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Episode 154, Samsung One UI Part 10 Display Settings and Android 14 QPR Beta 2.1
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Episode 154: (Samsung One UI Part10, Display Setting and Android14QPRBeta2.1)
Welcome to episode 154 the 10th entry in our “Samsung One UI) series.
ANDROID14QPR BETA2.1In a typical “Google style,” Google surprised us by pushing out QPRBeta2.1 whose release notes can be found at this URL. In normal circumstances, QPR2 doesn’t commence until the month of January; but like everything else this year, things got turned upside down!
ANDROID BASICS: (ONE UI PART10 (DISPLAY SETTINGS)”We continue our journey through the Samsung One UI wherein, we discuss the Display Settings.
SpotlightWe interview Dipti Prasad from Nobaflix a leading OTT for app mainly for Visually challenged individuals.
As of this recording on 18-november-2023, this app is for India only, but Dipti plans to bring it to other countries also.
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APP OF THE WEEK: Radio GFor our “app of the week,” we introduced you to an online radio app called “Radio G.”
TIP OF THE WEEK: CUSTOMIZING YOUR INDIVIDUAL TELEGRAM NOTIFICATION SOUNDFor the “Tip of the week,” we looked at how you can go about customizing the notification sound for an individual contact within your telegram contacts.
ANDROID JOURNEY:Our friend, Joshua Schramm took us down the memory lane of his Android journey as he intimated us with how that journey began for him a couple years ago.
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