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Android 14 Features | Android Authority

www.androidauthority.com Android 14 features: Everything you need to know

From privacy and security to accessibility and more, here are the most notable Android 14 features worth knowing.

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I'm still waiting for them to change the godawful quick toggles. Not only do the quick toggles take up so much space now (it almost feels like accessibility mode is on by default), Wifi and Mobile Internet are hidden behind a second layer of toggles.

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- Honestly one of my favorite parts of calyxos is having the sane implementation of separate wifi and cell data toggles.
  
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- You know you can change the order of the toggles, right?
  
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  wait i did not know that. how??
  
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Still waiting for Desktop Mode.....

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- Just one of the many reasons why I got an s23 ultra over a pixel 7 pro.
  
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  Dex mode is awesome , the hardware of Galaxy is nice too but unfortunately I cannot install a private ROM like GrapheneOS or Calyx, for me this criteria is above all benefits that a Samsung Galaxy can offer me
  
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- You are supposed to use chrome cast! Its my primary gripe about the Pixels.
  
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I would actually like some features removed for once.

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- Your wish is granted. From the article: "One of the biggest differences between Android 14 vs Android 13 is that the new update now blocks older Android apps from being installed. Google says this change specifically targets apps built for Android 5.1 Lollipop APIs and older."
  
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  Sigh.
  
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They probably worked towards these two goals of Google : We made it even harder to do anything without using our property crap, yet again./ made side loading impossible or we're making it more difficult cause we want you use our app store only. All For security of course.

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- Maybe read the article instead of just making shit up and getting mad about it. It specifically calls out a feature that's rumored to be in the works (emphasis mine):
  
  An update ownership feature that allows a third-party app store to be the sole source of automatic updates for a given app. It looks like Google will harness this feature for select Google apps too.
  
  Kind of the opposite of what your speculation says, no?
  
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  Are you seriously defending a company that want to (forcefully ) push DRM on webpages ?
  
  Secondly, It's the Freaking UE forcing those bastards to open up, they're not doing it because it's better for the user. I don't need to read any article, every time i update to a new version of crapdroid, nothing changes, it eat more ram and battery and is locked further. (for security reasons, of course )
  
  Don't montion IPhone, i don't want to be considered too stupid to use my stuff correctly thank you.( a legit apple stance )
  
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I hope I can force install old apps. I like my old games

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I'm still waiting for LineageOS 20 for my device

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I just want to see what makes it into the AOSP how the custom ROMs will implement these features. At least these privacy features are benefiting privacy focused ROMs as well.

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New Android versions are not about the new features. It's about "what functionality and apps am I losing this time?"

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My Pixel 6 Pro battery life has been abysmal, I'm torn between installing the 14 beta and a factory reset.

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It's a joke mentioning "Android" and "Privacy" in the same sentence.

Google can add whatever permission structure and features they way but as long as you, the owner and use of the service, is not allowed to set whatever permissions and/or remove whatever apps you like you do not have any privacy.

I've owned q Android phones as my personal phone since my first Galaxy S3 but I don't have any illusion regarding privacy as long as Google and Samsung are the true masters over my device.

For example...The devices sold today are fully capable of even firewalling on app level so that the user would be able to control exactly what hosts the Chinese app he/she installed is able to talk to.

But noooo.... Who would want such an feature?

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- opinion on lineageos?
  
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  First: I run LineageOS on my S5.
  
  With that said: With market share of less than 3 million out of the billions of Android devices sold I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter how good Lineageos is in this discussion.
  
  How many different devices are officially supported by Lineageos? 150? How many different devices have official LineageOS support offered by the hardware vendors?
  
  My point is that LineageOS is not an alternative if I'm not an enthusiast or I'm not willing to risk getting into a heated discussion about warranty if my device breaks.
  
  Furthermore, since not even Google release open source drivers for their devices there is only so much LineageOS can do when the hardware vendors decides a certain Android version is the last version supported on a device.
  
  So just because I can put together my own version of privacy first Android it doesn't mean I can actually run it on my device.
  
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