Android Pie (9.0) Thread
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!There is nothing in the world more underwhelming than an Android update.
I do love Android but this is so true!
I had this with the Beta on my Pixel 2XL. Apparently, the new levels of brightness are now a true representation of the slider and how the display is meant to react. I've gone from having my display at around 35% to now being at 75% for the same level of brightness - if that makes sense.....
Okay, thanks for the info
Yes. It gives more granular adjustment at lower brightness levels which is better.
I'll be using Pie for the first time in October when the 3XL drops.
Digital Wellbeing beta is open: https://www.android.com/versions/pie-9-0/digital-wellbeing-beta/
Looks like the Essential phone has the update too: https://twitter.com/essential/status/1026516461907369984
Is the gesture bar available to use then? I think that's the only interesting thing about Pie that interests me.
Is the gesture bar available to use then? I think that's the only interesting thing about Pie that interests me.
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updating now on my xl2. updates used to be so exciting for mobiles, but now they are becoming more and more like windows updates in that the updates are more tweaks than anything.
Just got mine as well for my 2XL. Bit late to get a good rummage round the OS but will do until tomorrow.
What I notice straight away is the adaptive brightness is much better behaved. Ever since the Oreo update the adaptive brightness (particularly in low light scenarios) was really bad and unintuitive. It kept leaping from one level to another, so that is definitely a solid improvement.
One thing I would have liked was some fresh living universe wallpapers - although I'm guessing these will likely accompany the Pixel 3 release.
What I notice straight away is the adaptive brightness is much better behaved. Ever since the Oreo update the adaptive brightness (particularly in low light scenarios) was really bad and unintuitive. It kept leaping from one level to another, so that is definitely a solid improvement.
One thing I would have liked was some fresh living universe wallpapers - although I'm guessing these will likely accompany the Pixel 3 release.
Gesture bar is optional, just turn it on.
Adaptive battery is the biggest change. Uses the machine learning systems and AI to find and control apps that are needlessly using battery in the background. Very different to on any previous version of Android.
Be interesting to see if it actually does improve battery life.
Having a Samsung then don't expect to try it this year! That said some of the features will be implemented in some form by Nova launcher. There's always a lot of grumbling about the speed of rollout to some phones of android o/s updates and when they finally get the next version it's pretty much like the last
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Got it. No real complaints as yet. Only thing I've noticed is when replying to someone in WhatsApp via the notification when I've entered my reply it comes up with the recipient's name where mine should be making it harder to tell who has sent what message unless you go onto the app... However I'm blaming that on whatsapp not the OS.
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Found a bug already
Overview selection does not work. I.e. it's supposed to let you highlight text or images from the overview screen (previously app switcher) but nothing happens. I do have the option enabled and have toggled it on and off as well as rebooted the phone but nope it resolutely cannot do what it describes.
Overview selection does not work. I.e. it's supposed to let you highlight text or images from the overview screen (previously app switcher) but nothing happens. I do have the option enabled and have toggled it on and off as well as rebooted the phone but nope it resolutely cannot do what it describes.
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Ok I sussed the overview bug. Only works when device set to English US.