Android Version Distribution statistics will now only be available in Android Studio

For the longest time, Google would publish Android version distribution statistics on a dedicated webpage. However, the chart hasn’t been updated since May of 2019, and even then, May’s update happened 6 months after the last update. It’s clear by now that Google no longer plans to update that chart, but today we’ve learned that Google has another place where they show the version distribution statistics: Android Studio (via 9to5Google).

Developers can find the latest Android Platform/API Version Distribution statistics by creating a new project in Android Studio and then selecting “help me choose” under the minimum SDK dropdown.

The chart will help developers decide the right minimum SDK version for their application. For example, if you select “Android 6.0 Marshmallow” as the minimum SDK version, then Android Studio will inform you that your app will run on 84.9% of all devices. Similarly, if you select “Android 8.0 Oreo” as the minimum SDK version, then Android Studio will inform you that your app can run on 60.8% of all devices.

Based on this data, we can construct a table showing the distribution of Android OS versions.

Android Platform Version (API Level)	Distribution (as of April 10, 2020)
Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” (15)	0.2%
Android 4.1 “Jelly Bean” (16)	0.6%
Android 4.2 “Jelly Bean” (17)	0.8%
Android 4.3 “Jelly Bean” (18)	0.3%
Android 4.4 “KitKat” (19)	4%
Android 5.0 “Lollipop” (21)	1.8%
Android 5.1 “Lollipop” (22)	7.4%
Android 6.0 “Marshmallow” (23)	11.2%
Android 7.0 “Nougat” (24)	7.5%
Android 7.1 “Nougat” (25)	5.4%
Android 8.0 “Oreo” (26)	7.3%
Android 8.1 “Oreo” (27)	14%
Android 9 “Pie” (28)	31.3%
Android 10 (29)	8.2%

It makes sense for Android version distribution to be shown in Android Studio since this data is really only useful for developers anyway.

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Fiskl Makes Handling Invoices and Expenses a Dream

Running your own business or working as a freelancer has many perks, but you won’t find accounting on the list of positives. Billing clients and recording expenses are essential tasks, but they can have you glued to your desk for hours every week. With Fiskl, you can invoice clients from your phone and capture expenses as you spend. The app even offers automatic time tracking. Right now, you can pick up a two-year subscription for $39.99 at XDA Developers Depot.

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Available on iOS, Android, and as a web app, Fiskl does not look like most accounting software. This app has a sleek interface, and smart features to match. 

Fiskl lets you create beautiful customized invoices and email them to clients from anywhere. To speed up the process even more, Fiskl has a built-in timer. Whenever you add a new client to the app, you can start counting your billable hours with a tap. 

Fiskl supports ACH or direct bank transfer to keep fees down, and you can invoice clients in 150 different currencies. You can view your income in graphs, and track whenever payments are overdue. In addition, the app allows you to capture expenses by taking a photo of your receipts.

These features and more have no-doubt helped Fiskl net an impressive 4.9-star rating on the App Store and 4.5 stars on Google Play.

Two years on the Plus plan is normally $480, but you can get your subscription now for just $39.99.

 

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Google rebrands Hangouts Chat to just “Google Chat”

Google’s confusing usage of the “Hangouts” branding for enterprise G Suite products has officially come to an end. After Hangouts Meet was renamed to simply “Google Meet,” the Hangouts Chat service is now similarly named “Google Chat.” Surprising to no one, this is yet another confusing move in Google’s history with messaging services.

The Hangouts chat service was launched all the way back in 2013 as a replacement to Google Talk (often called “GChat”). Now, it seems things have come full circle as Hangouts Chat adopts a name that harkens back to those old GChat days. Google has been slowly walking back the Hangouts brand for a while now and the Google Chat rebrand is just the latest move.

The Google Chat rebrand was spotted in support documents, the US trademark office, and was finally confirmed to The Verge. Besides sounding like an ancient messaging service that Google abandoned many years ago, the Google Chat name also shouldn’t be confused with Google’s RCS protocol named “Chat.” The vaguely named “Chat” standard is what gets enabled when you have RCS support in the Messages app.

The Hangouts brand is not completely dead yet. The consumer version of the Hangouts “classic” chat app retains the name. Hangouts Chat, now Google Chat, is more of a Slack-competitor than the old messaging app it used to be. Google has slowly been transitioning G Suite users from Hangouts “classic” to Google Chat. That migration is set to be complete by “no sooner than June 2020.”

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Facebook is adding a Quiet Mode to silence push notifications

Working from home is not everyone’s cup of tea especially with the restrictions on movements due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is fairly easy to open social media just to check a notification and then find yourself still scrolling for more memes or reminiscing over old photos half an hour later. As someone who works from home generally, I can tell you that your productivity can easily take a hit due to even a single distraction because of overlapping work and home environments. So, to prevent notifications from knocking your productivity down while working from home, Facebook is now introducing a new feature called “Quiet Mode” that will allow you to mute incoming push notifications for a specified time period.

In its ongoing COVID-19 blog post, Facebook describes the new Quiet Mode as a way to “find the right balance” between work and home so that people use Facebook more judiciously. The Quiet Mode settings is part of the new “Your Time on Facebook” section, which is an evolved version of the “time spent” charts. Here you can see the number of times you open the Facebook app, the duration of your usage per day, and the difference between day and night time usage stacked in a weekly report.

In this dedicated section, You could either toggle Quiet Mode on or off, or schedule it to run between certain hours each day. If you try and open the Facebook app when Quiet Mode is active, you’ll be reminded about the remaining time. You can tap on the “Manage Quiet Mode” button and you’ll be able to snooze for 15 minutes (like Digital Wellbeing’s Focus Mode), turn it off, or change the settings.

In the blog post, Facebook also notes that you’ll be able to configure your news feed and notification settings to make the best out of your time on the app.

Facebook’s Quiet time feature was first discovered last month by Jane Manchun Wong, who has the reputation of reverse engineering apps and finding hidden or under-development features.

Facebook is testing a new “Your Time on Facebook”

adding:

– Quiet Mode for a specific amount of time
– Scheduled Quiet Mode

Facebook told me (via @alexvoica) that they’ve been testing it for a few months and will continue to test and iterate pic.twitter.com/7sPDuP4mrL

— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) March 16, 2020

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[Update: Kernel source] Motorola starts rolling out Android 10 to the original Motorola One

Update 1 (04/10/2020 @ 03:42 AM ET): Motorola has now released the kernel sources of the Android 10 update of the original Motorola One. Scroll to the bottom for more information. The article as published on March 27, 2020, is preserved below.

Long before the Android One initiative, Google offered a few Android devices running a pure Android experience under the Google Play Edition (GPE) scheme, including the first generation Moto G. Even after the Motorola brand was acquired by Lenovo, their phones continue the tradition of having a close-to-stock version of Android. The software support has begun to deteriorate though, which could be one of the main reasons for the company to tie up with the Android One program and launch the Motorola One and One Power globally. While the latter received stable Android 10 update back in December 2019, the original Moto One is now getting the same treatment in Brazil.

The Motorola One, i.e. the international version of the Moto P30 Play, is powered by a Snapdragon 625, which makes it the second phone with the same SoC (after the Mi A2 Lite) receiving the Android 10 update via an official channel. The phone was originally shipped with Android 8.1 Oreo and secured the Android Pie update later on. Thus the current OTA marks the last major Android OS version update for this device.

Motorola One XDA Forums

The software version of this firmware is QPK30.54-22, and it also brings now-old February 2020 security patches to the the device. This unfortunate delay, especially when Samsung is already rolling out April 2020 patches, is caused by Lenovorola’s decision to deliver the last beta build as the stable one.

We can’t spot any reference of the Android 10 related kernel source code for the Motorola One (codename: deen) inside the official repository of Motorola yet, although the Fastboot-flashable firmware package corresponding to the aforementioned build can be downloaded from the Motorola update server. We don’t suggest cross-flashing the firmware on other regional variants, but modding enthusiasts should be happy to know that a root guide for this build is already available on our forums.

Thanks to XDA Senior Member denisf1981 for the screenshot!

Source: Twitter (@sergiuuh, @renilson_an)
Via: PiunikaWeb

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Update: Kernel sources released for Motorola One’s Android 10 update

Motorola has now released the kernel sources for the Motorola One’s recently released Android 10 update.

Kernel sources for the Android 10 update

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OPPO Find X2 Neo confirmed as global Reno3 Pro 5G, OPPO A72 also revealed

OPPO launched the Reno3 and Reno3 Pro in China towards the end of last year. The new mid-range devices from the company featured MediaTek’s Dimensity 1000L chipset and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 765G SoC, respectively. However, the international variants of the Reno3 series that were launched early last month featured completely different specifications. Instead of the MediaTek Dimensity 1000L chip, the OPPO Reno3 (global) packed in the Helio P90 SoC, while on the other hand, the OPPO Reno3 Pro (global) featured the Helio P95. Just a couple of days ago, renders of the OPPO Find X2 Lite and Find X2 Neo surfaced online, featuring the same design and specifications as the Chinese variants of the OPPO Reno3 series. This led us to believe that the Chinese Reno3 and Reno3 Pro could be launched as the Find X2 Lite and Find X2 Neo globally.

Earlier this month, an upcoming OPPO device received certification from the FCC which featured the same design and specifications as the Chinese OPPO Reno3 Pro. The FCC listing for the device confirmed a few more specifications of the device and our Editor-in-Chief, Mishaal Rahman, was also able to cross-reference its IMEI number with an IMEI database to confirm that it was the Chinese Reno3 Pro. Since the company has already launched a smartphone under the Reno3 Pro moniker internationally, we had reason to believe that the device could be launched as the Find X2 Neo.  Now, the same device has popped up in a separate certification filing which confirms our previous speculation. The certification filing reveals that the model number “CPH2009” goes by the marketing name of either “OPPO Reno3 Pro 5G/OPPO Reno3 Pro/ OPPO Find X2 Neo.”

Along with the aforementioned confirmation, we’ve also discovered a certification listing of another upcoming OPPO device which goes by the model number “CPH2067” and will be called the OPPO A72. The listing only reveals that the device will run Android 10 out of the box, but we currently don’t have any further information about its specifications. As of now, OPPO itself has revealed no information about either of these devices but since they’ve already received certification, it shouldn’t be long before the company launches them internationally.

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LG V40 ThinQ update adds Screen Recorder, Digital Wellbeing, and WiFi Calling in India

LG’s smartphone business is far from prospering in spite of its overall financial success. The Korean company’s phone unit has been riling under losses for over four and a half years now and it even had to move its manufacturing facility out of South Korea to recover the losses. Surprisingly, that hasn’t stopped LG from dishing out new flagships, experimenting with dual-screen enhancements, or launching new budget phones in price-sensitive markets. But what seems to be hit is LG’s tendency to roll out updates to its Android devices. In 2018, it launched the LG V40 ThinQ (review) flagship, which ran on Android 8.1 Oreo and didn’t receive Android 9 Pie until May 2019. While the Android 10 update is still pending, LG V40 ThinQ is getting the March 2020 security patches and some new features with a recent OTA update in India.

LG V40 ThinQ XDA Forums

LG is rolling out a 710MB update to the V40 ThinQ with build number PKQ1.190202.011. The update brings some useful features and the foremost is support for Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi). Wi-Fi calling in India was kicked off quite recently and many phonemakers have released support for the service since then. Other than that, the update brings Google’s Digital Wellbeing to the V40 ThinQ including features like Wind Down and Focus Mode and dedicated quick settings tiles. Besides these, the update also adds a native screen recorder to the smartphone.

As mentioned above, the V40 ThinQ also gets Google’s security patches from March 2020. While the April 2020 security patches for Pixel devices are already live, we can discount LG India for the delay owing to the country-wide lockdown since the last week of March due to COVID-19.

We have received information about the OTA update from at least two users in India and if you also own an LG V40 ThinQ, you should receive in the matter of a few days or weeks. The update also brings a bug pointed out by XDA Junior member sanchit279 – the battery graph isn’t showing since the update so there is a slight chance LG might pull the update back to fix this.

Meanwhile, although LG hasn’t released the Android 10 update for the V40 ThinQ, the Android 10 kernel sources have been published online and it suggests that the update could be released soon. In the meantime, the availability of kernel sources has permitted developers to furnish custom ROMs including LineageOS 17 for the LG V40 ThinQ.

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Source 1: Twitter user @Joshi_Mohit_93 || Source 2: XDA Forum thread by Junior member sanchit279

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