So, they come to Samsung but not (officially) to older Pixels yet? Good job, Google.

Seems to be a problem with Android 14. It’s already been reported on GitHub.

[Solved] After trying several troubleshoots this finally helped: go to settings > system > language > regional preferences and set everything to standard. Then force stop the Google and Gboard apps, clear cache and data on both apps. Then activate and set up the Google assistant. Then wait a few minutes as files are being downloaded. Then Assistant Voice Typing should be available.

Maybe shake it repeatedly so that the gyroscope picks it up. 😄 Would be an inherent human response anyway.

The reason: 🫰

Thanks! In the meantime I also found a video by In Depth Tech Reviews (great channel) in which many changes are shown.

Is there a comprehensive list of all (user-facing) changes and new settings?

Every time I read “YouTube redesign” I hope for a proper Material You design (including adaptive colors). Instead it’s always just some menus shifting around.

The Pixel can also get the new Assistant At a Glance widget, although the permanent At a Glance widget still remains in place and unchanged.

What’s the point then? I don’t need the same widget twice.

YT Music’s podcast support is sorely lacking

I don’t have it yet in my region. Does YouTube Music support faster playback and the ability to skip silences? Those are the most important features to me.

I know it’s not really important but I prefer the design of the Podcasts app (Material You). YouTube Music is always completely black and clashes with the design of every other app made by Google. 🤷‍♂️

Tap “Explore” in the bottom toolbar, then the three dots next to “Subscribed”. Select “set as default”.

This phone looks weird. The 6 Pro looked awesome with the black visor. The 7 Pro looked elegant with the metal visor and gentle camera pills. But this one … has totally weird proportions. If the camera pill is so large, why not make it an entirely black visor again?

You’re in a bubble. ~99% of the population is not on reddit/lemmy or other android communities where they could discover new apps. They find out about new apps from friends, from news articles, or through the Play Store.

That’s why I’m always annoyed that pretty much all of the “big” YouTube phone reviewers spend so much time on the camera when reviewing phones. I’m much more interested in the UI/UX and software features.

The camera is either good or great anyway. That isn’t really a selling point for me.

It’s already there. Tap on the profile icon in the top left corner, then tap “remove ads”.

It changes size randomly, and also slightly moves upwards and downwards from time to time to prevent burn-in. This is totally normal.

I think this solely refers to the “containers on a blurred background” style. They both do look somewhat similar (but not really identical).

Disable this setting:

Settings shortcut: Link handling > Show larger links

Yes, the new one looks nice and clean. I think a bit of padding really helps to make it look modern. (yeah, I know this will ruffle some feathers because some people apparently prefer 0px padding on everything)

One thing that always irked me a bit about the old “comment reply” window is that it has a fixed division of the comment you’re replying to, and your own reply. Maybe a toggle would be nice? (and it would also be nice if that top window would also show the text from self-posts when I’m writing a top-level comment; that way we would be able to copy/quote from the selftext. IIRC on reddit it only worked when I was replying to a comment)

Thanks for your work! Using Sync here feels like coming home.