. Paste it in a comment and submit it.

lazycouchpotato ,
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When in the Settings page, press and hold an option to copy its shortcut, then paste it in a comment.

lazycouchpotato ,
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Settings shortcut: Comments > Comment body font

Relative size is the option you are looking for.

lazycouchpotato ,
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The syntax to embed images/GIFs is ![](%enter_url_here%)

![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2268cec6-6ce6-46c2-85ca-57960c09b3d0.mp4) converts to:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2268cec6-6ce6-46c2-85ca-57960c09b3d0.mp4

lazycouchpotato ,
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I like the way it looks, though I never felt anything wrong with the current app to begin with.

Like @psychic717 mentioned, hopefully there’s a dark mode.

Additionally, apparently the Android app does not show your step streak while the iOS app does. I don’t see it in the screenshots in the article, but I hope it’s something they’ve addressed.

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https://media.tenor.com/8O0arVsFcp4AAAAd/yeah-yes.gif

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