Dieter Bohn

The EC is on the wrong track with DMA 6.7 and is steering toward a much worse experience for Android users. Android is far more open than any other mobile OS. Device makers can decide which assistant(s) to preload. Users can switch to any assistant that they select. This is how a mobile OS should work. But instead of supporting this model, the EC repeatedly adds complex rules that make building good /safe consumer experiences on Android much more complicated. Regulating technology is challenging, but focusing these rules only on Android, the most open platform, simply doesn't make sense. blog.google/company-news/i…

⏺ Quick tip to make your screen reactions even better on Android 17: In addition to changing the background color, you can also change the shape of the selfie video! Just tap the camera view to cycle through the different shapes. Literally just found this out the other day.

📲 In the Android 17 QPR1 Beta, the taskbar now shows your most recently opened apps at the end (up to 2 on foldables) instead of "predicted" apps. This should make multitasking faster and more consistent, in my opinion. But what do y'all think of this change? 🤔

🖥 On Android 17, you can now adjust the display scaling for external displays to 200 or 300%, up from the previous maximum of 150% in Android 16. Try these options out if you think the default UI scaling is too small!

Made a little video showing how fake call detection works on Android. It's actually quite clever in how it works to solve a real problem. (Of course my favorite part is that it takes advantage of RCS technology. 😅) youtu.be/ZHTOLbHbnQY?is…

@imparkerburton I mean this makes perfect sense to me

Okay, so Spiderman is a Z Flip user but Peter Parker is a Z Fold user 🧐

Screen Reactions on Android 17 are super easy to make (it's built right into the screen recorder!) and surprisingly useful. Even if you don't think of yourself as a video creator, there are neat things you can do with it :) youtube.com/shorts/64W0OGl…

🎮 Here’s a sneak peek at foldable gaming mode in the Android 17 platform release! Foldable gaming mode splits the screen 50:50 to give you a full, unobstructed game view on top & a dedicated virtual gamepad below. Check out the post👇for an early look reddit.com/r/AndroidGamin…

@CavsElSalvador that's okay! The team worked hard to make the new Gemini Home experience work on other devices, so you can get a lot of these features on your existing hardware.

@backlon You work for Google and could not have convinced me more that there’s No real upgrades in the hardware. I have 3 Home Max, 2 Displays, Nest Audio, OG Home and countless minis. These new speakers don’t no anything that is worth upgrading. Be better dieter …..

The new Google Home Speaker is here! With Gemini, I'm finding new so many things that it can do: 🛒 Understand my shopping list so I don't double-up items 🚮 Tell me the last time somebody took out the garbage 🗣 I don't have to say "Hey Google" every time thanks to Continued Conversation 🔊 Pair two with a Google TV Streamer for spatial audio

The Google Home Speaker is available now and comes in four different colors. I'm partial to Berry but going with Hazel since that's what matches the shelves in my living room :) store.google.com/product/google…

🎮The Google Play MEGA GAME SALE is officially live! Google Play is celebrating gaming all week long by offering some of our biggest hits at incredibly low prices. For more details + the full lineup of games on sale, check out the post 👇 reddit.com/r/AndroidGamin…

So happy that so many people are realizing that there is something special happening here. Making your own native Android apps with AI Studio is amazing.

Top issues fixed include: - An issue in the Game Dashboard where users were unable to stop screen recordings or save video files. - An issue where the camera app temporarily freezes or stutters shortly after being opened from an idle state. - An issue that caused the screen to freeze with a pixelated bottom bar when waking the device from Always-On Display. - A timeout issue where the Download Manager failed to complete downloads when excluded from an active VPN connection. - An issue causing inconsistent charging completion time estimates to display on the lock screen versus the charging screensaver. - An issue causing the Private Space UI to crash and locked private apps to improperly appear in launcher search results. - A system crash and device hang that occurred when downloading games. - An issue where a non-functional bubble option incorrectly appeared in the context menu of archived apps. - A system-level WebView rendering regression that caused Monopoly Go to freeze and crash when attempting to open mini-games. - Home screen widgets would disappear or become unavailable in the widget picker after a device reboot.

You can now use your HSA or FSA to buy a Fitbit Air - an even better value! blog.google/products-and-p…

@Doz007 @Grace_Yang_ She continues to be awesome :)

@backlon @Grace_Yang_ Wow, great to see that Grace is still at Google, she was awesome during the Stadia days!

Galaxy XR is officially coming to the UK! Preorders are open now and Samsung is hosting a Q&A in a couple days. And if you want to demo it, you can do that in a few places, too: Samsung London KX, Westfield London, Stratford City, and Manchester Trafford Centre 😎😎😎

I'm so excited for today, launching our new version of Android Switch. It's a ground-up new iOS to Android switching experience for Android 17, rolling out today. It's the fastest and most comprehensive cross-platform migration we’ve ever built. Here’s what’s new... 🧵

Lots of speakers sound great. This one’s also great at speaking. 🗣️✨ ​Introducing the new @GoogleHome Speaker with Gemini. Pre-orders live today.