New essential Android apps thread

mrk · 9 Sep 2021 at 13:23

To be fair the card itself is a backup for when your phone is not present or dead I guess. For me the card will sit in the wallet which 99% of the time sits at home lol.

unwashed potato! · 9 Sep 2021 at 13:46

mrk said:
To be fair the card itself is a backup for when your phone is not present or dead I guess. For me the card will sit in the wallet which 99% of the time sits at home lol.

You're the same as me then.

Have had many times recently where I have a call and someone wants to take payment over the phone and I realise I don't have a single card on me.

So nice to be without a wallet.

Next it's my keys!

mrk · 9 Sep 2021 at 13:49

I still have all my card details stored in a OneNote file which is cloud syncd on my MS account so if I need my card numbers for another account I can access them any time. Encrypted OneNote of course.

Having said that, the Samsung Pay+ card's details are visible from within the Curve app so technically a bit easier to get to from there.

marc2003 · 11 Sep 2021 at 12:19

I don't use my phone much so have very little to complain about regarding updates but the new timeline page in google maps sucks balls. It's slow to load and swiping back to previous days is jerky AF. My phone is old and crap but it shouldn't be this bad. :/

slipd · 11 Sep 2021 at 15:49

Orcvader said:
Nova Launcher updated to version 7 with the new rebase. It feels much more smoother and I'm not noticing any of the weird glitches I had when using gesture controls with it.

Apart from them finally laying TeslaUnread to bed, I'm well happy with 7...

Rimsy · 11 Sep 2021 at 18:20

mrk said:
I still have all my card details stored in a OneNote file which is cloud syncd on my MS account so if I need my card numbers for another account I can access them any time. Encrypted OneNote of course.

Having said that, the Samsung Pay+ card's details are visible from within the Curve app so technically a bit easier to get to from there.

Sounds like an unnecessary load of faff but good you're enjoying it!

james.miller · 14 Sep 2021 at 15:45

mrk said:
Got my Samsung Pay card now!

Not sure what world elite means, looks cool?

So far bought a few things using the card and all seems to work well. Can see transactions in the curve app etc. I only have my Barclays debit card added to it which is fine. Samsung Pay app is now just pretty much Samsung Pay+ (Barclays) and my credit card.

I guess this now locks me into Samsung phones from here on lol which is fine.

I love the swanky little popout envelope the card comes it lol

mrk · 14 Sep 2021 at 15:50

Yeah it is kinda cool especially since it's all free!

I guess that's what Samsung's bank vault funds gets you though lol.

kakarott · 26 Sep 2021 at 07:16

Any good theory test apps that are free?

pinkpound · 26 Sep 2021 at 11:17

james.miller said:
I love the swanky little popout envelope the card comes it lol

Shame you cant have this if already a curve user which i have been from the start.

Rimsy · 7 Oct 2021 at 09:34

What do people use as their weather app these days?
Met office and BBC are both trash for my location - rarely seem to be right. Currently I rely on dark skies on my iPad which is very accurate but there must be something on android that's as good surely?
I used to use AccuWeather but that appears to have turned into ad infested hell... Any other suggestions?

unwashed potato! · 7 Oct 2021 at 09:37

How sad that android is so mature now that this thread is barely used these days. I remember back in the day you could check this thread daily for the latest big update to some app, or a new better app coming out. How exciting those times were.

kona786 · 7 Oct 2021 at 09:51

I literally can't remember that last time I installed a new app. No need tbh.

unwashed potato! · 7 Oct 2021 at 10:16

kona786 said:
I literally can't remember that last time I installed a new app. No need tbh.

same for me pretty much have the exact same apps for years now.

it makes sense that it has got this way, just how sad that it has and nothing exciting exists to replace it.

grudas · 7 Oct 2021 at 11:17

kona786 said:
I literally can't remember that last time I installed a new app. No need tbh.

Same ! It's weird. I even go on playstore randomly to have a look but can't find anything new/useful

Malevolence · 8 Oct 2021 at 06:31

kona786 said:
I literally can't remember that last time I installed a new app. No need tbh.

Last Wednesday for me, the Sainsbury's SmartShop app.

Digital X · 14 Oct 2021 at 21:28

I very rarely download apps on mine.

All I use is Firefox, Depop, Ebay and Reddit apps.

No games interest me on the Playstore either.

Rimsy · 29 Oct 2021 at 13:24

Any way to shift nav bar in chrome to the bottom? Swear it used to be an option via a flag but seems to be gone

Orcvader · 29 Oct 2021 at 13:34

Rimsy said:
Any way to shift nav bar in chrome to the bottom? Swear it used to be an option via a flag but seems to be gone

They keep experimenting it so expect the flag to disappear and return between version.

@Rimsy if you're still looking for a weather app, I've settled on Overdrop, the free version does have ads but not as intrusive as Accuweather. However it's worth getting the paid version, as that also allows you to set Accuweather as the weather provider.

Rimsy · 29 Oct 2021 at 14:39

Orcvader said:
They keep experimenting it so expect the flag to disappear and return between version.

@Rimsy if you're still looking for a weather app, I've settled on Overdrop, the free version does have ads but not as intrusive as Accuweather. However it's worth getting the paid version, as that also allows you to set Accuweather as the weather provider.

Cheers for the suggestion will check it out.