I just moved into a tiny new studio and I'm enjoying filling it up with a modest amount of furniture and appliances. One indulgence that I'd like to enjoy, however, is an always-on Google Now terminal that can I can summon with "Okay Google" from anywhere inside of my studio. As in, from my bed, from the kitchen, from the couch watching TV.

It seems like the major challenge of the ask is in getting a system that could always be heard. I don't know if this would require multiple mics or just a really sensitive one or a specially tuned device. Are there any homebrew Android projects that would accomplish this? Any off the shelf products?

Thanks!

Every few minutes, a black bar will come down my screen and interrupt whatever I'm doing, almost like I pressed the back button. If I'm in the middle of typing, it'll close the keyboard. If I'm watching a video in full screen, it'll take the video out of full screen. I've tried a hard restart and I've updated my phone, still having the same problem.

I looked at these two phones today, and can't decide between them. I know the mi 9T is a global release of the K20 (Pro), but I found a K20 (Pro) with a Global ROM.

Are there any downsides to the K20 (Pro), except for price then?

It has multi-language and OTA updates, and Google Play (I don't know about the other Google apps, but I can just download them myself, right?)

Neither are available in my country (Norway), but I think I'll just import it anyway, so there is no difference in accessibility.

Thanks!

I was looking at a Huawei P9 Lite, and people have said before that the SAR value jumps to 5-5.5W/kg for 3G and 4G on the Quanta Monitor app.

But then I just checked a Nexus 6p, and it does the same thing - it jumps to 5.5W/kg. So I'm starting to wonder whether the app is any good. How can an app measure the SAR value anyway?

Perhaps some of you can measure your own phone's SAR value with the app, so we can all get to the bottom of this and see if the app is any good or whether it's just misleading users.

How can I benchmark the phones eMMC and its SDcard? Im trying to determine which one of its storage locations are faster. Thank you.

At some point while using Google app it promoted me to put a shortcut for stocks on my home screen on my old phone. That was really great, it had an icon and went straight to my stocks.

I've tried figuring that out but I can't seem to replicate it on my new phone. I can put a chrome shortcut but that refreshes when I click it and isn't a smooth experience. It also lacks the icon.

Anyone know how to get this capability back?

Went into settings>advanced> reset wifi, bluetooth and network and still hasn't solved the problem. Any ideas?

I have android, so, Google play.

Would like to watch YouTube without notifications showing up.

Notifications between YouTube videos ok, but not during.

Is there a way to set this up?

Turning on do not disturb gets forgotten and stays on all the time. Undesirable.

So like a moron I didn't have a case on my pixel 2 all this time and today at work it happens, whack, a part I was making smashes the lower bottom of my screen, by the circle in the middle and the square.  Are there any rugged cases that will cover this and prevent it from happening again?

Also, my buddy has an iPhone and he can't send or receive texts from me. I'm the only one who has this issue. I'm thinking when he returned to the U.S. something went wrong w/ his sim card. Any suggestions?

Hey, so about a day ago I started noticing something weird, my Google chrome started giving a message after search results showed "unable to open page" or "oh no something went wrong" also certain apps crash after a second of opening them. I tried opening apps without any internet connection (wifi/mobile) and this time apps work fine and don't crash but I can't really use them since they rely on internet connection..

Apps - 9gag, Gmail, Google search, morfix and more

Please if you could help I would appreciate that a lot!

I try rewording this problem in google, but "my files" the app is just too similar to "my files" the possession. I haven't found an answer, or even anyone with this issue.

The problem is when I open the My Files app it is just a white screen. No files, no options, just a flat white screen. I can't see anything in my phone storage at all. Here's a screen shot http://imgur.com/a/q70Dicx

I'm using a Samsung galaxy s9 plus, android 9. I have klwp installed as a skinner, but I've had that running since day one.

Anyone have insight? Thank you in advance.

On my galaxy note 8, before i got the Samsung galaxy note 9, i remember i had this app that would let me duplicate any app, change its icon, remove it from showing up in recent apps, etc, etc. and now i can’t find that app. I see a bunch of apps in the store that let you duplicate apps, but it’s not the same. I liked the feature of not showing up in recent open apps. Any ideas?

I’d like finger print recognition, maybe dual sim, head phone jack definitely, and sd card preferably. What phones have all these things? any help at all much appreciated. Thank you!

So I've recently bought myself an LED strip which is bluetooth remotable, but I had some issue with it, here it is; I've got a Note 4 and a Note 9, with both phones I can connect to the LED strip through bluetooth, but in the app I can remote the strip with my note 4 only, my note 9 does also connect with the strip, but I can't remote the strip somehow. I have tried different type of apps, but the same result remains.

I find it weird how an older phone can remote the strip when the newer one can't. My note 9 bluetooth function has no problems, I can connect and remote other devices without a problem, it's only this specific 'device' which can't be remoted.

I was wondering what this problem could be.

I'll be patiently waiting for a reply =)

Hey guys I switched to a Samsung A70 a few days ago, from iPhone X.

There are some annoyances that are preventing me from enjoying the phone to 100% and I've been wondering if that's maybe because it's a Samsung and/or cheap. I'll just list them if you don't mind. No single annoyance is major, but combined they're making the phone a touch inconvenient to use, and I really want to make a break to android. I'm considering returning a70 in favour of One plus 7 pro, hoping it's a smoother experience

• always on display is very dim and is always in landscape mode, even though I've locked the rotation to portrait everywhere

• when unlocking from on screen display, it's not respecting brightness settings, blinding me at night sometimes. After unlocked, it respects brightness and blue shift

• when unlocking with face recognition, with swipe to unlock enabled, it says to swipe to unlock, but starts reading the fingerprint immediately as I swipe from the bottom, delaying the unlock

• unlock is slow in general, around 5 seconds after it starts reading my face

• fingerprint scanner barely ever works with the same finger added 3 times

• phone wakes in my pocket constantly pressing stuff, accidental touch prevention notification pops up every single time i unlock the phone, saying that the touches are being preventing, but not as far as i can tell

• no palm rejection on the edges, making it very hard to use the phone with one hand, as al sorts of stuff is pressed on the edge of the phone

• notifications pause music playing, then unpause

Am I SOL in terms of fixing these issues? Would oneplus/s10 experience be considerable better?

Owner of the MI A2, what USB c adapter do you use. I'm looking to buy a used A2 but the owner has lost that USB Audio dongle. Any third-party alternative with good sound quality?

Hi I wanted to buy the oppo 10 X zoom, but all I can find is the Chinese version of it with a global rom will that work the same as the global version of that phone? I was wondering will that have any down side like updates and stuff. Thanks in advance.

I am currently considering buying the Redmi K20 Pro but just heard that there will be a global release of the phone (called Mi 9T Pro?), probably in June/July sometime.

I have checked, and it looks to me, that all cellular data and GPS, etc. will work in Norway, where I live. Does "global release" only mean being able to buy in in a certain country, or are there other differences?

It is not a problem for me to import it from China, so that is not the question I want to be answered, thanks.

I also do not need Widevine support.

Thanks!

I live in Canada and ordered a Huawei phone last Friday before any of the Huawei, Google licensing drop drama came up.

The phone just arrived, but now I'm wondering if I should return it under buyers remorse or keep it. It's the best phone available in my price range, which makes me reluctant, but also the uncertainty is worrying/frustrating.

From what I know about Chromecast I doubt this will be possible. But thought I'd see if anyone had a trick.

I'm on ProjectFi with a Google Pixel as my primary phone. I also have an iphone and ipad that I use for fun around the house. I found it very convenient when using hangouts I could text on any device. After Messages for Web came out I switched to that because I like how it integrates with my Pixel better. So now I still like how I can make/receive calls using Hangouts on all my devices but now I am limited to my Pixel and desktop for texting.

I just wish there was an all-in-one solution. Hangouts was very close, but it was annoying you couldn't view recent calls. I also wish you could add contacts from both Hangouts secondary devices and Messages for Web.

So my question is, will there be an Android Messages iOS app? And are there any plans to improve the overall functionality of either Hangouts or Messages so it is more seamless in integrating texting and calling?