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Android Gesture Navigation: Four Years Later, Do We Love It?

Kellen August 15, 2023 72

It's wild to think that the current Android gesture navigation system has been around since Android Q, which eventually launched as Android 10. At the time of that system's initial introduction, I was pretty critical of it as a step in the wrong direction, as...

Video: This is Android 10 on the OnePlus 7 Pro!

Kellen September 23, 2019

OnePlus has gotten so much better when it comes to Android updates. The early days for OnePlus and their update schedules weren't exactly a thing for a phone maker to brag about, but now they are often one of the first to issue big version builds to their line...

Android 10 Updates for Pixel Devices Now Live! (Updated: New Build!)

Kellen September 23, 2019

Android 10 was scheduled to drop today and the update is now live for Pixel devices! If you own a Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3a, or Pixel 3a XL, your time has come. UPDATE 9/3: The over-the-air update is live! If you are...

Stable Android 10, OxygenOS 10 Update for OnePlus 7 and 7 Pro is Rolling Out

Kellen September 23, 2019

Just as the weekend was kicking off, OnePlus announced that Android 10 and OxygenOS 10 for the OnePlus 7 Pro and 7 were ready to rollout. We're talking stable (we've already had several beta builds) Android 10 only a few weeks after Google released it to its...

Verizon Pixel Struggling to Make Calls on Android 10? Uninstall My Verizon. (Updated: Fixed)

Kellen September 9, 2019

One of the weirdest bugs to arrive alongside the Android 10 update for Pixel phones has had to do with calling for Verizon customers. For some reason, outgoing dialed calls are taking an extra long time (20-45 seconds are some estimates) before they connect....

This Trick Really Does Make Android 10’s Gestures Less Terrible

Kellen September 9, 2019

Android 10 gestures are pretty bad, I think I've made that point clear. The badness of them mostly revolves around the weird side-infused back gesture or swipe that Google implemented without really coming up with a way to allow it to work within the Android...

What Do You Like Most About Android 10?

Kellen September 4, 2019

Whether you first updated to Android 10 yesterday or have been running all of the Android Q betas, you probably have a good grasp on the new version of Android. You've turned on dark theme, fist-pumped at smart reply in notifications, might have received a...

Pixel 3a Officially Gains Dual SIM Dual Standby Support

Kellen September 3, 2019

The Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL just picked up Dual SIM Dual Standby (DSDS) support, likely thanks to Android 10. The option, which I don't believe was available until the phones are updated to Android 10, lets you keep both an eSIM and a physical SIM card active...