Brian Hadfield
Commenting since April 2025
On Sample news article - Android Authority ·
Very unpolished look. Either a large profile pic is sitting there, or a smashed ill-formatted new text. Huge real estate hog. I'd rather they simply added a 📌icon and let me see more of the text sent, and more texts in general. Regardless, some like it, so make it an option, like Bubbles. Also, add an option for 2-lines worth of the preview text for all. That could be more helpful than these giant pinned icons.
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On Sample news article - Android Authority ·
I think a simple 📌 icon could have solved that.
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On Sample news article - Android Authority ·
Find them faster? They were pinned at the top of the list.
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On Sample news article - Android Authority ·
First off, Google didn't force Samsung to deprecate Samsung's messaging app, and Samsung only recommended Google Messages. Go download another messaging app if you don't like Google Messages. Secondly, ads? I don't even know what you're talking about. Google Messages doesn't have ads.
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On Android Auto could soon show signal bars for both your SIMs ·
I'll sound like my grandparents, but make those buttons a bit larger, or the active space around them larger. While driving on the road, it's like trying to play Pin the Tail on the Donkey with the donkey moving around!
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On Android Auto gets a fresh new icon before its big redesign ·
I'm glad this article is so excited about the icon, but when will we see AA fill the infotainment screens that aren't just rectangles?
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On Google Messages is getting closer to livening up your chats with custom backgrounds ·
Pin them. Or add the widget of favorites.
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On Google is finally fixing one of the At a Glance widget's biggest problems ·
How about bringing back when it could do something useful, like tell me when it was time to depart. Or traffic issues.
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On What to expect from Android's upcoming Transit mode for your daily commute ·
This article could use an editor. Not for punctuation or grammar, but style and voice.
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On Still don't have Gemini on your Google Home speaker? Here's how to get it ·
We've had nothing but mistakes since Gemini took over. Asking for a light on turns off the TV. Sometimes it's shut off (or on) everything in the house when all we want is a few lights. Not sure what's going on. This is a regular, almost daily (albeit inconsistent) problem.
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On Your Pixel is hearing the call of the wild with these latest Google Sounds additions ·
Why do I want birds squawking when I get a text? They spend so much time creating and adding collections for what I would have to guess is a select group of people (children? bird enthusiasts?). Create some collection of professional sounds that become as iconic as Apple's alarm, ringtone, and notification. I'm working in an office, not a zoo.
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On Exclusive: Android Auto is preparing home screen widgets — here's your first look ·
Forget widgets, screen real estate is at a premium for most of us and the buttons designed are already so small I hit the wrong one or have to rest my wrist on the dashboard to press them accurately while the car is in motion.
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