Mishaal's Android News Feed

❄️RIP Android Snow Cone Android 12 has officially reached end-of-life, meaning Google will no longer provide security support for the release. If you still have an old device running Android 12 or 12L, it's time to upgrade. More details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-12-end-of-life-3544499/

📁Google won't let cheap Android phones and tablets ship with only 16GB storage anymore Google is raising the minimum requirement for how much storage Android devices must have. More details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-15-minimum-storage-requirement-3543169/

Oof: the OnePlus Watch 3 is finally available in the US again after it was pulled to fix the "Meda in China" typo...but it now costs $499 (!) instead of $329.99! When asked why, OnePlus refused to comment, but we can all probably guess why... 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/oneplus-watch-3-us-price-increase-3543595/

💬Google Messages is making it easier to unsubscribe from automated text messages Google says it's rolling out a new feature that makes it easier to opt out of business texts sent via A2P SMS or RBM (RCS Business Messaging). Details + screenshots👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/google-messages-unsubscribe-button-3542411/

📺Exclusive: Google says all upcoming Google TV remotes will have a 'Free TV' button I hope you like dedicated buttons on your TV remote, because starting this month, new Google TV devices will have a “Free TV” button that launches Freeplay. Details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/google-tv-remote-free-tv-button-3542332/ —- Follow-up: In markets where Google TV Freeplay isn't available, OEMs can map the "Free TV"/"Live TV" button to launch live guides instead. The article has been updated to reflect this new information.

⏩Android 16 has a new trick to speed up app installation Android 16 adds support for cloud compilation, a feature that bypasses on-device app compilation to speed up app installs More details on how this works can be found 👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-cloud-compilation-3541910/

🎮Google will require new Android 16 devices to support this game-changing graphics feature New Android 16 devices must support Host Image Copy, a Vulkan 1.4 feature that one Google engineer says is a "game changer for games on Android." Here's why👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-host-image-copy-3541523/

🎧📺Google wants to make Android 16 even better at streaming music and video Android 16 adds support for running media codecs within an app’s process instead of a sandboxed process, which would make media playback more efficient. More details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-in-process-software-audio-codecs-3541408/

⚙️Android 16 could mimic how iOS handles app settings, but it's not as bad as you think Apps can contribute their own preferences to Android Settings in Android 16, similar to iOS More details on how this works👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-app-settings-3540868/

🪞Android 15 blocked Phone Link from mirroring sensitive notifications, but Microsoft has a fix Android 15 blocked Link to Windows from mirroring notifications w/ OTP codes as the OS deemed them “sensitive,” but Microsoft has a fix. More details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/phone-link-sensitive-notifications-fix-3540158/

🚗Google made a dashcam app for cars with Android Automotive, but you can't download it Google wants more cars with Android Automotive to have dashcams, so it built a production-ready, customizable dashcam app for OEMs. More details👇 🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/android-automotive-dashcam-app-3540443/

🌐 FIRST LOOK: This special version of Chrome for Android supports extensions Chrome for Android doesn’t support browser extensions yet, but Google is developing a version that does, and I went hands-on with it. More details + video 👇🔗 https://www.andr…