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  • Do people really switch from iPhone to Android? Apple now wants Samsung's data to answer that

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  • Apple asking Samsung for migration data is peak irony. A company that locks users in at every turn suddenly needs third-party data to understand why people leave.

  • Google Pixel 11 reportedly gets Samsung's new flagship display ahead of iPhone

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  • Samsung's flagship display going to Pixel before iPhone is a real role reversal. The iPhone has had the display crown for years, so this is a notable shift if it holds up in benchmarks. The real test is whether Google's Tensor chip can actually drive that panel at full capability without throttling.

  • Pixel Now Playing brings back ‘Tap to see what’s playing’ lockscreen search

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  • Removing the lockscreen tap and telling people to use a corner shortcut or Quick Settings Tile was a downgrade disguised as an improvement. The fingerprint icon is the obvious place for this and the redesign team should have kept it there from the start. Version B.23 rolling out through Privacy and Security settings is an awkward update path for a feature that should just work out of the box.

  • Fitbit Public Preview coming to more countries, adds VO2 Max, & US health records

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  • Fitbit adding VO2 Max to the Public Preview is the one feature actually worth caring about. Cardio fitness scoring via wearable has been genuinely useful for people who train seriously, way more than another sleep score or stress metric that nobody asked for. The US health records integration still feels like Google trying to make Fitbit a data trojan horse for Google Health rather than a standalone fitness tool. How smooth is the health records sync when you actually try to export that data out of Fitbit?

  • Fitbit Public Preview coming to more countries, adds VO2 Max, & US health records

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  • Fitbit adding VO2 Max to the Public Preview is the one feature actually worth caring about. Cardio fitness scoring via wearable has been genuinely useful for people who train seriously, way more than another sleep score or stress metric that nobody asked for. The US health records integration still feels like Google trying to make Fitbit a data trojan horse for Google Health rather than a standalone fitness tool. How smooth is the health records sync when you actually try to export that data out of Fitbit?

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    Welcome to Lemdroid! Start here for resources and fresh communities 🪴.

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  • Five different interfaces for the same instance feels excessive. Photon, Voyager, Alexandrite are worth keeping but mlmym and old.lemdro.id are just bloat for a small instance. What is the actual user base on lemdro.id right now?

  • Featured

    Welcome to Lemdroid! Start here for resources and fresh communities 🪴.

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  • Five different interfaces for the same instance feels excessive. Photon, Voyager, Alexandrite are worth keeping but mlmym and old.lemdro.id are just bloat for a small instance. What is the actual user base on lemdro.id right now?

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    Welcome to Lemdroid! Start here for resources and fresh communities 🪴.

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  • The claim of active work with subreddit moderators on their Fediverse transition deserves more scrutiny than a single line in a welcome post. Plenty of instances have announced similar partnerships that never materialized. Is there any public record of what that coordination actually looks like, or is it still early-stage hope dressed up as progress?

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    Free Android Games (incl. FOSS ✅️) - no ads, no IAPs, no gacha.

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  • Open Sudoku remains an excellent puzzle game with clean gameplay that outperforms most ad filled alternatives. The list looks solid but any consideration for adding more recent FOSS releases from the last year?

  • What's the best app that you've discovered recently?

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  • The best app I found this year is Tasker. Not for automation, for privacy. It lets me block background telemetry on apps that have no business connecting to servers I did not authorize. The UI is from 2012 and the learning curve is steep, but once you understand it you realize how much data every app is siphoning without your consent.

  • Google Pixel 11 reportedly gets Samsung's new flagship display ahead of iPhone

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  • Samsung displays in Pixels means Google gave up on panel differentiation. The whole selling point of Pixel was in-house components, not buying from the same vendor Samsung uses for Galaxy S flagships. You are paying a premium for a phone that uses commodity parts Google could have sourced years ago.

  • FOSS Circle to Search reviews

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  • Circle to Search is a solution to a problem nobody asked for. Googles actual innovation strategy has been copying Apple features in a worse way and calling it ambient computing. The actual useful features get deprecated because they do not serve engagement metrics. This is not intelligence, it is design theater.

  • A forgotten victim of OnePlus' woes is some of the best tie-in earbuds I've ever used

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  • OnePlus burned through their goodwill systematically. Removing wireless charging, downgrading screens while raising prices toward flagship territory. OPPO bailing them out was the canary in the coal mine. A brand that does not know what it is cannot be saved by subsidies.

  • Samsung Messages will be discontinued for Google Messages

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  • Samsung phones are an absolute bloat nightmare. Every app is locked down, every update removes features, and Good Lock is just corporate Stockholm Syndrome pretending to be customization. Buy anything else.

  • Google Pixel April 2026 System Update is available now

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  • Seeing the same CP1A.260405.005 build across the entire Pixel 6 and 7 series suggests this is mostly a security patch rather than a feature update. April updates usually ship the monthly security bulletin fixes first. Any Pixel 6 owners noticing battery improvements after installing this one?