So, they come to Samsung but not (officially) to older Pixels yet? Good job, Google.

Seems to be a problem with Android 14. It’s already been reported on GitHub.

Maybe shake it repeatedly so that the gyroscope picks it up. 😄 Would be an inherent human response anyway.

The reason: 🫰

Every time I read “YouTube redesign” I hope for a proper Material You design (including adaptive colors). Instead it’s always just some menus shifting around.

The Pixel can also get the new Assistant At a Glance widget, although the permanent At a Glance widget still remains in place and unchanged.

What’s the point then? I don’t need the same widget twice.

YT Music’s podcast support is sorely lacking

I don’t have it yet in my region. Does YouTube Music support faster playback and the ability to skip silences? Those are the most important features to me.

I know it’s not really important but I prefer the design of the Podcasts app (Material You). YouTube Music is always completely black and clashes with the design of every other app made by Google. 🤷‍♂️

Tap “Explore” in the bottom toolbar, then the three dots next to “Subscribed”. Select “set as default”.

This phone looks weird. The 6 Pro looked awesome with the black visor. The 7 Pro looked elegant with the metal visor and gentle camera pills. But this one … has totally weird proportions. If the camera pill is so large, why not make it an entirely black visor again?

You’re in a bubble. ~99% of the population is not on reddit/lemmy or other android communities where they could discover new apps. They find out about new apps from friends, from news articles, or through the Play Store.

That’s why I’m always annoyed that pretty much all of the “big” YouTube phone reviewers spend so much time on the camera when reviewing phones. I’m much more interested in the UI/UX and software features.

The camera is either good or great anyway. That isn’t really a selling point for me.

It’s already there. Tap on the profile icon in the top left corner, then tap “remove ads”.

Which looks like a weird hybrid between iOS style and Android Lollipop style.

I’d rather stay with Sync for that sweet MaterialYou style.

I played for an hour or two today (50% career mode race) and really enjoyed the new handling model. It’s now possible to counter steer even with a gamepad. Another positive thing is that floor damage doesn’t occur all the time, as it did last year. That drove me crazy. Graphics also look nice.

So, the driving itself is more fun. The AI also put up a fight (I play on AI 100), without doing anything stupid like steering straight into you. Only nitpick regarding the AI: they are super slow off the line. I can make up way too many places at the start.

Unfortunately, otherwise the career mode has no big changes or new features at all. They only tweaked some minor things (“discounts” on development parts seem to be much higher than last year) but otherwise it’s the same as it has been in the last few years. I initially wanted to play MyTeam but it’s the same as last year too, so there’s still no proper livery editor. And the base liveries all look terrible in my opinion. So regular career mode it is for me.

To boldly shitpost where no one has shitposted before! 🖖🥹