Samsung Galaxy S10 line begins receiving Android 11/ OneUI 3.0 update

Samsung’s Android 11-based OneUI 3.0 update istrickling out to various Samsung Galaxy S10 devices, including the Galaxy S10e and the Galaxy S10 5G models. Moving these older but still very capable flagships devices towards the latest feature release, OneUI 3.0 update includes visual changes to mostly first-party apps such as Contacts, Phone, Gallery.

Users may notice that the update also adds the ability to double-tap to turn off the screen, additional camera filters, and more. The Android December 2020 security patch is a key feature that you get in the latest version of the OneUI 3.0. To enable the update in the coming days go to your Settings> Software update. 

Source: Sammobile

Android 11 Beta 2 introduces platform stability milestone

Google has just launched Android 11 Beta 2, which brings with it a new platform stability milestone. For the first time, this new milestone has been implemented to let developers know that the way their apps work in this beta will be how their apps will behave when Android 11's stable version is released. This second beta is now available for the Google Pixel 2, Pixel 3, Pixel 3a, or Pixel 4.

For this seventh official release of the platform, it was done in response to developers' requests. Before this, Google could make changes to APIs and other app-facing parts of Android up to the stable launch. But now, with Beta 2, everything that would affect developers' apps will be final, giving them the confidence to anticipate how their apps will work when the new OS is released. It gives developers time to work out details of their apps and tweak things without worrying that Android 11 will change again before the stable launch.

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Google's Android 11 public beta is now available

Conversations take centre stage with Android 11

Google usually announces Android 11 during its annual I/O developer conference, but with COVID-19, that plan went out the door. Instead, the company quietly rolled out the public beta of the next version of Android. It's coming to the Pixel 2, 2 XL, 3, 3 XL, 3a, 3a XL, 4, and 4 XL. To access the public beta, you can enroll in the Android Beta program here. Now, if you're running the Android 11 Developer Preview, you'll get an over-the-air update. Factory images, as well as Google's Android Flash tool, are also available.

When it comes to new features, Google said it's focusing on three key themes: People, Controls, and Privacy. We'll take a look at some of the useful functions under the cut. 

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Android 11 might get rid of 4GB video recording cap

Since the Nexus 5, Google has implemented a 4GB video recording limit on its devices. At that time, it wasn't an issue with smartphones not capable of recording that much video anyway. But in the age of 4K—and soon 8K—video recording and with more capable hardware, Google might finally be ready to get rid of the cap. Code found in the Android Open Source Project suggests that the video recording limit might be taken out. XDA Developers theorize it could be removed as soon as Android 11 comes out, but its availability in the Open Source Project could even mean it could come out sooner. We're hoping for the latter.