It was called a gimmick because you cannot actually use the feature where it can be useful

Its a gimmick because it only worked in a few benchmark tests. Everywhere else it was 120hz. Perhaps, it would’ve been unlocked for a few games they missed.

If it was actually doing something outside of adding AI label to more features. I could’ve agreed. But, doing what everyone else is doing. What’s rebellious or defiant here?

Nothing also has something akin to mindspace. Are they hiring the same 3rd party devs? These stupid AI gimmicks need to stop. Focus on actual UX and UI improvement for once. This AI stupidity is way out of hand. Especially, when the processing is done by a handful of cloud providers.

No, it was the regular iphone 17.

You don’t need this feature. But, it’s a nice convenience. Especially, if you pay flagship prices for a phone. Having a backup magnetic powerbank in an emergency is one use case, magnetic wallets are another.

Yes, I saw this in a comparison test where the iphone lost in a battery test while using a wireless magsafe powerbank against Xiaomi 17 with its single internal battery.

Its not actually capturing the screen though. Its display a transparent overylay on another app and using a timing side channel attack to track the pixels for the generated 2 factor auth code.

Apple’s Magsafe. You don’t have to support apple’s magsafe. Qi2 is a standard. Supporting that should be good. Accessories which target Qi2, and creating those would be much better.

Limited in what way? Faster storage means you won’t see the loading icon as frequently and when the device ages there won’t be a noticeable difference in speed later.

When you try to inform them. They make the argument about having nothing to hide or what do they care. Everyone harvests data anyway. It does not matter.

This most interesting thing to me is the charging time.

It takes 2hrs tk refill this 20k mAh powerbank strapped to a phone and projector at 45w.

My power bank of similar size takes 3-4hrs which is high.

Or ever.

TL;DR

• Leaked builds show Samsung’s next One UI 8.5 update, debuting with the Galaxy S26, will be based on Android 16’s second quarterly release (QPR2).
• This is significant because most device makers skip quarterly Android updates, delaying new features until the next major annual version is released.
• By adopting QPR2, Samsung can bring new Android platform features to Galaxy devices much faster than before, matching Google’s own release cadence.

Yeah, this is most infuriating thing about this. Other countries could compel any apps they deem bad and ask for identification.

SMS is mostly used for 2-factor authentication, transaction status. Most people use Whatsapp, telegram or whatever messaging app is popular.

What E2EE app do you use?

In today’s digital age its not doable. You need a smartphone if you work, get medical assistance, access social media, do online payments.

Now, if you mentioned using an alternative OS like Linux we can agree.

You do need to submit an ID if your app gets a larger audience. Plus, the account requirement stays. With the way google bans developer accounts I wouldn’t be surprised if your hobby developer gets an axe once a while.

It’s not hard to imagine them abusing/being compelled to limit apps based on regional restrictions or perhaps other apps terms of service. Like newpipe could be nuked out of nowhere assuming it even gets a say since it breaks YouTube’s Terms of service.

Or manga, book reading apps getting the axe due to copyright strike. Plus, the devs could get doxxed again due to copyright strike.

No sane developer should risk submitting this personal information to google for a side or hobby or even a community project.

After all that outcry. They only wrote about devs demanding longer. Conveniently ignoring fdroid’s post among others.

Even for hobby projects you would be required to create a limited developer account and submit government identification if you want to distribute apps to a larger audience.

It does exist. But, last post appears to be 2yrs old.

It’s not visible on my end. The only other post is 3days before. I did check before submitting this post