Its all soo boring now. The two major changes I got literally yesterday was to lock out pages in te app drawer and only have a scroll and to separate quick actions and notifications...both of which were new features years ago

I have considered it, I used to be an.amdroid fanboy but I detest the privacy invasion concerns and AI.

That said iphones look shit not and are too locked down. Considering linux

Yeah, so far i noticed two "new" features in Android 16; the Contacts app now lists local weather info and birthdays which is nice I guess and Themed Icons are finally not listed as being in beta anymore...

The rest is AI stuff and features that are of no use to me (which doesn't mean everything's bad but it doesn't feel like a major upgrade; more like a Pixel Feature Drop).

Nothing really useful. What I would like to see is better battery life and truly Open Source Android which can be easily degoogled and customized and works on many different devices. An entire ecosystem of Android mods, like me have for Linux. Yeah, that would be nice.

Security updates have been separate for a while now, no? So within reason an older version of android shouldn't be detrimental.

GrapheneOS. No need to even degoogle.

Yea, they're still in our keyboard but not part of the emojis you can mix together with others

Just a shame to have to buy google hardware (as well built as it is)

They are, but they stop coming eventually as well.

Same thing in blue.

Everything in Android is an app tbh, even the launcher is a completely normal app.

Now to wait 10 months for samsung to update.

I’ve been an Android fanboy since 2009. Flashed roms and all that shit. I’ve always stated that Android is a better OS than iOS. Still do to an extent.

But I can’t personally look past Sundar Pichai being directly at Trump’s inauguration in the front row or how fast Google immediately caved with erasure of DEI practices.

I’ve had issues with Google since Pichai took over, but this year was just too much for me here. Yeah Tim Cook is an ass. And Apple like everyone else threw Trump bribe money to not be targeted.

Yeah Apple runs Chinese sweat shops and their products are overpriced as fuck. But with the way things are at this time, Apple is the lesser of the two evils and I can’t go against my morals and support Google anymore.

Times like these make me wish Samsung went all in on Tizen and made it actually good.

I'm talking about an ecosystem and you listed one mod. I use graphene OS, it's great overall but I would like to have a choice. Maybe I don't want to use a Pixel phone? Maybe I want different set of features?

The best way would probably be buying used.

Small updates are fine but I find it a bit deceptive to increase the version number from 15 to 16 just for this

Sorry? Mix emojis?

What this whole comment thread is about, the emojis kitchen, being able to mix emojis together

I heard they are adding a desktop mode to android 16, curious if it would be possible to use phone and have a similar experience to an actual PC by connecting monitor and mouse/keyboard, well just using a browser, at the very least.

EDIT: found it

Future updates will also bring even more productivity enhancements to Android, allowing you to connect tablets and phones to an external display for an expanded desktop experience