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Android 13: When You Upgrade Your Phone Try These Features.

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Google has launched the first Android 13 eventually with a collection of brand-new features comprising of a redesigned Material You together with automatic color schemes in accordance with wallpaper, end-to-end encryption for your group conservations, a kill switch that inhibits any third-party apps from using a mic, and camera and an inclusive clipboard feature between various devices.

“Android 13 comes with new capabilities for your phone and tablet, like extending app color theming to even more apps, language settings that can be set on an app level, improved privacy controls…” stated Sameer Samat, Vice President of Product Management, Google Play and Android.

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How to install Android 13 on your device 

On any compatible Google Pixel handset, you can install the android 13 updates by using the following steps: 

Step 1: Start the “settings” application on your Google Pixel Smartphone.

Step 2: Select the “system” and click on “System Update”.

Step 3: Check for any updates and then tap on the “Download” and “install” buttons in the bottom right corner. The Android 13 system will initiate the download and it may take up to twenty to thirty minutes for the installation to be completed on your device. 

Step 4: Once the installation is complete, your phone will reboot automatically and voila! You are ready to use the new and exciting features of Android 13. 

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Advanced Features Of Android 13 

Take a quick look at some of the android 13 features that you may or may not have missed.

Themed App Icons

Android 13 gives users complete control of how the operating system looks. In this update, Google supports themed app icons meaning they will change their colour in accordance with the wallpaper tint and the overall preferred themes. 

Support for Bluetooth Low Energy Audio

This feature allows the user to listen to high-precision audio without consuming the battery of the device and they can stream to several devices without any loss in audio quality. 

Different languages for different apps

With this feature, users can set a language for every app without modifying the system language. They can also switch between supported languages from the “App language” panel in settings only for the apps that support multiple languages.

Notification permission

In previous android versions, users had to disable the notifications from an individual app manually. But the Android 13 rolled out notification runtime permission in which apps will have to ask users to allow the display of notifications. 

Quickly add custom tiles

If there is an app on your device that uses a custom tile, Android 13 allows the users to add the tile to the quick setting panel without having to exit the app. 

Optimised for large displays

In the android 12L version, google enhanced how Android looked on large screens. Android 13 builds on the earlier iteration and introduces an enhanced taskbar same as the dock found on Mac devices which enables the users to switch between several apps. 

The reason behind the draining of device battery in notifications

Android 13 lets the user know if an individual app is draining the battery in the background. It will display a silent notification which will allow the user to kill the app causing battery drainage. 

Some other Features

It also introduces features like enhanced clipboard privacy which allows the users to edit the content, a new permission called NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES which allows the operating system to scan for nearby devices without the need to enable the location. It features a quick setting tile that can be used to scan QR codes independent of the application you’re using. 

For the time being, Android 13 is only available for:

Google Pixel models – Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL, Pixel 4A, Pixel 5, Pixel 5A, Pixel 6, Pixel 6A, and Pixel 6 Pro. Handsets from other companies: Samsung Galaxy, HMD (Nokia smartphones), Asus, Motorola, Oppo, IQOO, OnePlus, Realme, Tecno, Vivo, Sharp, Sony, Xiaomi, and others will also get the Android 13 update soon.

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Twitter Wants You Follow Your Interest With its New Feature

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The tech industry is evolving every day, and every big tech company, as well as the startups, are coming up with new service, products and updates every sing day. So there has to be something that the other existing companies have to do to sustain through the increased competition. Despite being one of the biggest social media networks, Twitter also knows that it has to experiment with new things so that it can maintain its position in the market.

Taking a step in the same direction, Twitter announced that is working on a new feature to be included into the platform, that would allow the users to see tweets based on their chosen interest on their timeline. For now, the company is still testing the feature and will be launching soon after the successful tests take place.

With the new feature, the users will be able to follow their interests as they do for any individual’s account, and this way, Twitter will curate a relevant feed for the users. The platform is going to take the help of machine learning to bring the tweets based on the user’s interest together and show it up in their feed.

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The company is calling the new feature “dedicated interest experiences”, which it has already talked about in recent years and finally it is conducting tests with them. The topic of interest for the users can be any of the sports teams, celebrities, or the television shows, but according to the product manager at Twitter, Rob Bishop, for now, the interest will only be based on sports. The initial tests are being carried out on the android devices only.

With the feature, Twitter will also bring up topic suggestions for the users, so that they can find their interest among the suggestions and follow them. Also, there will be an option to mute a particular topic you do not want to see the tweets about.

Twitter is also testing another feature, through which the users will make a list of their interests they follow and want to follow. The company even demonstrated the feature, where a product manager mixed hashtags and a few individual accounts to make a list. The list was accessed by swiping the app’s home screen.

The company is also looking forward to testing the other features like search option in DM, reordering a certain photo in a posted tweet, customizable timeline and support for Apple’s Live Photos.