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Android 12

Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2021 4:40 pm
by dualstow
Anyone using it?

I was annoyed that my button to toggle mobile data was taken away (or rather hidden under the menu of another button), but there are some pretty amazing features that may not come to iOS anytime soon.

So far-

Live Caption

App Pinning

App Pausing

Guest Users

- more to come.
These are mostly for peace and privacy. Some are not readily apparent on a Samsung phone until you go through some extra steps, and some are only on Google phones, like the Pixel.

ADDED
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3 ... tures.html
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3 ... ivacy.html
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3 ... id-12.html

Re: Android 12

Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2021 8:03 am
by dualstow
Perhaps most noteworthy, though, is the addition of a new Android-12-specific element called Private Compute Core. It's one of those things that's getting lost in the shuffle of Android 12's more tangible features, understandably, but it's well worth the space in your noggin to ponder. In short, Private Compute Core is a new system-level partition built into Android that'll let certain types of computing happen in a completely isolated environment — without ever leaving your device or being at risk of any exposure to this creepy, crawly ol' internet of ours.
- from the middle link above