Search results for tag #android
TapType 1.0.1 is out. Fixes a bunch of passthrough issues people reported on day one.
The big ones: passthrough no longer breaks other keyboards when TalkBack is on, and it should now work on Android 16 (was using a hardcoded display ID that Android 16 doesn't like). It also clears instantly when you hide or switch away from TapType instead of lingering for a second.
Voice input no longer fails if you don't have a voice keyboard enabled. TapType falls back to the system speech recognizer directly now.
Keyboard height is no longer a fixed size. It scales to your screen: 1/3 for short, 2/3 for medium (default), 90% for tall. Should feel much better on larger phones where it was way too small before.
Download: https://github.com/aaron-gh/taptype-releases/releases/tag/v1.0.1
#TapType #Accessibility #A11y #Android #Blind #TalkBack #Keyboard
Android 17 Beta 2 available for OnePlus 15 and Oppo Find X9 Pro
The Android 17 Beta 2 is available for testing on the OnePlus 15 and Oppo Find X9 Pro. These are the first non-Pixel smartphones to receive the update.
Back on #Android after a few years on #iOS. As a device I chose the #Fairphone 6 for all the obvious reasons and because the are a European company.
We'll see how it goes, the switch was mainly made rely a bit less on US services and that is at least currently easier on Android than it is on iOS as Switzerland doesn't have the alternative app stores.
Maybe a stupid idea, we will see.
Nutzt eigentlich jemand die "Find my Device" App und kann vielleicht aus gemachten Erfahrungen berichten? https://f-droid.org/de/packages/de.nulide.findmydevice/https://fmd-foss.org/#android #fdm #smartphone #fdroid #foss #findmydevice #selfhosting #findmyphone #google
It figures. I have been running both #ntfy and #gotify for years, just too lazy to fix up the last couple of items and pick one. Last week I settled on #ntfy instead of #gotify, got the last couple items switched over, etc. The next day, they proudly take in a huge shitpile of LLM code. "Well-tested!" Then hotfix after hotfix.. Are there any third options? This seems like the sort of space that
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A screenshot from the linked web page. Version 2.18.0.
It reads:
This is the biggest release I've ever done on the server. It's 14,997 added lines of code, and 10,202 lines removed, all from one pull request that adds PostgreSQL support.
The code was written by Cursor and Claude, but reviewed and heavily tested over 2-3 weeks by me. I created comparison documents, went through all queries multiple times and reviewed the logic over and over again. I also did load tests and manual regression tests, which took lots of evenings.
Auch ich komme leider nicht ganz ohne Google Play Services aus. Das Schöne an GrapheneOS: Apps, die Play Services zwingend brauchen, landen bei mir im vertraulichen Profil. Dort bekommen die Play Services – abgesehen für App-Updates – keinen Netzwerkzugriff. So lässt sich der Play-Services-Zwang zumindest ein Stück weit einhegen.
#GrapheneOS #Android #Datenschutz
/kuk
More than just infotainment: Google announces new version of Android Automotive
Google announced a new version of its automotive operating system Android Automotive. With this, the company aims to go beyond the infotainment system.
#Android #Infotainment #Google #IT #OpenSource #Porsche #Qualcomm #Renault #news
Mehr als nur Infotainment: Google kündigt neue Version von Android Automotive an
Google hat eine neue Version seines Auto-Betriebssystems Android Automotive angekündigt. Mit diesem will der Konzern über das Infotainment-System hinausgehen.
#Android #Infotainment #Google #IT #OpenSource #Porsche #Qualcomm #Renault #news
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For those looking for a good #FOSS #Android keyboard app, #Heliboard is just about PERFECT now.
Kudos to the dev!
Google’s Android Automotive is moving from the dashboard to the ‘brain’ of the car https://thever.ge/U56R #Transportation #Android #Google #Cars #News #Tech
@fdroidorg @marcprux I hate to disagree here, but as an admin who deals with *many* users with phones in the wild, this is a *good* move by Google.
They're *NOT* stopping you from side-loading apps. They're doing the same thing banks have started doing when people try to withdraw cash -- verifying that you're not being coached or hacked and that you *REALLY* want to do what you said.
This is annoying to a very small subset of people, and *VERY* useful to a larger group.
#Android #security #scams
Umfrage: Rekordinteresse an iPhone-Upgrades – Android-Sektor schwächelt
Eine Erhebung von Morgan Stanley deutet auf eine Rekordzahl an geplanten iPhone-Upgrades hin. Während Apple profitiert, drohen Android-Herstellern Verluste.
#Android #Apple #GooglePixel #iOS #iPhone #Marktanalyse #Mobiles #Wirtschaft #news
⚠️ CVE-2026-4755: Critical vuln in MolotovCherry Android-ImageMagick7 (<7.1.2-11). Remote, unauthenticated RCE possible due to improper input validation. Patch ASAP & enforce input checks. Details: https://radar.offseq.com/threat/cve-2026-4755-cwe-20-cwe-20-in-molotovcherry-andro-fb2c95b0 #OffSeq #Android #Vuln #ImageMagick #CVE2026_4755
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Critical threat: CVE-2026-4755: CWE-20 CWE-20 in MolotovCherry Android-ImageMagick7
I made a keyboard because I needed one and nothing on Android was built for blind users. I put it on GitHub because someone else might need one. Then I woke up this morning and Mastodon had eaten it.
New blog post — what overnight virality actually looks like from the inside, the TalkBack problem nobody else bothered solving, Flexy, and why I spent the day building instead of panicking.
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-made-a-keyboard-nobody-asked-for-my-experience-making-taptype/
Are you considering OS's for your Android phone like #GrapheneOS or #lineageos to escape the #Android lock and #Google
spying?
The only tricky part is that GrapheneOS only supports Pixel phones while LineageOS supports a wider variety of vendors and phones but you may still need a generation or two down.
TapType v2.0 is out!
TapType is a keyboard for blind users — no visible keys, just tap where QWERTY keys would be and it predicts your words. Fully accessible with TalkBack.
What's new in v2.0:
Multi-language support — English (US/UK), Deutsch, Espanol. All speech, announcements, and punctuation fully translated. Switch languages right from the keyboard.
Reorganised settings into clean categories with per-language user dictionaries and punctuation.
TTS engine fixes — language switching and engine changes now work reliably.
Download the APK:
https://github.com/aaron-gh/taptype-releases/releases/tag/v2.0
If you find TapType useful, consider supporting its development:
https://paypal.me/aaronhewitt
https://github.com/sponsors/aaron-gh
https://liberapay.com/fireborn/
#TapType #Accessibility #A11y #Blind #Android #TalkBack #Keyboard #AssistiveTech
Die neue Onleihe 3 App läuft nur mit Google Play Services.
Laut Support ist der Zustand gewollt, um "rechtliche Anforderungen unserer Verlage zu erfüllen" und es sei "notwendig für die Stabilität der App".
Was für Stabilität, wenn die App ohne Google direkt nach dem Öffnen crasht🫠
#onleihe #onleihe3 #degoogle #android #google #bücherei
RE: https://gultsch.social/@daniel/116276888375327699
Автор #Conversations сделал его бесплатным на неделю в плеймаркете.
GAMA analysis — Graveyard Empire (com.graveyard.empire)
SHA256: 6dc1c122997d2a9bfa0016a6ada22b692e6988268924ef0defafc0951cbebc3b
Developer: 24 HIT Riga SIA — €2,800 capital, May 2024
Findings:
• 14 ad SDKs incl. TikTok Pangle with custom TEA cipher (libtobEmbedPagEncrypt.so)
• Firebase measurement bypass — tracking continues post opt-out AND for paying users
• WindVane (Alibaba) + ToutiaoJSBridge (ByteDance) simultaneously
• Chinese National Intelligence Law Art. 7 applies to all SDKs
Data was in plain sight. Nobody had looked.
centurialabs.pl
#infosec #greyware #Android #MobileSecurity #GAMA #ThreatIntel #GDPR #PrivacyByDesign #ReverseEngineering #APKAnalysis #TikTok #ByteDance #Alibaba #OSINT #CyberSecurity
From curated playlists to radio stations across the globe, these 8 music apps for Android and iOS bring the concert straight to your pocket.
Which one will you fall in love with first? Tap to find out!
Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/ApadR
Just a reminder that while I make these apps available for free, I do accept sponsorships if you like what I do and want to unlock pro features in current and future apps. These features do not effect core functionality, but your sponsorships do unlock my ability to keep doing this and not go back to an office job.
https://github.com/sponsors/aaron-gh
#tapType #a11y #android #assistiveTech #blind #keyboard #sponsor #appDev
TapType is out. It's a keyboard for blind Android users.
There are no visible keys. You tap where QWERTY keys would be from muscle memory, and a spatial prediction algorithm figures out what you meant. It scores nearby keys using a Gaussian proximity model and runs a beam search against an 80,000 word dictionary. You don't need to be precise. That's the whole point.
Swipe right to commit a word. Swipe down or up to cycle through suggestions. Swipe left to delete. It learns what words you use most and ranks them higher over time, and you can add your own words to a personal dictionary.
Every letter has its own unique sound, from Andre Louis's keyboard sound recordings, so you can learn to identify keys by ear without relying on speech. Each swipe direction has a distinct sound too. TTS is there when you want it, adjustable speed, and you can turn it off entirely if you prefer sounds only.
It has emoji search with skin tone selection and favourites, a number pad mode, an upper case mode, and full punctuation support with a customizable quick list. Two-finger gestures handle things like send, close keyboard, switch keyboard, and voice input.
Everything works with TalkBack. I built this because FlickType was a fantastic keyboard for blind iOS users and then it was gone. Nothing like it existed on Android, so I made one.
It's free, no ads, no tracking, no metrics. I'm not evil.
Download: https://github.com/aaron-gh/taptype-releases/releases/tag/v1.0
#TapType #Accessibility #A11y #Android #Blind #VisuallyImpaired #TalkBack #Keyboard #AssistiveTech
今天在Pixel和Mac分别测试使用了i2p，感觉不错，好玩：
Pixel上安装了几个I2P App：
I2P
i2pd(C艹)
Sideband
InviZible Pro
轻度使用了下，感觉最合适的是InviZible Pro，可以同时启动Tor、DNSCrypt、I2P，非常方便：启动InviZible Pro的I2P，修改Firefox的about:config为：
network.proxy.http为127.0.0.1
network.proxy.http_port为4444
network.proxy.type为1
可以在127.0.0.1:7070查看I2P网络状态，虽然用于访问i2p没有问题，但是比较麻烦。
所以如果需要同时使用Tor、I2P，需要先开启代理，然后在Firefox安装插件：ZeroOmega（自由软件），配置规则：
Tor SOCK5 127.0.0.1 9050
I2P HTTP 127.0.0.1 4444
FlClash SOCK5 127.0.0.1 7890
配置Auto Switch规则：
域名通配符 *.onion Tor
域名通配符 *.i2p I2P
域名通配符 check.torproject.org Tor
默认情景模式 FlClash
选择生效，就可以同时访问i2p隐形网和tor洋葱网络了，有几个默认新手网站：
i2pd官网：http://i2pd.i2p
I2P导航：http://notbob.i2p
.I2P域名注册：http://reg.i2p
I2P统计：http://stats.i2p
Got a really ... annoying ... problem on my #android 16 phone (Pixel 8a) .. just back from Google repair, and reinstalled everything from blank slate, and now I get absolutely no notifications. Turned off Adaptive Battery but ... still nada ?! Whatsapp, Signal etc all impacted
This article more eloquently phrases how I feel about the new #android #sideloading rules: https://www.androidauthority.com/i-dont-recognize-android-i-fell-in-love-with-3650462/ I pretty much agree with everything that this journalist is saying.
The new rules might cause some friction -- but they generally make Android safer for everyone.
And that's always a good thing.
Personally, I suspect that Manjaro forking and going to a non-profit with community governance would actually be the best case scenario, as long as they can also secure some funding.
I wonder how Google's protectionist schemes will impact downstream ROMs like GrapheneOS, who will presumably alter the OS to allow installing from anywhere.
Still you can only install apps that exist, and Google's plans would likely hugely limit the range and popularity of independent non-Google apps, by limiting the audience.
Seems to me like we really need to focus as a community on getting at least one Linux phone fully daily driveable with reliable calls, texts, mobile data, camera etc.
#Manjaro #Google #Android #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #Privacy #GrapheneOS
Yet another failure where google should be called out for not having a fallback tts engine for Talkback. I just had to use a third-party screen reader, developed by one person (me) to recover a multi-trillion corporation's fuck up. This is fucking tragic. If you care about #accessibility, hound them. Please. Tell them this is an essencial recovery path. I can only do so much, I've been asking for a fallback for a tts engine failure since talkback 3.3. I can only do so much. Spam the shit out of every google engineer you know. Please. Get this fixed.
#1aay #accessibility #Android #inclusion #disability #activism
#LLRX #CyberSecurity @bespacific
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 21 2026
Five highlights from this week: AI is moving fast — and breaking things; Google’s Smart Glasses Can Create Fake Photos on the Fly; Microsoft Authenticator Flaw on #Android, #iOS Could Leak Login Codes for Millions; UPMC notifies patients of possible medical record access; and Robot Dogs Are Protecting Data Centers. Operators Are Seeing Payoffs.
#Posted in: #AI #cybercrime Cybersecurity, #Privacy Social Media
Every Lens Maker Needs to Do What Tamron Is Doing https://petapixel.com/2026/03/21/every-lens-maker-needs-to-do-what-tamron-is-doing/ #tamronlensutility #astrophotography #tamronlink #Equipment #accessory #timelapse #Opinion #Reviews #android #review #tamron #video #ios
@ActuallyAutistic after a false start (thanks for your patience @murdoc ), I have the #Voxelibre server set up now.
My sense is to not just leave it up all the time, but rather only run it for a set, loosely agreed-upon, recurring period of time each weekend. This is so that people can expect to see each other over time in a friendly way. This is instead of making it available 24/7, and people rarely ever pop by, never form any sense of familiarity with anyone else.
I'm thinking a fixed period time every Sunday night (the fixed period pattern starting next week) would be most suitable. BTW: Luanti works in #Android (find it in F-Droid), so it can be played even from a smartphone or tablet:
https://f-droid.org/packages/net.minetest.minetest
What do you think? A recurring 4-hour period is proposed here:
https://docs.autis.toque.im/#timing/
Having said this, the Voxelibre server is up for *all* this weekend, for those who want to try it (a chance at early familiarization).
More details are in this little documentation wiki I wrote (explains if and how to connect):
https://docs.autis.toque.im/
PS: I worked hard on this! It was suprisingly tricky to set up.
Mit welcher #peertube #Android App hab ich eine Chance @funfacts via #Chromecast auf den großen Screen zu werfen? Oder bin ich einfach unfähig? #fedihelp
Neues #Android Sideloading beinhaltet 24 Stunden Wartezeit
Googles neue Methode zur Installation unbekannter Apps soll Betrügern das Handwerk legen durch eine Verzögerung für Nutzer.
FFS its not "Sideloading", its installing applications on a device I own.
#android #google #scams #malware #fdroid #foss #privacy #lineageos #grapheneos
Ill keep flogging this dead horse**... show me the evidence that the average person is installing malware APK from attackers. This has NOTHING to do with protecting users.
As an Incident Responder, all the Android malware I have seen in my user community has been downloaded directly from the Google Play Store. All the scams I have seen have originated from ads within apps installed from the Google Play Store.
If Google cared about scams and malware then they should get their app store and ad platform under control. The fact they report removing thousands of malicious apps from the app store shows that this is where they should focus their efforts.
**Currently, the user needs to enable developer mode by multiple clicking the config menu, approving third party app installs, then again go through multiple windows confirming the install.
https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/google-adds-24-hour-wait-for-unverified.html
#android #google #scams #malware #fdroid #foss #privacy #lineageos #grapheneos
Sophos, from yesterday: Android devices ship with firmware-level malware https://www.sophos.com/en-us/blog/android-devices-ship-with-firmware-level-malware @SophosXOps #infosec #threatresearch #Android #malware #Google