The latest loophole that third-party file manager apps were... using to get access to files and folders under /Android/data and /Android/obb has been patched. As part of Android 11's Scoped Storage restrictions, apps that use the Storage Access Framework (SAF) to launch the documents picker are not supposed to be able to get access to files and folders under the /Android/data or /Android/obb directories. However, third-party file managers figured out that if they set the initial directory when launching the documents picker to either /Android/data or /Android/obb, the documents picker lets the user grant the app full access to directories. This loophole was patched in Android 13, but then another loophole was discovered that got around this. Since Android 13 only blocked apps from setting /Android/data or /Android/obb as the initial directory when launching the documents picker, it was quickly discovered that you could set the initial directory to one of the subdirectories under /Android/data or /Android/obb, thus the user could grant access to individual subdirectories one-by-one. However, this latest loophole was patched with a recent Google Play System Update. The latest version of the DocumentsUI app, the Project Mainline module that comprises the documents picker, now restricts the initial location for the ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT/_TREE intent so that apps cannot request the initial location to be one of /Android/data, /Android/sandbox, /Android/obb, or one of their subdirectories. If the DocumentsUI app (AKA 'Files' app) on your device is on version 14-10492947 (version code 340916000), then this loophole is patched.show more

Lucid Owners, the wait for Android Auto™ is over.... ⚡ ​ ​Android Auto is now available in all Lucid Airs via the latest over-the-air update. Seamlessly access your favorite Android™ smartphone maps, media and messaging apps on the Lucid Air Glass Cockpit via USB or wirelessly. ​ Stay connected, entertained, and in control. ​ Learn more: ​ ​Android and Android Auto are trademarks of Google LLC. Compatible Android phone and compatible active data plan required.show more

Dear X Design Who thought replacing the native Android... gallery with the Google Photos media picker was a good idea? 🤦‍♂️ On Galaxy phones, I expect the app to open Samsung Gallery, not Google Photos. Now I have to: ❌ Dig through folders every time ❌ Re-select the same folder for every new attachment ❌ Spend more time finding photos than actually posting This is a massive UX downgrade. Android isn't one-size-fits-all. Respect OEM gallery apps and use the native media picker instead. Samsung Members gets this right. I've attached a video showing the difference. Agree? Repost so the X team sees this. 👇🏻show more

iOS vs. Android app quality difference. I don’t get... why devs discriminate even in little things like this. - On WhatsApp for iOS, you can swipe left on a message to quickly see delivered, read, and voice message heard status. Very useful in group chats. - On WhatsApp for Android you have to tap and hold the message, select 3-dots, then select Info to see the same thing. I get it when devs can’t put iOS’s design language or animation quality in their Android apps, but things like these should be pretty easy to implement. Maybe it’s because they thought this gesture might interfere with Android’s back gesture, but I believe there’s a clear distinction between swiping from the edge and swiping in the middle of a message.show more

🔥 Amazing Update! The HEXscout Portfolio now supports viewing... all Pulse & Ethereum tokens! Simply click the Add (Plus) button, enter the contract, and you're all set. Feel free! Your Scouting, Your Rules! The rollout begins on the desktop and, within a few days, will be packed with more new features 🎁🤩 in the iOS and Android apps! 🥰🚀🙏🚀 Also part of the update: Major structural optimizations and fixes for enhanced stability and performance, necessitated by the strong demand from the thousands of scouts now using our service.🚀🙏 🔥Hot Tip: Always secure your settings with a click and pin, whether to transfer data to another device or to protect them before clearing the browser cache! Click the settings (gear icon), then the export button, note the number, and you're done. 🚨Important Check: Have you installed the latest app update yet? Crucial API improvements have resolved significant performance issues that arose shortly after the app's start due to a change in the PulseChain. Be sure to update if you haven't already! iOS Android:show more

100,000+ Downloads on Android: One of the Fastest Growing... Crypto Apps 👩‍🚀 Moon App is growing every day, with 100,000+ app downloads on Android. Users automate their trading with leading strategies & powerful bots work for them. But what's the best way to be early on the Moon Mission? We developed a token economy where early adopters benefit from adoption of the trading app. Download Moon App and start accumulating points. Trading & Fundraising Infrastructure for a Leading Blockchain 🥮 Moon App is working with a leading innovator in web3 - one of the fastest growing blockchains. We are building advanced trading bots infrastructure on the network. Partner reveal soon.show more

🎮✨ Loot Legends Closed Beta is now LIVE! If... you are approved for closed beta through a partner community or campaign you can now install Loot Legends through the APK for Android or TestFlight for Apple. Here’s everything you need to know 👇 Check your beta access status in our Discord. Visit the appropriate link based on your device type. Create or log-in to your HYPLAY account using your approved email address. Android APK: iOS TestFlight: 🎁 Raffle winners from Pre-registration Winners have been selected via raffle from pre-registration. You can check the status of your beta access in the Discord. Please follow the Android and iOS instructions accordingly. 📨 Invite Codes Stay on the lookout 🔔 for closed beta invite codes. Use codes in the LL Discord to get access to play! Join our community on Discord to read the Closed Beta FAQ’s, get additional help, request access codes for your community and more: 🤔 Questions or need assistance? Our DMs are open, and we're eager to help you get set up. Let’s make this beta a legendary success together!show more

OpenClaw Releases iOS and Android Companion Node Apps That... Connect a Phone to a Self-Hosted AI Agent Gateway Most "AI assistant" apps are a chatbot in a sandbox, calling someone else's API. OpenClaw's iOS and Android apps draw a very clear line away from that model. They're companion nodes, not standalone apps. Each phone pairs to a self-hosted OpenClaw Gateway over a WebSocket (default port 18789) with role: "node". The Gateway — the single control plane for sessions, routing, channels, and events — runs on macOS, Linux, or Windows (WSL2). The phone gives the agent a body: camera, location, voice, notifications, and a live Canvas. Here's what's actually interesting: → The assistant runs on your machine — chat messages land on the Gateway, never on the phone → Nodes expose a command surface (canvas., camera., device., notifications., system.*) through node.invoke → Privacy-heavy commands like camera.snap and screen.record stay off until you allowlist them via gateway.nodes.allowCommands → Camera and screen capture run foreground-only; pairing needs explicit approval (openclaw devices approve) → Both store listings declare no data collection; ws:// is LAN-only, remote needs a wss:// TLS endpoint via Tailscale Full analysis: Android app: iOS App: OpenClaw🦞show more

Set the Grok widget on your Android for instant... access to a real AI assistant By default, nearly all Android devices come with the Google Search widget But it’s 2025 - more than 90% of the time, you just need direct answers and an assistant that remembers your past conversations Google Search is basically irrelevant for those cases How to upgrade your home screen to Grok: ➝ Long-press the Google Search widget → tap “Remove” ➝ Long-press the home screen → Widgets → Find “Grok” → Drag to home Grok is fast, powerful, and always ready — a true AI assistant for your daily needsshow more

Dear Visitors, The Identity V Test Server will be... updated on August 3, and the new Hunter, "Herztier", will be available for early access. Additionally, the Android Test Server will be updated to the latest client. We highly recommend re-downloading the game from the original link and installing it over your current version. Please note that the size of this patch is quite large. If you encounter any issues during the update process, please contact our official Customer Support. #IdentityVshow more

Samsung just added AirDrop support to Quick Share on... the Galaxy S26. Google already did this on Pixel 10 last year. Now Samsung is doing it too. So Android and iPhone can now share files with each other natively. No apps. No cables. Rolling out from today. Korea gets it first. Then North America, Europe, Japan, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Only S26 series for now. More devices later. You have to turn it on manually in Quick Share settings though. Not on by default. Is this the feature that finally makes file sharing between Android and iPhone less painful?show more

Plasma One has the rare referral deal where both... people get paid, not just the one sharing the link Someone joins with your access code, spends $100 on their card and you both get $10 Access Code: W6TRRM Not you get $10 and they get a discount Actual $10 each, in dollars, straight to the balance And it is not a one time thing on your end - every new person you bring who hits that $100 earns you another $10 The spend is real card spend, the stuff they were buying anyway, so most people clear it without changing a thing iOS or Android, both sides win Drop your username or grab a code and start stacking themshow more

Grok added a Listen button to top articles so... one tap turns the whole piece into high quality audio narration. You can play it hands-free while scrolling your feed, switching apps, or straight from the iOS lock screen. This rolled out first on iOS with Android and web versions coming soon. Source: Tech Yahooshow more

THIS FEELS ILLEGAL AND I LOVE IT A GitHub... repo with 61,030 stars defeats Google's Play Integrity check. GPL-licensed and last updated eight days ago. The repo is called Magisk. It roots your Android phone and hides root from banking apps. It runs Netflix on a phone the Play Store says is uncertified. Also, passes the same fraud detection Google built to stop it. Here is the part nobody is talking about. ↳ The man who built it is John Wu. ↳ He has been maintaining Magisk for nine years. Since November 2023 he has been a Senior Software Engineer at Google. On the Android Platform Security team. The exact team that builds Play Integrity. Google hired the person who defeats their root detection. He still ships the tool that defeats it. The repo is still online after nine years, hasn’t been taken down, and you should not install it because your phone is supposed to belong to Google.show more

This is the fastest way I’ve found to send... huge files without compression across the world. It’s called Blip. A file transfer app that lets you send massive files directly from your device to someone else’s. No cloud upload first. No waiting for a download link. No file size panic. No video quality getting destroyed. No “upgrade your storage” nonsense. Just pick the file and send it. What it can do: • Send files of any size • Send entire folders • Resume interrupted transfers • Keep original quality • Work across long distances • Transfer between desktop and mobile • Use end-to-end encrypted transfers • Run on Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, iPad, and Android The wild part: Blip says it can handle files up to 99TB. Because it is not trying to be Dropbox. It does not make you upload the file to a cloud drive first, then force the other person to download it later. The receiver starts getting the file while you are still sending it. WeTransfer makes you upload. AirDrop only works nearby. Cloud drives turn sharing into storage management. Blip just sends the file. This is the file transfer app creators should have had years ago. Website:show more

DarkFi superapp v0.3-alpha is here, “anon”. DarkIRC chat is... live. Payments, DAO and trading coming as addons. One native application to rule them all. This is the crypto infrastructure you were promised. These are the user-facing apps OGs dreamed of. Why the superapp matters: Anonymous digital spaces are the pre-condition for real-world autonomy in 2025. When developers can build without exposure, when users can coordinate without surveillance, when governance happens in zero-knowledge - then you create a space for experimentation and growth. Anonymous DAOs make decisions without revealing voter identities or treasury contents. Anonymous communication enables collaboration across jurisdictions without compromising participants. This is the infrastructure for sovereignty. DarkFi built one application that runs identically on Linux, Android, Mac and Windows. Developers write once, deploy everywhere with zero exposure. Users get the same experience on every device. Third-party builders get full API access without asking permission. Software runs locally. What's in v0.3: - Android text input fixed. - Graphics rendering corrected to eliminate glitching. - Battery consumption reduced on mobile. - UI improvements with animated background. - Second stabilization release since 0.2-alpha (v0.4 coming soon with additional features). Let there be Dark!show more

An interesting issue with Robotaxi where it took us... to a Starbucks, but the Google data had the incorrect location. At drop off we were 0.2 miles from the Starbucks, so we had a short walk. Is there a way the Tesla AI team could add functionality in the app so riders can update map info to correct errors or inaccuracies on the underlying map data and then this propagates to the fleet? Being able to do this with a pin drop on the map instead of having to use an address might make this very easy and user friendly! Or, as a bigger ask, would it be possible for the car to be able to use visual images on its own to look for a Starbucks sign and on the fly, get us closer and update the map data on its own?show more