Android 14 features: Everything you need to know
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From privacy and security to accessibility and more, here are the most notable Android 14 features worth knowing.
  • eee@lemm.eeEnglish
    251·
    2 years ago

    I’m still waiting for them to change the godawful quick toggles. Not only do the quick toggles take up so much space now (it almost feels like accessibility mode is on by default), Wifi and Mobile Internet are hidden behind a second layer of toggles.

      • Chemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        8·
        2 years ago

        Dex mode is awesome , the hardware of Galaxy is nice too but unfortunately I cannot install a private ROM like GrapheneOS or Calyx, for me this criteria is above all benefits that a Samsung Galaxy can offer me

        • Decentralizr@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          That is a sad reality when it comes to samsung. Beat you can do is adb the apps away you don’t want, and use rethinkdns (firewall) combined with the dns of them, nextdns or decloudus.

          Is not GrapheneOS, but it’s a little more private as out of the box.

        • HurlingDurling@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          I mean, you can… But doing so will break Knox for ever and the only way to get it back is to replace the entire motherboard on the phone.

    • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
      171·
      2 years ago

      Your wish is granted. From the article: “One of the biggest differences between Android 14 vs Android 13 is that the new update now blocks older Android apps from being installed. Google says this change specifically targets apps built for Android 5.1 Lollipop APIs and older.”

  • Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    72·
    2 years ago

    They probably worked towards these two goals of Google : We made it even harder to do anything without using our property crap, yet again./ made side loading impossible or we’re making it more difficult cause we want you use our app store only. All For security of course.

  • MrFlamey@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I just wish they would fix the back gesture to never take me back to the home screen, or at least give me that as an option. It’s the one thing that frustrates me to hell on an almost daily basis when I’m using Android. I don’t need another gesture that takes me to the home screen, and especially not one that often closes the app I was looking at altogether, meaning it needs restarting.