Spotify’s “Follow Feed” for new music from your favorite artists is rolling out

Popular music streaming app Spotify recently rolled out a new mobile UI with a refreshed home screen layout, a universal Shuffle Play button, a redesigned Action row, and more. According to Spotify, the new UI was designed to make the app more streamlined and easier to use with just one hand, with the updated home screen allowing users to quickly jump back into familiar content. Now, in a bid to help users discover new music from their favorite artists, the service is rolling out a new feature called “Follow Feed”.

Spotify is working on “Follow Feed” of “New releases from artists you follow and more” pic.twitter.com/8DdoUXtseq

— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) February 29, 2020

The “Follow Feed” feature was first spotted earlier this year by prolific reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) and, as previously revealed, the feature lists down new releases from the artists that you’ve followed on the app. On top of that, the feature also suggests new artists that you can follow based on the ones that you’re already following on Spotify.

Spotify has now started rolling out the feature to a few users worldwide via a server-side update and Tushar from our team has already received it on his device. The feature is reportedly available on Spotify v8.5.51.941, however, I didn’t see it on my device even after updating the app to the latest release. This suggests that Spotify is currently testing the feature with just a handful of users and will begin a broader rollout in the coming days. As you can see in the screenshots above, the feature shows up as a new lightning bolt icon in the top right corner of the app next to the settings cog. Clicking on the icon opens up the Follow Feed, where you’ll be able to see all the latest releases from the artists you’re following, along with a few artist suggestions.

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OnePlus’ new Bluetooth earbuds will be the Bullets Wireless Z

We recently learned that OnePlus was planning on launching its next-gen flagship lineup — the OnePlus 8 series — on April 14th. Along with the launch announcement, the company also revealed some key specifications about the upcoming devices and also hinted at a new pair of wireless earbuds in a rather cryptic tweet. Previous leaks about the earphones suggested that the company would be launching a new pair of truly wireless earbuds along with the OnePlus 8 series. However, renowned leakster Evan Blass (@evleaks) has now shared images of the upcoming earbuds and it turns out that they aren’t of the truly wireless variety after all.

The images in question were shared via Blass on his Patreon page and they reveal a design almost identical to the OnePlus Bullets Wireless 2, with probably the only difference being the additional color variants. The upcoming wireless earbuds from OnePlus will be available in 4 color variants — black, blue, white, and green. Blass has also revealed that the earbuds will be called the Bullets Wireless Z, but he hasn’t confirmed any specifications yet. Even though we don’t have any further information about the upcoming wireless earbuds, we can safely assume that they’ll offer better audio quality and, perhaps, improved battery backup than the Bullets Wireless 2. OnePlus itself hasn’t revealed any information about the Bullets Wireless Z yet, but we expect the company to divulge more information in the days leading up to the launch.

What’s your take on the Bullets Wireless Z? Are you looking forward to the neckband design or would you have preferred a truly wireless design instead? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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Source: Evan Blass

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LineageOS 17.1 based on Android 10 is now officially available

If you call yourself a custom ROM veteran, you definitely have heard about LineageOS. LineageOS traces its roots back to CyanogenMod, the custom ROM that became popular on the HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1, the first Android smartphone available for purchase. CyanogenMod, in turn, went on to become one of the most popular custom ROMs available across a plethora of devices, and several of the key developers and maintainers of the project went on to establish LineageOS when Cyanogen decided to stop supporting CyanogenMod. LineageOS picked up the reins with LineageOS 13.0 and LineageOS 14.1 releases, and the project has continued along over the years. Now, LineageOS is marking its major version bump up to LineageOS 17.1 with Android 10 as the base.

LineageOS XDA Forums

Why Lineage 17.1 and not 17.0?

Android 10’s source code made its way to AOSP in September 2019, and the LineageOS team has been hard at work to bring forward their ROM and its features to the new Android version base. AOSP, though, had undertaken massive refactoring in certain areas, which made porting over take longer than anticipated. AOSP also introduced features like the new Permissions Hub, which conflicted with the custom ROM’s PrivacyGuard feature, forcing them to drop it. Both of these changes meant that the team had to work harder and take more time for bringing up the ROM as a whole to Android 10.

Meanwhile, the December 2019 Android Security Bulletin was released by Google, and the LineageOS team decided to rebase on the more feature-filled Google Pixel 4/4XL tag of AOSP. Owing to this, the team has also decided to jump up on the subversion, going from 17.0 to 17.1. For the future too, if there is any large scale rebasing undertaken onto a different tag, the team will jump up on the subversion number.

As a consequence of this jump, the team will be locking all Lineage-17.0 branches to contributions on their Gerrit, and abandoning existing 17.0 changes. Developers are still free to cherry-pick changes to 17.1, though.

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Administrative and maintenance changes

The jump up to official LineageOS 17.1 means that most of the current build resources will now focus on building these new updates for supported devices. This has the expected side-effect of diverting resources from older builds. With the 17.1 branch reaching feature and stability-parity with 16.0, it will become the most recent and most actively developed branch, with regular nightly builds for supported devices commencing from January 31, 2020. Consequently, 16.0 will be moved to weekly builds, while 15.1 will be deprecated from automated builds.

LineageOS 17.1 will launch building for a small selection of devices, with additional devices to come as they are marked as both Charter compliant and ready for builds by their maintainer.

The Lineage team is also bringing over focus to their Wiki refresh. The LineageOS Wiki was recently extended and device maintainers were given significantly more options to customize their device’s individual installation, update, and upgrade instructions. As of LineageOS 17.1, maintainers will be expected to run through the full instructions on their device wiki and verify that the information holds true for their device. This renewed focus on the wiki is in light of the building up changes to AOSP, such as System-As-Root, A/B Partition Scheme, and Dynamic Partitions, which have the combined effect of obsoleting the instructions many of us have been following for years from memory — those instructions are now either no longer valid or are missing very critical steps. For example, the Heimdall (Samsung flashing tool) instructions were horribly outdated, so these have been updated to reflect new information. So if you are making the jump to LineageOS 17.1 or are just generally interested in custom ROMs, it would still be a good idea to check out your device’s Wiki page.

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New features in LineageOS 17.1

LineageOS 17.1 brings over several new features to the ROM family:

• New partial screenshot UI that lets you hand-select smaller parts of your screen and edit the screenshots.
• New adapted ThemePicker app from AOSP, with support for the usual range of accents, font change, icon (both QuickSettings, and Launcher) shape, and icon resource changes (eg. changing the shape of the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth icons).
• Use fingerprint sensor to hide and protect apps within Trebuchet Launcher
• Merge October, November, December 2019, January 2020, February 2020, and March 2020 security patches.
• Wi-Fi Display is available once again.
• Support for on-screen fingerprint sensors (FOD) added.
• Support for pop-up and rotating cameras added.
• WebView updated to Chromium 80.0.3987.132.
• ROM is currently based on AOSP’s android-10.0.0_r31 tag, which is the Pixel 4/4 XL’s tag.

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Further changes

Lineage Recovery

Lineage is also making the switch to Lineage Recovery as the defacto solution to install LineageOS. Lineage Recovery will be built by default for all officially supported devices. The team mentions that this change was done purely to streamline their own processes and not to dissuade users away from other custom recoveries. Device maintainers retain the freedom to recommend alternative recovery on their device’s Wiki page alongside full instructions for usage.

AOSP’s Permission Hub and LineageOS’s PrivacyGuard

We’ve talked about this change in the past, and now the change is finally here. LineageOS 17.1 drops support for the homebrewed PrivacyGuard implementation in favor of AOSP’s Permission Hub as the team was unable to port the PrivacyGuard framework to Android 10. Google did not release Permissions Hub with Android 10, but the code for it still exists within AOSP. So, the Lineage team forked it and now presents that as the solution as it is claimed to be almost equivalent in features, but conflicted in attempts to co-exist alongside PrivacyGuard.

Rooting — no addonsu binary support

As a byproduct of the removal of PrivacyGuard and the switch over to Permission Hub, the addonsu binary that was usually offered as a simple root access solution is no longer feasible, as we had informed before. Users interested in root have the option to use ADB root, or flash compatible third-party solutions such as Magisk. The team clarifies that this does not mean that any particular third-party solutions are endorsed as officially supported — so you still need to be mindful of the root solution working harmoniously with your ROM.

Deprecation of Styles API

The Styles API is also now getting deprecated in favor of AOSP’s ThemePicker app. The team claims complete feature parity, and even feature superiority with ThemePicker.

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Upgrade instructions for LineageOS 17.1

If you are on official LineageOS 16 and your device is present on the list of officially supported devices for LineageOS 17.1, you would still need to manually update your device as per instructions present on your device’s specific wiki page. The LineageOS updater app generally does not support upgrades from one version of LineageOS to another, so users have to make a conscious decision to update instead of being surprised by an OTA.

Device-specific instructions can vary, but for most devices we checked, the update instructions rely on using the adb reboot sideload command, and then adb sideload /”filepath” command. The Lineage team also mentions that updating within the official release channel builds does not require the user to wipe their device; but moving from an unofficial build to official LineageOS will require a device wipe from recovery.

It is very likely that you will be able to install LineageOS through a custom third-party recovery, but that is not the recommended upgrade method from the developers, so your mileage may vary on a per-device basis. Be sure to check your device’s wiki, its support page, and our own forums to ensure that you follow the correct methods to upgrade to avoid any issues.

You should also note that your ROM installation will not include Google Apps, for the simple reason that those apps are proprietary. You need to sideload a separate GApps package, with a heavy preference towards the GApps package recommended by your device maintainer/developer, because of the reasons we explain in a separate PSA. As a side note, Open GApps also released their official Android 10 flashable packages recently.

Your ROM will also not ship with a default root solution, as we explain in the preceding paragraphs. You need to separately flash third-party solutions.

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LineageOS 17.1 – Official builds for supported devices

The following is the official build roster for batch 1 of the LineageOS 17.1 rollout:

Device and Forum Link	Device codename and Wiki Link	Maintainer
ASUS Zenfone 6 (ZS630KL)	I01WD	luca020400, OrdenKrieger
Fairphone FP2	FP2	chrmhoffman
HTC One 2014	m8	bgcngm
HTC One 2014 Dual-SIM	m8d	bgcngm
LG G2 (AT&T)	d800	Kapricomus, Arnau, YoDevil
LG G2 (T-Mobile)	d801	Kapricomus, Arnau, YoDevil
LG G2 (International)	d802	Kapricomus, Arnau, YoDevil
LG G2 (Canadian)	d803	Kapricomus, Arnau, YoDevil
LG G3 (AT&T)	d850	firebird11, HardStyl3r
LG G3 (Canada)	d852	firebird11, HardStyl3r
LG G3 (International)	d855	firebird11, HardStyl3r
LG G3 (Korea)	f400	firebird11, HardStyl3r
LG G3 (T-Mobile)	d851	firebird11, HardStyl3r
LG G3 (Verizon)	vs985	firebird11, HardStyl3r
LG G5 (Global)	rs988	npjohnson
LG G5 (International)	h850	npjohnson
LG G5 (T-Mobile)	h830	npjohnson
LG V20 (AT&T)	h910	npjohnson
LG V20 (Global)	h990	npjohnson
LG V20 (Sprint)	ls997	npjohnson
LG V20 (T-Mobile)	h918	npjohnson
LG V20 (US Unlocked)	us996	npjohnson
LG V20 (Verizon)	vs995	npjohnson
Motorola Moto Z	griffin	DD3Boh, erfanoabdi, shr3ps, stargo, vache
Motorola Moto G6 Plus (XT1926-2/3/5/6/7/8/9)	evert	Jleeblanch
Motorola Moto G7	river	erfanoabdi, Nolen Johnson (npjohnson), SyberHexen
Motorola Moto G7 Plus (XT1965-2/3/6)	lake	Jleeblanch
Motorola Moto X4	payton	erfanoabdi
Motorola Moto Z2 Force	nash	erfanoabdi, npjohnson
Motorola One Power (XT1942-1/2)	chef	Hasaber8
OnePlus 3/3T	oneplus3	dianlujitao
OnePlus 6	enchilada	luca020400, LuK1337
OnePlus 6T	fajita	LuK1337
OnePlus 7 Pro	guacamole	LuK1337, Tortel
Razer Phone	cheryl	mikeioannina
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active (GT-I9295)	jactivelte	arco, npjohnson, side
Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGH-I337)	jflteatt	arco, npjohnson, side
Samsung Galaxy S4 (SCH-R970/C/X,  SPH-L720)	jfltespr	arco, npjohnson, side
Samsung Galaxy S4 Value Edition (GT-I9515/L)	jfvelte	arco, npjohnson, side
Samsung Galaxy S4 (SCH-I545)	jfltevzw	arco, npjohnson, side
Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505/G, SGH-I337M, SGH-M919)	jfltexx	arco, npjohnson, side
Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Wi-Fi (SM-T720)	gts4lvwifi	bgcngm, LuK1337
Sony Xperia 10	kirin	LuK1337
Sony Xperia 10 Plus	mermaid	LuK1337
Sony Xperia XA2	pioneer	cdesai, LuK1337, Stricted
Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra	discovery	LuK1337
Xiaomi Mi 6	sagit	ArianK16a, Elektroschmock
Xiaomi Mi 8	dipper	infrag
Xiaomi Mi Mix 2	chiron	mikeioannina, wight554
Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S	polaris	bgcngm
Xiaomi POCO F1	beryllium	bgcngm, warabhishek
Lenovo ZUK Z2 Plus	z2_plus	DD3Boh

More devices should be making the transition soon to LineageOS 17.1, so keep an eye on our frontpage as we will run regular stories on the same.

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New features in LineageOS 16.0 branch

In addition to the latest branch, the older LineageOS 16.0 branch is also seeing a few major changes:

• Wi-Fi display is available once again.
• You may now route the hotspot connections through the device’s VPN.
• Support for on-screen fingerprint sensors (FOD) added.
• Support for pop-up and rotating cameras added.
• Merge July, August, September, October, November, December 2019, January 2020, February 2020, and March 2020 security patches.
• WebView updated to Chromium 80.0.3987.132.
• It is now possible to compile LineageOS 16.0 on macOS.

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LineageOS 16 – Official builds for supported devices

While maintainers work towards bringing up devices to official LineageOS 17.1 based on Android 10, you can still find automated weekly builds for these devices that are supported for LineageOS 16:

LineageOS 16 Official Build List. Tap/click to expand.

Device and Forum Link	Device codename and Wiki Link	Maintainer
ASUS ZenFone 3 (ZE520KL, ZE552KL)	zenfone3	makorn645
Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1	X00TD	SagarMakhar
Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2	X01BD	Bauuuuu, kubersharma001
BQ Aquaris X	bardock	eloimuns, Quallenauge, Team aquaris-dev
BQ Aquaris X Pro	bardockpro	Quallenauge, Team aquaris-dev
BQ Aquaris X2	zangya	eloimuns, Kra1o5, Team aquaris-dev
BQ Aquaris X2 Pro	zangyapro	eloimuns, Kra1o5, Team aquaris-dev
Essential PH-1	mata	haggertk, intervigil, jrior001, rashed
Fairphone 2	fp2	chrmhoffmann
Google Nexus 6	shamu	Elektroschmock, npjohnson
Google Pixel	sailfish	intervigil, razorloves
Google Pixel XL	marlin	intervigil, razorloves
Honor 5X	kiwi	BadDaemon, dobo, joelh
Honor View 10	berkeley	LuK1337
Huawei P20 Pro	charlotte	LuK1337
LeEco Le 2	s2	codeworkx, Rk585
LeEco Le Max2	x2	tortel, ThEMarD
LeEco Le Pro3/Le Pro3 Elite	zl1	codeworkx
Lenovo P2	kuntao	mikeioannina, highwaystar
Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Plus	YTX703F	Quallenauge, Vladimir Oltean
Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Plus LTE	YTX703L	Quallenauge, Vladimir Oltean
Lenovo ZUK Z1	ham	sb6596
LG G3 (Sprint)	ls990	firebird11, HardStyl3r
Motorola Moto G7	river	erfanoabdi, npjohnson, SyberHexen
Motorola Moto X 2014 (XT1092/3/5/6/7)	victara	linckandrea, Tortel
Nextbit Robin	ether	javelinanddart, mikeioannina, npjohnson
Nubia Z17	nx563j	BeYkeRYkt
OnePlus One	bacon	jrior001, npjohnson
OnePlus 2	oneplus2	OzzysCmAcc, aviraxp
OnePlus 3	oneplus3	dianlujitao
OnePlus 5	cheeseburger	codeworkx, jrizzoli, xingrz, amartinz, jumoog
OnePlus 5T	dumpling	amartinz, codeworkx
OPPO F1 (International)	f1f	highwaystar
OPPO Find 7a/7s	find7	mikeioannina
OPPO R5/R5s (International)	r5	maniac103
OPPO R7s (International)	r7sf	celoxocis
OPPO R7 Plus	r7plus	maniac103
Realme 3 Pro	RMX1851	karthick111, nibaji, darshan1205
Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 (SM-A310F/M/N0/Y)	a3xelte	danwood76, Stricted
Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 (SM-A510F/M/Y/K/L/S/8)	a5xelte	danwood76, Stricted
Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 (SM-A520F/DS/W)	a5y17lte	filiprrs, raymanfx
Samsung Galaxy A7 2017 (SM-A720F/DS)	a7y17lte	filiprrs, raymanfx
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9005/P)	hlte	haggertk, npjohnson
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9008V)	hltechn	haggertk, npjohnson
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N900K/L/S)	hltekor	haggertk, npjohnson
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N900T/V/W8)	hltetmo	haggertk, npjohnson
Samsung Galaxy S III Neo Dual-SIM (GT-I9300I)	s3ve3gds	fcuzzocrea, PythonLimited
Samsung Galaxy S III Neo Samsung Camera(GT-I9301I/Q)	s3ve3gjv	fcuzzocrea, PythonLimited
Samsung Galaxy S III Neo Sony Camera (GT-I9300I/Q)	s3ve3gxx	fcuzzocrea, PythonLimited
Samsung Galaxy S5 Active	klteactivexx	javelinanddart
Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE (G900AZ/F/M/R4/R7/T/V/W8,S902L)	klte	haggertk
Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE (G9006V/8V)	kltechn	haggertk
Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE (G900I/P)	kltedv	haggertk
Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE (SCL23)	kltekdi	haggertk
Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE (G900K/L/S)	kltekor	haggertk
Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A	lentislte	cvxda, sassman
Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE Duos (G9006W/8W)	kltechnduo	haggertk
Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE Duos (G900FD/MD)	klteduos	haggertk
Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo	s5neolte	danwood76, Stricted
Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus	kccat6	cvxda, sassmann
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 Wi-Fi (2016)	gts28vewifi	mccreary, syphyr, luca020400
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 Wi-Fi (2016)	gts210vewifi	syphyr, luca020400
Sony Xperia Z3	z3	Tom1000, Myself5
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact (D5803/D5833)	z3c	ArianK16a
Wileyfox Storm	kipper	jrior001
Wileyfox Swift	crackling	jrior001
Xiaomi Mi 5	gemini	bgcngm, defer, h2o64
Xiaomi Mi 5s	capricorn	LuK1337
Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus	natrium	LuK1337
Xiaomi Mi A1	tissot	flex1911, TheScarastic
Xiaomi Mi Mix	lithium	balika011, blunden
Xiaomi Mi Note 2	scorpio	joe2k01
Xiaomi Mi Note 3	jason	dianlujitao
Xiaomi Redmi 3S/X	land	Isaac Chen
Xiaomi Redmi 4/X	santoni	Isaac Chen
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4	mido	aryankedare
Yandex Phone	amber	HighwayStar, vm03

Much like LineageOS 17.1 builds, we should see more devices making their way onto the weekly LineageOS 16 build roster.

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Support LineageOS

LineageOS is and has always been a community effort, riding on the back of volunteers dedicating their own resources for the general good of the community. If you want to contribute to LineageOS, there are multiple ways to do so.

Becoming a device maintainer

The primary way you can help LineageOS grow to more devices is to maintain the ROM for devices that you can. If you’re a developer and would like to submit your device for official support, you can follow the instructions present over here. Once you submit, you’ll receive some feedback on your submission. If it’s up to par, you will be invited to Lineage’s communication channels, and your device resources will be forked to LineageOS’s official repository.

Providing translations

Alternatively, you can also provide translations for different languages through Crowdin. The team mentions that even if your language is not officially supported in Android, you can reach out to the team and they’ll take steps to include your language. However, the team requests that you should submit translations only if you have reasonable proficiency in the language.

Donations

Running automated builds for such a wide roster of devices takes resources. You can contribute towards some of these costs by donating to LineageOS through their PayPal or Patreon.

Donate to LineageOS: via PayPal ||| via Patreon

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YouTube prepares Bedtime Reminders and TikTok-like “Shorts”

While millions of people are cooped up in their homes due to COVID-19, video streaming services like YouTube, Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video are seeing a massive increase in traffic. To capitalize on this growth, each video platform has made changes and introduced new features to keep users watching without overloading their servers. YouTube, for example, set the default video quality to 480p worldwide, and in some countries even set the maximum video quality to 480p. The platform is also preparing to add default video quality preferences to the Android app. In the latest version of the YouTube app for Android, version 15.13.33, we spotted evidence that YouTube is preparing to add “Bedtime Reminders” to warn users not to watch too many videos at night. More importantly, a new report claims that Google will challenge the short video platform TikTok by introducing “Shorts” in YouTube.

An APK teardown can often predict features that may arrive in a future update of an application, but it is possible that any of the features we mention here may not make it in a future release. This is because these features are currently unimplemented in the live build and may be pulled at any time by the developers in a future build.

Bedtime Reminders

New strings in version 15.13.33 of the YouTube app hint at a “bedtime reminder” feature. This feature will allow the user to set a bedtime during which the app will remind the user to go to sleep if they’re still watching videos at that time. An option will allow the user to defer the reminder until they’ve finished watching the current video.

<string name="bedtime_reminder_end_time">End time</string>
<string name="bedtime_reminder_setting_dialog_title">"Remind me when it's bedtime"</string>
<string name="bedtime_reminder_setting_summary">Tap to customize time</string>
<string name="bedtime_reminder_setting_title">"Remind me when it's bedtime"</string>
<string name="bedtime_reminder_start_time">Start time</string>
<string name="bedtime_reminder_wait_until">Wait until I finish video to show reminder</string>

This setting will reside in the “General” settings page but is part of YouTube’s broader push to add Digital Wellbeing tools. Currently, users can manage their YouTube watch time with a handful of features in the “Time Watched” section of Settings.

“Shorts”

Last October, The Wall Street Journal reported that Google was interested in purchasing a TikTok-like service called “Firework.” Now, according to The Information (via 9to5Google), YouTube is planning on releasing a “Shorts” feature in the existing app by the end of this year. The feature will reportedly allow users to create and upload short videos using the library of music that YouTube has licensed. These videos will appear in a new feed within the Android and iOS clients. Like the “Stories” feature, “Shorts” may initially be limited to YouTubers with a certain subscriber count.

YouTube home page showing Stories

Several strings and other resources have appeared in recent builds of the YouTube app for a feature called “Shorts.” However, the strings do not reveal much information about the feature.

<string name="shorts_create_a_video">Create a video</string>
<string name="shorts_gallery_upload">Upload</string>
<string name="shorts_multi_segment_progress_bar_start_label">Start</string>
<string name="shorts_multi_segment_progress_bar_stop_label">Stop</string>
<string name="shorts_speed_control_fast_label">Fast</string>
<string name="shorts_speed_control_fast_text">2X</string>
<string name="shorts_speed_control_normal_label">Normal</string>
<string name="shorts_speed_control_normal_text">1X</string>
<string name="shorts_speed_control_slow_label">Slow</string>
<string name="shorts_speed_control_slow_text">0.5X</string>
<string name="shorts_speed_control_very_fast_label">Very fast</string>
<string name="shorts_speed_control_very_fast_text">5X</string>
<string name="shorts_speed_control_very_slow_label">Very slow</string>
<string name="shorts_speed_control_very_slow_text">0.2X</string>

We will likely learn more about this new feature once it nears launch.

YouTube (Free, Google Play) →

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Thanks to PNF Software for providing us a license to use JEB Decompiler, a professional-grade reverse engineering tool for Android applications.

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OnePlus 8 Pro renders show off new Ultramarine Blue color and Case options

Just in case you’ve been living under a rock these past few weeks, OnePlus is about to launch new smartphones. After the highly successful OnePlus 7 series and OnePlus 7T series last year, the company is looking for another hit, and that will come in the form of the new OnePlus 8 and the OnePlus 8 Pro. We’ve been covering the leaks and rumors for a while: we’ve had a vague idea of how these phones will look, and we’ve even gotten new renders of the smaller model, the OnePlus 8. Now, we’re getting new official renders for the OnePlus 8 Pro, the most noteworthy device from the family.

These new device renders come from renowned German leaker Ronald Quandt, who also broke the first OnePlus 8 renders just a few days ago. From initial inspection, we have a device that looks pretty similar to the regular OnePlus 8, although we already knew that. The front looks seemingly identical to the regular model as OnePlus did away with the motorized camera we saw with the OnePlus 7 Pro/7T Pro. Instead, we have a hole-punch camera to the left corner of the display, which seems to be surprisingly unobtrusive, at least judging by the renders.

OnePlus 8 XDA Forums ||| OnePlus 8 Pro XDA Forums

The back panel features a quad camera setup (a first for an OnePlus device) with the main module holding 3 sensors and the fourth one offset to the left with the flash module. The display itself also seems to be markedly less curved than the one in the OnePlus 7 Pro, at least from leaked pics.

The OnePlus 8 Pro in Ultramarine Blue, Glacial Green, and Onyx Black.

As for the colors, the OnePlus 8 Pro will come in an “Ultramarine Blue” option, which is a deep, strong, eye-catching blue hue. We saw an “Interstellar Glow” color of the OnePlus 8 a few days back with an Instagram-like multicolored gradient, but it seems that will be exclusive to the regular variant and will not come to the Pro (then again, we’re talking about leaks, not official information, and sometimes there’s some stuff that doesn’t leak). We do have Glacial Green and Onyx Black variants, which have previously leaked for the OnePlus 8 as well, so at least two variants will be available for both models.

We also got to know some of the case options for both the OnePlus 8 and the OnePlus 8 Pro, courtesy of Evan Blass, who shared them on his private Patreon page. We have the usual cases which include the “Karbon” carbon fiber-themed case for both phones as well as a Nylon case for the OnePlus 8. We also have 3 cases with OnePlus’ signature “sandstone” texture, including a black one for the Pro, a cyan one for both variants, and a purple one for the OnePlus 8. Judging by the images it is possible the smaller OnePlus 8 could have more case variants, but as I mentioned before, sometimes there’s stuff that doesn’t leak, so we may as well see all cases arrive at both variants.

The OnePlus 8 Pro is shaping up to be a very interesting device, and we can’t wait to know more about it come OnePlus’ announcement event.

Specification	OnePlus 8	OnePlus 8 Pro
Display	6.55″ Full HD+ 90Hz Super AMOLED	6.78″ QHD+ 120Hz Super AMOLED Dedicated MEMC chip for frame interpolation
SoC	Qualcomm Snapdragon 865	Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
RAM & Storage	8/12GB LPDDR5 128GB/256GB UFS 3.0	8/12GB LPDDR5 128GB/256GB UFS 3.0
Battery and Charging	4,300 mAh 30W Warp Charge	4,510 mAh 30W Warp Charge 30W fast wireless charging 3W reverse wireless charging
Rear Camera	Primary: 48MP Secondary: 16MP Tertiary: 2MP	Primary: 48MP Secondary: 48MP Tertiary: 8MP Quaternary: 5MP
Front Camera	16MP	16MP
IP Rating	NA	IP68

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Source 1: WinFuture.de / Source 2: Evan Blass (Patreon)

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T-Mobile and Sprint have finally completed their merger, leaving America with only 3 big carriers

The long process of T-Mobile and Sprint merging has finally come to a close. The last hurdle was jumped in February and the deal was expected to close in April. Starting today, T-Mobile officially owns Sprint, leaving the U.S. with only three major carriers.

So what happens now? One of the immediate changes is T-Mobile has a new CEO. As previously announced, John Legere is stepping down and he’s being replaced by Mike Sievert, previously the company’s COO. Legere will remain on the board until July.

As for the Sprint brand and Sprint customers, nothing will change immediately. Sprint customers will keep their existing plans, which T-Mobile has promised will remain the same or better for the next three years. Sprint’s network remains separate as well.

Back in November, T-Mobile outlined all of their plans for after the Sprint merger was approved. The company claims its 5G network will be able to reach 99% of the U.S. population. They will be launching an initiative to bring free 5G access to first responders, police officers, firefighters, and EMS agencies for 10 years. “Project 10Million” will give free internet service to 10 million households. Lastly, the “T-Mobile Connect” prepaid plan will offer 2GB of data for just $15 per month.

Another side-effect of the merger is Sprint’s prepaid business (Boost and Virgin Mobile) being sold to Dish. However, it will take a while before we really start seeing the changes and new products from this merger. How do you feel about things now that T-Mobile officially owns Sprint?

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Samsung will buy back your Galaxy S20 for 50% of the price any time within 24 months

It has been nearly two months since Samsung announced the Galaxy S20 series at Galaxy Unpacked. Since then, the phones have already made their way into the hands of probably millions of consumers, so most people interested in one of the three phones have either already spent time with them or have at least read up on the phones online. To entice more users into buying one of the three phones, Samsung has launched a new “guaranteed buy-back” program.

If you purchase the Galaxy S20, S20+, or S20 Ultra through Samsung.com or the Shop Samsung app, you’ll be eligible to receive 50% of the full retail price if you decide to return your phone within 24 months. That means you can get $500 back on the regular S20 and up to $800 back on the highest-end S20 Ultra.

All you have to do to take advantage of this offer is to log in to the Samsung Account you used to purchase the device, initiate a return request on the “My Orders” page, and send your phone back to Samsung. Samsung will evaluate the condition of your phone, and if it passes their inspection, you will receive 50% of the full retail price back as a credit to your payment account. This process may take between 2-3 weeks, and Samsung says your device must be in “satisfactory” condition. In the FAQ for the program, Samsung defines “satisfactory” condition as the device being able to power on and stay on without powering off unexpectedly, the device having a functional display with no dead pixels, the device being free of breaks or cracks beyond normal wear and tear, the device being free of any anti-theft locking software, etc.

Samsung says that all Galaxy S20 models are eligible for the guaranteed buy-back program so long as the device was purchased through Samsung.com or the Shop Samsung app. Samsung also says that this offer can be combined with “everyday trade-in offers” but that this offer is not compatible with carrier financing and Samsung Upgrade. For more information, you can visit this page.

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It’s nice to see Samsung make such a generous offer to its customers. Smartphones can depreciate in value pretty heavily in the course of a year, let alone two years. This buy-back program is Samsung’s way of reassuring their customers that they haven’t wasted their money on buying a new Galaxy S20, which can cost upwards of $1,000. Samsung has reportedly sold fewer than expected Galaxy S20 units, at least in comparison to the Galaxy S10. While reviewers have praised Samsung for the beautiful and smooth visual experience of the Galaxy S20 and its 120Hz display, many have criticized the phones for a lackluster camera performance and inferior performance of the Exynos models. Reviewers have harshly criticized Samsung for these issues because of how expensive the three phones are, so this new guaranteed buy-back program may stem some of these concerns.

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