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[APK Teardown] Google App v4.8 Prepares For 'Ok, Google' Offline, Voice...
Most of the app updates this week were relatively quiet, with the notable exception of Play Music with its new ad-supported radio feature. That doesn't have to mean some of the updates don't have...
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Latest Marshmallow Dev Preview Introduces A Streamlined Volume Animation
One of the greatest problems in stock Android since the debut of Lollipop last year has been the volume slider - putting aside Lollipop's initially confusing volume modes, the slider unceremoniously...
View Article[Update: Fixed] Nexus 5 users are encountering serious volume bugs after the...
Update 1: 2016/07/14 10:09pm PDT Well-known developer Francisco Franco says that his custom kernel franco.kernel solves this problem in a flash. (Sorry, sorry.) Update 2: 2016/07/23 12:41pm PDT Over...
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[Update: Also adds highlight-and-speak] Text-to-speech v3.10 adds options to...
Update 1: 2016/10/01 8:17pm PDT Also adds highlight-to-speak The Text-to-speech app doesn't see many major updates throughout the year, but when it does, there's often something interesting to see....
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Samsung's new SoundAssistant app gives you greater control over sound on your...
The Galaxy S8 has a bigger focus on audio than any previous Samsung flagships. The speaker gets surprisingly loud, nice AKG earphones come in the box, and the onboard Bluetooth 5.0 enables features...
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YouTube, your volume controls are bad and you should feel bad
Many of you have probably seen yesterday's XKCD comic about the laughably terrible state of volume controls on mobile devices. The issue is particularly bad in Android apps, and developers really need...
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VolumeSync syncs together your notification and media volumes
Slightly over a week ago, XKCD posted a comic highlighting Android's volume problem. Mainly that trying to turn down the media volume before media playback starts usually results in the ringer volume...
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Google Duo v25 prepares to help users deal with a low battery and low volume...
As we hit the last few days before Christmas, app updates from Google have gone from a firehose to a slow trickle. It's only natural that most of the developers don't want to ship any major updates...
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Android P feature spotlight: The volume slider moves to the side of the...
The volume slider wasn't really something that people had been complaining about in previous versions of Android, but Google has gone and changed it anyway. The slider is now vertical, moving to the...
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Android P feature spotlight: Volume buttons change media volume by default...
Android's separate volumes for media, calls, and alarms can be great in some situations and terrible in others. I'm sure many of you have tried to preemptively turn down the volume as a YouTube video...
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Android P: Our 5 least favorite changes so far
Ten days have passed since we started digging into the Android P developer preview release, and while we've enjoyed many of the new changes and shared with you our five favorites, there are other...
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Here are some more minor Android P DP3 changes you may have missed
Since Android P's inception, we've written over 100 feature spotlight posts about various new changes Google has added in. Even in its third developer preview, lots of changes are still being added,...
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Call volume gets its own slider in settings on Android P DP4
The recently-released Android P developer preview 4 is meant to be one of the last two release candidates—according to Google's initial released timeline—and in general that means polishing up...
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Hulu now lets you adjust Chromecast playback volume using your phone
Imagine: you've plopped down on the couch and fired up Hulu on your phone, ready to watch your stories on the big screen using a Chromecast. But as the show starts, you're struck with a deafening wall...
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Android Q Beta 2 brings back individual volume channel controls in new pop-up
Less than a month after the first one, Android Q Beta 2 has landed with a decent amount of changes in tow. Among those changes is a convenient new volume pop-up to control all of the different volumes...
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Chromebook volume buttons will finally match device screen orientation
One annoying quirk with 2-in-1 Chromebooks (and Chrome OS tablets) has been with how volume controls work. The volume up/down buttons always stay in the same position, even if you flip the device...
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Here are all the small changes in Android Q Beta 4
We've already covered well over 200 changes in the public betas of Android Q, but many of those are smaller tweaks that aren't quite important enough to be covered in dedicated posts. Following our...
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Volume settings now called 'Sound' in Android 11 Dev Preview 3
Android 11 Developer Preview 3 has brought an extremely tiny change to the overflow menu for the Volume settings. Namely, they're now settings for Sound. Left: Before / Right: After All volume meters...
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Android might soon allow you to set Google Assistant volume independently
Android gives you separate volume control for media, notifications, and alarms, but Google appears to be working on adding a fourth slider to the mix. The AOSP Android 11 code suggests that the...
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Android 12's volume bar has been slimmed down in Beta 2
Say goodbye to the finger-width slider Update Live in Beta 2 Android 12 is in for some huge design changes as part of Google's new design language Material You, and while we like most of them, a few...
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