cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19387476 Plus, one of Android’s most essential accessibility features is also getting an update with Gemini infusion.
I think they should stop working on new features other than the occasional option and make these all about security updates
Can I set reminders with text input with Google assistant yet?
Remember when android releases had groundbreaking new features and really cool dessert names?
Good time, good times.
Yeah, there was that brief period, maybe 4-6 years where each release had at least something exciting. I guess they’ve just run out of genuinely useful/innovative stuff to add.
I still wait for the day where smartphones become the only computer for most people.
dock it, (maybe cool it) and the available power is significant.
google is definitely taking steps there with their virtualization work and desktop mode, just slow.
Apple may be too, with their switch to ARM on desktop.
I mean, iOS is not doing better in that sense. They both are already mature systems and I think it would be great if they concentrate in polishing and perfecting what they already have (and hope AOSP doesn’t fall into the AI crap) but I guess that’s just me.
They still have the dessert names, they just don’t use them in their marketing. This one is called vanilla ice cream, android 14 was upside down cake or something iirc, 13 was tiramisu.
10-12 don’t seem to have dessert names for some reason though. Those were just q, r, and s.
I used to spend hours loading roms on my Nexus. Now I just spend hours removing Google from themselves
i want android 16 to be “journey back to jellybean” :(
This is probably the least exciting Android “update” to date, for me at least. These are basically all just options that could’ve been added with regular updates. Charging to 80% is nice tho. Hate the new, Apple-like, default bluetooth setting (thank god that you can turn that off, although it doesn’t look good for the future…)
It’s been a long time since the last Android update that felt like a major update to a regular user… A very long time…
