Plus, one of Android's most essential accessibility features is also getting an update with Gemini infusion.

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.

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    702·
    4 months ago

    Remember when android releases had groundbreaking new features and really cool dessert names?

    Good time, good times.

    • KingJalopy @lemm.eeEnglish
      41·
      4 months ago

      I used to spend hours loading roms on my Nexus. Now I just spend hours removing Google from themselves

    • L3ft_F13ld!@links.hackliberty.orgEnglish
      201·
      4 months ago

      I love how the title says finally, as if it has some super amazing improvements we’ve all been excited about for ages. But, like you said it’s just a bigger, slower version of the same thing we already have.

    • Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      10·
      4 months ago

      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.

      • dev_null@lemmy.mlEnglish
        8·
        4 months ago

        They did.

        • Android 10 Quince Tart
        • Android 11 Red Velvet Cake
        • Android 12 Snow Cone

        But yeah, the codenames are almost never mentioned.

        • Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          3·
          4 months ago

          Yeah, I feel like most of the updates lately have been pretty boring. The last “big” change was material 3 I think, but even that was just some visual changes.

    • SanguinePar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      4 months ago

      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.

      • m4m4m4m4@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        4 months ago

        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.

      • TheYang@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        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.

        • foggenbooty@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          4 months ago

          Samsung has been doing this for a long time with DeX an it’s awesome. However it won’t really be a thing for most people until Apple does it.

    • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      4 months ago

      Remember when they were still making features instead of taking them away to artificially limit us? Why does my phone have to snitch to my service provider that I’m using my hotspot instead of my phone? Why can’t I use my wired headphones without a ridiculous hassle anymore? Why is there any price difference between 64gb and 128gb when I can buy a terabyte microSD from microcenter for $12? Surely they’re not using the leverage of their market position to squeeze more money out of the entire population right?

    • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      4·
      4 months ago

      i mean phones are mostly incremental now than they were in 2011 anyway and google has made a lot of inroads to bake major changes into the play store to avoid carrier issues, which is better anyway.