Android 13 is here… and I like it!

[@LinusTechTips]

Clarification: The "At A Glance" features of the "At A Glance Widget" can be turned off in the widget's customization menu. But that doesn't stop the date from holding my top row of icons hostage. Google, let me have the top row of my home screen for my apps or widgets plz.

[@robertconover7178]

android sucks

[@YTxGalaxy]

Google is the king of customization, time to live up to that title.

[@kajxqeirscl]

@@mayshack no it's sarcasm. not bait.

[@davidpicknell7470]

The only thing that spoils a great phone and UI imo, will Google ever learn, I don't think so, I'd prefer to use the stock launcher but this one major flaw forces me to use a third party launcher, shame on Google

[@christophernugent8492]

If you really want this, you have the option of hiring a programmer to make the fix in AOSP and work with Google to get in integrated into the next Android release.

[@RicardoTorres5]

The fact that now permissions are more separated is a huge lifesaver for developers, too. Before, we were forced to request location permissions for things that weren't related to actual location, giving us lots of bad reviews from customers thinking that we were harvesting location data. This is great!

[@twistedmetal56]

Glad they made the change

[@H1M1_M]

Samsung implemented half of these features like a year ago 😉

[@Symphonixz]

pogs

[@DJGutz]

I still wish Android would bring back the dessert naming convention. Made it more fun and different than normal number increments.

[@joko49perez]

Saharandroid.

[@_XDan]

Android 13 is codenamed Tiramisu, they brought it back!

[@raptorbass4054]

Android 13 is called Tiramisu I think/ Or the codename

[@NickSaldeba]

Yeah, Sahara was my favourite version… -_-

[@STORIEDAMAAN]

It's back

[@leafan101]

As a language teacher, that language setting bit, while it might be a tiny change, is going to be huge for me. Hopefully it works with keyboards too.

[@FalconX88]

Oh man, being able to set keyboard language for different contacts in messenger apps would be amazing. But I doubt I'll ever get that feature.

[@Ignacio.Romero]

Keyboards already have multilanguage support

[@leafan101]

@@Ignacio.Romero Yeah, but you can either inconveniently change it back and forth a ton, or, if they use a broadly similar alphabet, put up with bad autocorrects. Would be nice if it just knew to use a particular language when in a particular app.

[@DraakjeYoblama]

@@leafan101 With gboard you can switch between languages/layouts easily, just long-press the space bar. You can also use multiple autocorrect languages at once.

[@headlights-go-up]

be

[@Das_Unterstrich]

Being able to set app-specific languages absolutely is my fav feature. Nothing is as annoying as having some rather horrible translated game or app, to then not even have any setting in the app to change languages. I'm kinda surprised that it even took that long for this feature to finally exist.

[@Mereo110]

Android is finally catching up with iOS.

[@akuost]

Same, the surprisingly only meaningful update for me

[@fynkozari9271]

Im not interested in Android 13, its boring watching software reviews. I prefer watching Linus reviewing hardwares.

[@elith6930]

@@Mereo110 iOS has this?

[@cantbreathe2022]

How would you know which language the app isn't horribly translated in? I don't think you understand what this feature is for. It's for when you aren't fluent enough in English.

[@NoahMoyer]

There's nothing underwhelming to me about improving the OS. Takes a lot more work than to just ignore broken stuff and add more features

[@panthonyy]

Amen. As much as software developers love to develop features, maintenance and upgrades always differentiate poor quality software from excellent quality software.

[@frost1978]

ALL the props to the b-roll team. The silent disco and audio-sharing footage was hella neat.

[@xerunala4987]

Also props to the writer for this great idea!

[@megamanx466]

Music-less music videos are a thing on YT and can be pretty funny!

[@Ben.N]

Hmm

[@krishnachittur]

Bluetooth LE audio is definitely exciting. Shame it's limited to so few chipsets for now.

[@FloresdorfGaming]

Which chipsets?

[@krishnachittur]

@@FloresdorfGaming Anything with Bluetooth 5.2 support should work, I think.

[@MeloettaDash]

Wf xm5 confirmed LE?

[@cyangalaxy]

@@krishnachittur Mine has 5.1 :(( I bought it last year (Xiaomi Poco F3)

[@mehmetfrataydn5304]

@@feha92 In the BLE terminology, usually headphones or smartwatches or IoT like bulbs or doors are server, and phones are clients. It's a little bit unusual, and made me confused a lot when I started to make BLE projects.

[@aaroncody530]

Bluetooth and cellular connectivity is greatly improved. I was having all sorts of connectivity issues on my P6 Pro, but they all disappeared when I got 13 (I enrolled in beta as my phone was borderline unusable).

[@kngkunaat]

Not being able to remove the at a glance widget is absolutely unacceptable and a massive oversight.

[@dummyxl]

Thats why I'm running nova launcher beta 8.2 now. That widget annoys me the hell out of it

[@burntalive]

@@dummyxl Yep im on microsoft launcher for the same reason

[@duncanyoyo1]

Yeah it's pretty dumb. Thankfully in the newest alphas of Lawnchair ( a replacement launcher, that tries to stick to stock Android design ), you can disable it, and then add it back as a movable widget.

[@208Concepts]

One of the perks of Android is that you're not locked to one launcher 😁

[@ElderlyAnteater]

@@duncanyoyo1 it's been like that for a while hasn't it?

[@p.n.k.-rokuza400]

I remember around October 2019 - October 2021, I loved the customization on my Pixel. I loved how you could change the fonts, app icon shapes, and the icon styles. I really wish they would bring those back. Other than that, I really enjoy the new update!

[@huntno]

As a person using Android 9 rn, didn't realize they removed ivon shape customization 😅

[@SEMIA123]

go buy a samsung

[@existentialselkath1264]

Yeah, android 12 was all about customisation but it removed almost all of it.

[@gamemoves2415]

@@existentialselkath1264 what customisation did android 12 remove?

[@your_average_cultured_dude]

@@gamemoves2415 in android 12 you have less basic color themes to choose from, you can't change your system font anymore, you can't change quick settings icons anymore, you can't change app icon shapes anymore. all of those were available in the "wallpaper and style" section in android 11

[@xeoknight845]

I love how OnePlus had a bunch of launch features on my phone and removed them in favor of a bigger number on the Android version. 😃

[@xeoknight845]

@@AlphaSnowLion I forget what exactly I was mad about since it's been a year or two but googling around it seems I'm not the only one who is upset, with many people saying not to update & listing removed features / broken functionality. I didn't have a choice since my carrier version just does whatever Verizon choose but if you are looking at OnePlus I would suggest you read through some of those lists

[@Dudofall]

Apparently they sent out an update that removed the X-ray camera feature on the Oneplus 8 Pro.

[@sugandhak8731]

​@@AlphaSnowLion Well for starters, they removed portrait video from Oneplus 9pro in Android 12 also they removed nightscape video ( a feature someone will never use cause it is crap but it was still cool cause they are trying something new ) then they removed it. They completely changed the simple and great looking camera app interface into Oppo's camera interface. They removed "parallel apps" in Android 12 and many more features that made Oxygen os "OXYGEN OS". To be fair they did add some new features that made things better but it is no use removing OS DEFYING features and adding imitations of other OS features (ahem ahem color OS) and their Oxygen OS 12 was a disaster with a lot of bugs that made me regret purchasing a Oneplus mobile overlooking Samsung's flagship. In my opinion, Oxygen OS 11 peaked so hard that it had to fall down into Oppo's hands to kill itself. Hope the coming Oxygen OS 13 will be bug-free at least, I am not looking forward to the flashy new features they announced, I just want it to be flashy, simple, and light just like how Oxygen OS was.

[@wilsonakawislonly4868]

@@sugandhak8731 oxygen os is now just color os idk why they still call it oxygen os

[@dragospahontu]

It's ok now

[@bahlor]

For me I absolutely hated 12, it would crash my apps whenever I minimized them, I got terrible performance and battery life. As soon as I upgraded to 13 all that went away, phone started acting almost 100% better. I am "all for" fix your stuff, I do not care nor use nearly any of those new features, what I want/need is for the OS to work and work well. Android 13 does that, and I for one could not be happier.

[@nairocamilo]

I hope that remains true when I get mah hands on an Android13 phone. 12 has been a tragedy opera about how much I miss 11

[@rushikeshtapre8620]

@@nairocamilo my mi a3 is on 11 it work good 😊

[@nairocamilo]

@@rushikeshtapre8620 ok? Anyway, I don't recommend upgrading. Enjoy 11

[@TF2Scout_YT]

Okay well that definitely never happened to me, I haven’t had that with Android since 2014.

[@DuyNguyen-yx2vd]

That definitely sounds like a problem with the phone manufacturer's implementation and not the base OS itself.

[@Felttipfuzzywuzzyflyguy]

After switching to Android 12 from One Plus' Oxygen OS there have been SO many basic operations that take 2 or more swipes/taps where they would only take 1 input in Oxygen. I hope 13 resolves a lot of these little headaches.

[@bshenlow882]

I hated Android 12 so much to the point I got another phone which is 11. The interface is horribly bad at minimizing amount of taps need to perform an action and in some ways took users back to early smartphone days where screens were super tiny so they were forced to make do with multiple taps at the time.

[@bshenlow882]

...and I'm honestly surprised no one seemed to really care about this issue beyond a small complaint.

[@shasofanX]

Exactly. I don't understand why so many tech tubers are loving android stock. I don't care if there is more than I use. I care if there is less then I need.

[@armaan_44]

I downgraded to OOS11 again within a month….. OOS12 is a joke

[@H1zN]

@@armaan_44 Me too. I had A12 for ä week on my 9pro. Switched back to 11. I hate the material you so much. Why google? I want set a color.

[@MurkN]

I thought Goku destroyed Android 13

[@Paulie8K]

I have the standard Pixel 6 and installed the update yesterday. I can confirm that the device feels snappier and the damn fingerprint sensor actually works quickly and accurately. I never had any major issues with mine but it finally feels as it should've when I bought it at launch.

[@jj4100]

awesome to hear that, Im installing the update right now on my Pixel 6. Thanks for your comment

[@Solaceon]

Piggybacking off this comment to say that 13 is also available on new Samsung devices. It's available through the Member's app. :)

[@Tactical_Tourist]

Another positive of the 13 update is that it seems to have finally fixed the weird Bluetooth random disconnect bug my Pixel 6 pro has had since day one.

[@neonsamus]

That could be due to the headphones

[@Tactical_Tourist]

@@neonsamus It was multiple devices. My vehicle head unit and Fitbit sense were the most annoying.

[@Koxv2]

That’s why I moved to iPhone. I was irritated by bugs in android on my pixel. It’s a shame, I loved android.

[@originalradman9491]

@@Koxv2 🙄

[@alexcleland4411]

YES. My fitbit actually connects consistently now instead of me having to constantly flip a coin to see if it would work or not.

[@firefueled]

It would be really nice if you could choose to group items in the quick access panel. Eg: Having Wi-Fi and Mobile Data as seperate buttons. Also being able to just turn them on and off with a single click. Rather than going into Internet and then turning those switches on or off. Going back to how it was in Android 11 basically.

[@ApartmentAngelsFireStarters]

Linus has the most complex relationship with Android I've ever witnessed with a mortal

[@jizzlecizzle1388]

What immortal do you know and what is their problem with Android?

[@gamefun2525]

@S4GE android is linux duhh

[@BosnianHeisenberg]

@@gamefun2525 with modified kernel

[@magnusanderson6681]

@@BosnianHeisenberg Not anymore I think

[@PhobosDDeimos]

Don't we all...

[@vert2552]

i actually love that you can set language settings per app. One of my favourite features so far

[@Y2B123]

Definitely. I think every OS should have such a functionality: set language by users and apps for the sake of multilingual individuals and families. And sometimes apps fall back to languages you don't know because they do not support your primary display language and you have no control over which language it falls to. This is plain ridiculous.

[@Shinkajo]

Why though? I'm fluent in 5 languages, but I see no reason not to use English everywhere, which isn't even my first language.

[@Liggliluff]

@@Shinkajo Sometimes English isn't available. Sometimes it's nicer to have local apps like the bank or public transport apps in the local language while the rest are in English.

[@DomiaAbrWyrda]

5:45 Finally! Multiple languages for different apps support! You have no idea how stupid it is that that didn't work before. For some reason most apps don't have a setting that lets you change languages, they follow the system set language only. It's such a pain for bilinguals who want to use local apps in their own language and others (like KZbin) in english

[@GFourGadget]

If only every manufacturers can update their phones as soon as Android launches a new version, they would be more appealing compared to iOS

[@MegaManNeo]

That was the idea behind project Treble if I recall correctly. I don't see much of that.

[@kushagrakumar163]

That's why I use custom ROMs

[@floppa9415]

who cares. Its not like much changes these days.

[@xorinzor]

The HUGE difference between apple and any other device however is the hardware. You can update your Pixel phone right away, no problem. But other companies like Samsung for example need to update their firmware drivers before the phone can be updated. Besides.. even if an android phone would take 2 years instead of 2 months (max) to update I still would prefer it over an iOS device lol.

[@LaidBackDeveloper]

Samsung is already on it. They already released their Android 13 based OneUI 5 Beta

[@gman369official]

00:01 better CGI than the new hulk

[@Honza368]

Quick tip for everyone who wants to use the languages feature but can't find the app they want to change the language off. It works for most apps, but the menu only shows apps that have written in their manifest that they support multiple languages. If you use ADB shell and disable the flag settings_app_locale_opt_in_enabled, it will show all apps and work for most apps (in my experience). Here's the command to do that if you wish (it's safe): adb shell settings put global settings_app_locale_opt_in_enabled false

[@ZerotheWanderer]

It disabled all vibration on my Pixel 4XL and added more unnecessary animations that slow things down. They also need to let us just pick our own colors for Material You, I have a synthwave styled wallpaper, so the one color selection with shades of pinks and blues look nice, but it makes text windows and other things this sickly pastel yellow/orange color. The media player got bigger to show off art while shrinking the buttons (or clumping them closer together), making it more likely to hit a button you didn't wanna press when you simply wanna change songs in the car.

[@jankohrajko]

Unlock Developer's Options in the settings by clicking multiple times on your OS Build Number. Once there scroll down until you see options for Animation speed 😉 You can even disable or slower them if you wish.

[@HurricaneHusky]

@@jankohrajko it still surprises me more people dont know about this

[@mohammedalam1361]

Honestly android 13 is way efficient and smooth with animation, in my case it is taking less memory space too. 200MB less.

[@mmorales508]

Funny how my Pixel 4 XL feels brand new after the update! Everything is snappy and super smooth. I did a factory reset and started from scratch tho no backup or upgrading on top of 12.

[@ZerotheWanderer]

@@jankohrajko Here's the thing, changing those settings changes all animations, I don't want all of them to change. I use my phone for work, and it requires lots of flipping the phone sideways for signatures, seeing everything sort of fade out and back in real quick each flip is unnecessary, makes it feel clunky. When I clear all apps, it used to just flip back to my home screen with all icons loaded up already, now it goes back to the home screen and takes 2-3 seconds to slowly fade back in. Why? With Android 12, they added other animations to swapping in and out of apps where there never used to be any, so it went from quick snaps in and out to having to wait for animations to finish. I would rather have animations somewhere for smoothness and not other places where there weren't any prior. I cannot selectively change each aspect without doing some serious digging.

[@ShinareAeruil]

What I would really like is app-specific volume control. Sometimes I just want music to play on the background while playing a game or something. And not drown the foreground app sounds completely.

[@CastleRaccon]

If you have a samsung phone you can do that; its call sound assistant

[@DanielFildan]

@@CastleRaccon on MIUI (Xiaomi ROM) it's also called sound assistant

[@nitePhyyre]

My cheapo Motorola has it too

[@CastleRaccon]

@@DanielFildan Nice

[@gursimratsinghnannuan1986]

@@CastleRaccon where is that option for Samsung phones? Help please

[@MarcSoftware]

Looking for another app that has a themed icon (1:43)? We have implemented the themed icon in our app - Incredible Maths. We haven't made it to implementing Material You yet, but we will look into it soon.

[@MarceldeJong]

“Even more customisations”?! They removed customisations in Android 12. They only gave back a few in Android 13 and you touted that as a great improvement.

[@geekume5539]

I can't hear android 13 without thinking of android 13. "Don't lecture me with your 30 dollar haircut"

[@ford1546]

From the android we had on the samsung s4 until now, the graphics in android have become more and more simple and black and white! It's a trend many software are following, something I personally don't like For me, it is also important that you have the option to adjust screen coolor, red blue green in a proper way and that you can completely turn off split screen so you don't accidentally press the function with accident. if you need a good video player or music player, there are many good apps. Same with calculator widget. (Mad calculator widget)

[@flexagonpark5467]

How is it "black and white"? The entire point of MaterialYou is that it's colorful and customizable

[@King-Julz]

@@InservioLetum what? It's so intuitive I don't know what you're on about. Even if you don't like it, Linus literally said that you can now hold the home button on the 3 button option which on Android you can specify yourself. You're not locked in to swiping so just change it?

[@ford1546]

@@InservioLetum Just so we're talking about the same. (split screen) then I'm talking about having 2 apps on the screen at the same time. when I press the square button on my phone to bring up all apps that are running, I can either choose to enter them or close them or split screen. If I go back and forth from e-mail and the internet browser, for example, split screen button is easy to press accidentally. Not all internet browsers are compatible with split screen, which ends up with all open internet pages being closed.

[@ford1546]

@@pixels_per_inch Okay. I don't agree with you. The design should be good like they were on android on samsung s4 or on many old tv tuners. Or for example on older apple mac if you look at the long menu line that was at the bottom of the screen. I don't think it looks like a toy!

[@DerrickRG]

I remember how flashy the Note 4 looked in the store compared to the others. That's what sold me on Android/Samsung. Today, can't really say the same with everything being so flat and lifeless.

[@Liggliluff]

Having the option to choose language per app is useful for those limited apps that doesn't have your language or missing certain strings, and defaults to English. Something that should have been fixed in Android 7, but apps like Google calendar still defaults to English if it doesn't have a specific string in your language. What I mean is that if language 1 isn't available, it should go to language 2.

[@ScottWallace5]

Android 13 definitely feels more of a refinement/polish than a revolutionary update. Also, I have a Pixel 5 and I've been using the hold down home button to ask Google for awhile now. But so far, 13 is working well.

[@DasBauer]

I'll love the multi language feature. Sometimes it haunts me not being able to change the language. And the apps sometimes use the language I set in my phone to forward me to another site or content

[@Liggliluff]

What I want: 3 app split-screen on 16:9 screens or taller. There should be room for it. One app's smallest size should fit three times in portrait mode. But landscape mode only has one size, so that needs changing.

[@unsellingwizard]

You can turn off the at a glance widget by holding down on it and hitting customize

[@LaidBackDeveloper]

I'm looking forward personally to samsung's Android 13 based OneUI 5, They're already out with a OneUI 5 Public Beta that from what I've heard has a fairly large amount of new features such as a PROPER battery health measurement (coming in a future beta build and Possibly similar to what iOS has) and also features a very wide range of colors for their Material you feature (Not limited to 3 automatically selected colors), MUCH Improved Animations and Stability, You can now copy text from images on the gallery (Previously it was accessed via Bixby Vision PS: Laugh All you want but Bixby is actually good now.), Upgraded clipboard, New and very much welcome gestures for multitasking (Swiping up with two fingers from the bottom of the phone) and Likely even more that I still am yet to discover. Also I still think that the quick panel of Pixel Experience is significantly worse than the older one that is thankfully still in OneUI 5

[@LaidBackDeveloper]

I'd also like to add that Samsung has already had the same (If not better) Cross device functions and functionality for around 2 years now if I remember correctly

[@LofiTurtle_]

And if you don't like the native theming, Samsung's "good lock" app has a theme maker that lets you edit any color individually.

[@LaidBackDeveloper]

@@LofiTurtle_ I Forgot to mention it

[@Frozander]

If only they did their releases quickly it would be perfect. Last year iirc it took them a few months to ship One UI 4. And it came with bugs despite taking their time on the update. My biggest issue was that context aware suggestions on the bottom were locked to 4 initial suggestions (all samsung apps) and never updated anymore until they patched it after a month or so.

[@LofiTurtle_]

@@Frozander I agree. At least they are increasing the support lifetime of their newer phones, so you'll get the updates eventually. They were pretty quick with the android 9 update from what I remember, but it was the last version the s8 got, only 2 years after launch

[@danielleimhofer88]

I installed it on my Galaxy S8+ (Lineageos20) it runs perfect with good battery life. And good performance.

[@clonedmuchacho]

Custom os in 2022? Very based.

[@lightningMcqueen5]

Me too. Arrow os 13

[@dnleet]

same. running pixel experience plus on my poco x3 pro

[@SmitePlayz1]

@@clonedmuchacho one UI I pretty meh

[@annekedebruyn7797]

I feel like Android is mature enough not to expect big new features every year. It's kind of nice having a few QoL updates with a few optimizations here and there.

[@terrycrews1584]

I expected less Google and more privacy, instead of niche use case features.

[@panathatube]

If you have unlimited imagination there's always new features

[@BOT-er9yt]

Hence they should release one android version ebery year

[@panathatube]

@@BOT-er9yt they do release one Android version every year.

[@annekedebruyn7797]

@@panathatube Yes but that always comes with the risk of adding bloat versus a well rounded OS.

[@magicalbanana1263]

I really hope PixelExperience team sorts android 13 for my phone sooner than later. That'd be nice.

[@TheUltraHumano]

Some of these updates really make you appreciare how they were already available in Samsung's OneUI.

[@asdanjer]

Truly impressive. Only got these features for a few years now in manufacturer roms. Now they only need to put in like 100 features still missing and stock android may actually be usable again.

[@HEROIC-LIONGAMING]

I saw the title and I thought he was talking about Android 13 from Dragon Ball Z.

[@_XDan]

Made me laugh, nice

[@Pokechao]

"DON'T YOU LECTURE ME WITH YOUR 30 DOLLAR HAIRCUT"

[@HEROIC-LIONGAMING]

@@_XDan I had that thought initially. Lol

[@HEROIC-LIONGAMING]

@@Pokechao lmao I forgot about that.

[@chemicalcreations2022]

Can't wait till we get Android 17 & Android 18

[@mitchzach3858]

I've only ever had Samsung's, this video was as much a learning experience of how much one ui fills in the gaps of stock Android as much as it was on Android 13!

[@denvera1g1]

7:17 Will this be on Android TV? It would be really nice to be able to maybe get different audio devices working together if the timing could be properly synced. Like say a sound bar with wireless subwoofers, and then some bluetooth speakers at the back of the room to work as satellites, or even a different soundbar in a different room if you're constantly walking between rooms working on stuff.

[@denvera1g1]

@@pixels_per_inch I'd imagine it would require both devices to support this standard, and this standard may have a way of reporting/beaconing any sort of processing delay, but it may not be possible. without maybe the sending device adding an ultrasonic tag to each device and listening for the delay

[@RamblyBear]

Always funny to see the things MIUI has had for ages get added to regular Android. I've had the qr scanner in drop down for years. While notifications aren't opt in, turning them off in the drop down per app has been very easy as well. Really looking forward to that clipboard though that is such a great update. And if the copy between pc and phone comes through natively that will also be great.

[@Y2B123]

Yeah. I got tired of emailing myself texts.

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

Same for Samsung... they had things in 2012 that Google added like 2 or 3 years ago. And I can remote onto my fricken Note 9 and do the copy and paste stuff just on Windows where I actually need the stuff. Sadly that doesn't work on the Tab S6. That Windows Link feature ist the best shit I've ever seen on mobile devices. Installing it on the tablet doesn't bring the remote feature though which sucks. And I don't get why Samsung doesn't integrate it for their tablets as well...

[@InfraSolart]

I'm waiting for immersive mode everywhere because my OLED screen is burnt to a crisp from Android's bright white notifications and gesture bar.

[@corsame14]

Belated happy birthday Linus!

[@christopher6895]

Is astonishing to me to see just how close iOS and android feature sets have converged.

[@existentialselkath1264]

Android peaked at 11. 12 removed so many options and added pointless steps to the most basic functions, all for the sake of a sleak design. The pixel phones have been my go to, but if stock android keeps removing simple options, I'll have to look elsewhere next time.

[@gamemoves2415]

What options did 12 remove and what pointless steps did they add. Curious here as I'm using a Samsung running on Android 12 and I'll be moving to stock soon

[@Rafaelinux]

Yeah, stock android is quite bad next to Samsung's implementation that's always 2 or 3 os versions ahead in terms of features and ease of use.

[@MAxAMILLIoN757]

@@gamemoves2415 do not

[@alemmerenjamir7337]

@@gamemoves2415 My big turn-off is that 11 had the brightness slider coming in one downward swipe. 12 needs two swipe which I definitely loathe

[@msendal]

I think A8 was the peak, and the rest was just an effort to keep up with iOS. I don't feel like i would feel the absence of features added later than that. They just keep adding and reverting features like it's a weekly update, but no, it's a yearly update that probably only 15% of android devices will manage to receive.

[@archgirl]

I switched to iPhone back when my OnePlus 6T updated to Android 10 and I haven’t looked back. So much changed, and I hated pretty much all of it, especially the stuff that was just outright broken. I updated to Android 10, and two hours later had ordered an iPhone 11 Pro Max out of sheer frustration. Perfectly happy with my 13 Pro Max now. I might go back one day (I’m no fangirl for either option, use what works for you), but the current offering doesn’t convince me. I’ll see what the future holds, but for the foreseeable, I’m happy where I am.

[@Blackilykat]

that app-specific language thing is gonna be so userful, there's apps i need to be in my main language for school but i like to have everything else in english. it took wayy too long to get made

[@Dataanti]

7:00 I think auracast is what I am most excisted for, specifically for motorcycle/offroad helmet intercom systems (i guess this is kind of unrelated to android, and more about bluetooth specs). As it is, its a janky patch work system of some peoplue using older blutooth protocols that can only communicat to one or two other devices, or cardo and senas propirtary proximity party chat system. It would be cool to have a proximity party chat via something like auracast, that works seamlessly with all helmet intcoms.

[@itzHaze]

7:03 get the nothing phone with it so u can also have the disco lighting lmao

[@rws91942]

7:05 a silent disco with my polycue sounds like a dream come true.

[@trueAKspeaks]

08:25 'will it roll out to your device, it depends on the manufacturer', custom ROM users reaction 😎

[@sikelelamazingi4602]

😂😂🤣

[@lennonmclean]

Downside: Android 13 restricts access to /Android/data/, meaning that file managers are unable to access apps' config files, log files, etc stored in their respective folders.

[@PanosPitsi]

@Brylan android fanboys were crying apple wouldn't let you access system files with apps you found on the internet lol.

[@raj.r412]

I think one of the previous versions restricted access to android/obb, which can be bypassed by allowing that app to install apps from unknown sources. I hope they'll find a solution for android/data too.

[@johnhamirkarim3696]

Bye game mods lol

[@lennonmclean]

@Brylan but not good for emulators, ports of PC games, etc that require you to edit configuration files and check log files with a file manager

[@lennonmclean]

@Brylan yes, that is true. The issue right now is that AFAIK there's nothing like that.

[@panchalim]

I have been waiting for that language setting for god knows how long! Finally!

[@jarboer]

There was quite a few changes that were already in iOS, both OS have always copied each other but it seems like more Android updates are getting iOS features. Things like the app permissions, opt-in notifications (surprised that wasn’t a thing in android already), the shared clipboard, QR code in the quick toggles, home controls while unlocked (note on iOS you can’t control security devices without unlocking the phone), etc. Also it’s weird you only have 8 colour options (was 4) for the Lock Screen clock and other stuff, iOS 16 lets you change to any colour you want and this is a brand new feature this year, it’s weird google didn’t included it on first release as well.

[@AustinRoss]

Language per app and auto language switching keyboard have been a part of iOS for a while now also. Shame google didn’t include both.

[@CritLoren]

@@AustinRoss GBoard has been able to handle 2 languages at a time for a while now.

[@CritLoren]

Opt-in notifications hasn't been as big of an issue on Android however, with how easy it is to manage them via the different notification channels and easy to use notification permission management, but it's a welcome addition.

[@amildahl]

It's home controls while locked. They've had a home controls menu since 11, iirc. The colors thing is just an auto color based on your wallpaper. You can still set it to a manual color scheme and change your lock screen wallpaper The QR code one has taken painfully long. It's been baked into the camera for a while now, but that's not the most intuitive so I'm glad they're finally adding it to the menu.

[@amildahl]

@@pixels_per_inch the notifications will be opt-in now is the change. Really hasn't been a huge issue because managing notification permissions is really easy on Android relative iOS (it's why pretty much every review complains about notifications on iOS relative Android) And the home control options can be available while your phone is locked now, if you so choose (something I don't think iOS can do), is the other change. I think OP is just confused about the details

[@ThePhoenixAscendant]

Linus, you guys are having too much fun. You're making my face hurt from smiling and laughing at the Bluetooth segment...

[@dillonsukram9381]

I like the new vibration haptic that plays when you open the camera

[@timestopMachinist]

i think it would be cool if being in a "call" didnt automatically tank audio quality across the device. if you try to listen to music or watch a video while something is using the "call" audio channel, the audio gets destroyed to sound like a call. which also probably means that call audio isnt nearly as bad as it sounds, its just being crushed for some reason? this has been a thing since i got my first phone and i never see anyone mention it. i was in a playstation party a few days ago and the stream audio was terrible because the voice chat is categorized as a call.

[@peco_17]

This is an issue with Bluetooth. The Bluetooth "music" mode uses bandwidth allocated for the microphone, once in call you lose this bandwidth. I think this has been fixed in Bluetooth 5 but to take advantage of this you need both a device and headphones that are Bluetooth 5 compatible

[@timestopMachinist]

@@peco_17 my wireless ear buds are bluetooth 5, but ive had this happen with no headphones at all

[@sircalvin]

paul already said why it crushes other audio, but call audio is just that bad. basically to save bandwidth back in the day they would cut your audio down to a small range (that voices usually fall into) and then shift it up or down so they could fit multiple calls on one wire. when mobile phones and digital calling came out a lot of it was on the same infrastructure, and if it wasn't they wanted to be compatible with older phones, and now were stuck with low quality calls. this is also why hold music is very hit or miss, as if it goes outside the range its awful, but some companies get music specifically made to be in that range so it sounds ok (usaa is notably good)

[@MegaManNeo]

Eye catching new features which have no improvement on me who uses his handheld computer as a music player, communicator and LTE MODEM for the most part.

[@darkprinc979]

I watched a movie featuring Android 13 many years ago. It didn't end well for him.

[@aceofclubskid]

I've been die-hard android since I had my first smart phone, including several tablets and android TV. Lat year I got a job where my company would cover the payments on a new phone, so I went iPhone, because price was always a deterrent and I didn't want any bugs for work communication. I kept the iphone at my desk, and continued using my galaxy a20 as a daily driver. At least until my a20 started to get REAL sluggish. I switched sim cards and I'm pretty sold on iPhone now. Now, I haven't owned a flagship android device in a while, but the software is really what makes all the difference. The fact is that most people just use an iPhone, and issues like pictures not sending in full quality, having to use zoom or teams for video calling, and most importantly not getting updates after a short period of time killed my interest in android phones. Ideally I don't want to spend more than 300-400 on a phone, they're not precious to me and I don't need a lot of power. But, the cheap android options functionally sucked after about 2 years. No bug fixes and drastically degraded performance with no new android always made my phone a necessity to upgrade after 1-2 years. Sorry, but as much as I love tech and customization, I'll be getting an iPhone SE if my next comapny doesn't cover a phone purchase. Migrating to a new phone from apple is MUCH easier, and I'm glad that's a headache I wold experience on android again. I'll take an older design and worse cameras for the price in favor software that lasts.

[@thelegend8570]

I've heard some funky stuff about virtualization in android 13, which is what I'm mostly excited about honestly. Can't wait to put arch on my phone. And that way I can stick anything shady in a VM so I don't have to sell my soul to our corporate overlords just to send a cat picture to my friends.

[@bluedeath996]

I really wish the youtube music can be synced between devices so you can seamlessly continue playing your music on your phone when you were listening in a browser or on your tablet when you go out and seamlessly switch back when you return.

[@Marngel]

Another year, another update that makes iOS be more like Android, and another update that makes Android be more like iOS.

[@DailyCorvid]

Technically they are both still copying NeXTSteP / BeOS2 with the touch interface swiping gizmoes and such.

[@Neoxon619]

Howdy folks, I'm Android 13. Look at my trucker hat! But seriously, even though I don't use Android anymore, I do respect how generally ahead they are with various features compared to iOS.

[@CLfreak246]

I had a feeling that someone was going to make the Team4Star joke. A perfect 😂 moment.

[@ShadowPlayer321]

I know it was for a bit, but I really enjoyed the casual reference to throuples and polycules.

[@vali69]

When will they add custom theme colours? I'm dying to have the dracula theme!

[@Fahad789Gem]

Android 13 here meanwhile I am stuck on Android 9. We should get software updates like Iphones but we don't.

[@icanthinkofaname13]

We do, just mainly with Samsungs newer mid range and high end phones. Mine has 4 years of promised updates

[@elijaholing]

Samsung user here........ We do

[@JordanLenz]

Sony user here. Still stuck on Android 8 :(

[@thetruesimplegrid]

Newer Samsung flagship and midrange devices surprisingly have the longest software support for any android device.

[@abdulamar9907]

Don't bother with the change. Android 9 is a great OS. The newer ones removed a lot of functionalities that it has, and makes life hard for some people ie me. Just keep the phone as is, maybe use a custom rom for it but with older android instead of the newer ones.

[@Techprep23]

A feature that would be really nice. When using multi window especially on Samsung where both windows can be active. When you go to put text input on the right side of the screen while watching Netflix or Hulu on the left side of the screen the keyboard resizes itself to only take up the app with the text input instead of the whole screen. that would be fantastic. Not sure how it would work in portrait mode but at least for landscape mode that would be lovely

[@Liggliluff]

I wish to have three apps in portrait mode

[@Liggliluff]

I also wish to override the thing that prevents certain apps to be in split screen

[@AquarianNomadic]

They reached their max potential already. Can't imagine what they've changed or have added to make it better?

[@dnegel9546]

Nothing.. They just change the font and color and maybe rearrange things.. Then everyone goes.."oh wow its drastically different and amazing." 😑🙄

[@Jessev741]

You could try watching this video, then you wouldn't have to imagine!!

[@AquarianNomadic]

@@Jessev741 Nah, I like doing things my way at all times. Cope. Seethe. Dilate.

[@jordidanhof9789]

I miss the times where the android versions were named after food

[@_XDan]

Android 13 is Tiramisu

[@alpuhagame]

Waiting since 2019 for LC3 plus codec that would allow sub 20ms latency (ideally 5-10ms is the best, like standing 5 meters from the cabinet) in bluetooth audio devices, so I could finally play guitar processed by VST without any wires! Right now I have to use APTX LL (low latency) devices (transmitter + receiver) which have 40ms just for sending audio, plus you have processing chain that could take away 10-20ms, and it's still hard to play sixteenth notes above 120-150BPM A quarter note at 60bpm will last exactly 1 second. Sixteenth would be 250ms (formula for 16th is: 15 / BPM = seconds). 120bpm @ 16th is 125ms. 150bpm @ 16th is 100ms. So if your signal is processed and sent back to you at 50-60ms after you pluck the string, it means you would have trouble playing anything faster than 120-150 BPM, since it would be taking almost half the time of the note.

[@2ManyGoats]

I just switched to iPhone a few weeks ago after having Android since first release. Still got my s20 ultra just in case I hate iPhone but so far it’s not bad Not sure why you couldn’t use the assistance from the home button though. That never went away for me

[@autumnvolume4181]

Same, switched to iOS late last year after having used Android for almost a decade. Not regretting it at all, surprisingly.

[@EinEgomane2]

Hmm i can.? Samsung S21

[@rajder656]

@@EinEgomane2 samsung adds it's own thing to android through it's launcher

[@harbirsingh7266]

@@rajder656 this is why I've stuck with Samsung for a while. It always has those features that others complain about stock android not having.

[@Djuntas]

Ios and iphone just works yes, even my old 2nd hand 5s still OK, and my current 2nd hand iphone 8 is fantastic, never issues. I dont own or want to own other apple stuff through.

[@TechSY730]

Did they add more (or rather, any) customization options for the "jello scrolling" that was criticized (to put it nicely) on Android 12? Like turning it off, toning it down (for those who don't mind the effect if it was much more subtle, which includes me), and for those crazy few out there, increase it. My workaround of using developer options to increase UI animation speed (reduce animation scale) globally made it tolerable for me, but it would be nice to have a focused option.

[@TechSY730]

@UC5Oj_uNnVE09izOB-gF_kCQ I admit that "getting used to it" is a major reason why it became tolerable for me and many others. But it still rears its distractingly "rough edges" now and again. Even spaced with gridlines and especially images. Which is why I still would like options EDIT: huh, so that is what happens if the comment you are responding to gets deleted in between the time you start and post your reply

[@kushagrakumar163]

Just installed A13 based custom ROM and I am loving it 😍

[@somebodyirrelevant141]

Nobody: Linus: Android 10 is here and I like it Android 11 is here and I like it Android 12 is here and I like it Android 13 is here and I like it

[@NicoIsntHere]

Wait android DIDN'T clear the clip board after a certain amount of time?! iOS has done that for ages, not sure if it is simply the OS doing memory management or an intentional security feature but this has been a thing for a while and I would have assumed an across the board OS feature at this point for security reasons. Wouldn't mind seeing that on Windows/MacOS, as well as a configurable setting letting you chose the threshold. Would love to see *that* on iOS/Android too! That being said, a step in the right direction for sure.

[@No.Name-Y-T]

almost every „new“ feature was there on iOS for this Update it’s crazy

[@iammatthews]

I think I'd prefer clearing my clipboard myself. but it's still nice for people looking for that feature. I do leave my clipboard for days especially if it's a url I copied.

[@PtrkHrnk]

It did clear the clipboard. I think it was after 24 hours before...

[@Swole_Gecko]

ya before 13 it was 24hrs it would clear

[@NicoIsntHere]

@@PtrkHrnk I wouldn’t classify “clearing it” every 24 hours as acceptable. That sounds like an unintended side effect of clearing cache/memory for other OS related reasons. To say android “already did it” shows you are taking the criticism of an OS personally which is kind of weird. Let’s stop defending companies on either side when they are slow to adopt critical security features :)

[@shaneintegra]

The Android assistant with the home button has always been available. Its even available when you have the swipe up option. You put your finger on the bottom of the screen in the middle, then swipe up a short distance and hold.

[@FengLengshun]

Huh, I guess Android is finally going to have their own KDE Connect / Pushbullet implementation. As usual, the main Android is just so late to things, even Samsung already has it better with their tighter integration with Windows' Your Phone. Still, having recently dealt with the madness of Wayland, Flatseal, and Gnome, I can't say that this update underwhelms me, because all things considered there's a lot of good, sane implementations permission and customization here. Combined with the bootloader update, though, I guess I'll just wait for a good mid-range phone that comes with Android 13 OOTB.

[@jankohrajko]

As for keeping your phone up to date, there is always a possibility of flashing a Custom ROM, your phone is proly already out of warranty 😄 And I have seen in the past that some newer, lighter, better optimised versions of Android made an old phone perform again and saved it from trash 😇

[@BeaHasPP]

i would love to but that kind of information is quite nitch and hard to come by

[@jankohrajko]

@@BeaHasPP XDA developers and yt videos/tutorials are your best friend here 😉

[@BeaHasPP]

@@jankohrajko thank you I'm getting into this scene as I have many projects just for when I have money but I still want to start learning now. I will look into XDA and stuffs I think I'm just finding hard to decipher if the information is still relevant or outdated due to rapid advancedments in android and the tech that's uses it.

[@jankohrajko]

@@BeaHasPP It will always be like that. Even when using old phones (Samsung Galaxy S3), there are usually some new ROMs being made. Once you understand what is being used/needed with your exact phone it will be second nature :) In the long run is more about finding the ROM which is stable for daily use and has all the features you want. And just one last advice, keep back ups! 😅

[@gameguy1337]

"I'm Android 13 and this is my trucker hat" - I wonder how many will get that reference.

[@JDizon849]

As an iPhone user, I was expecting to see a bunch of cool new features that I’ve never seen before, but half of these are things that iOS already had, and the other half are really minor. My favorite feature is the flippin clipboard widget of all things. That’s it… Now I’m really confused as to why Android users think they have a better os, they seem very similar in many ways.

[@tboneforreal]

I don't really care about iOS vs Android. Android 12 had a lot of issues. I'm glad that they took an entire upgrade cycle to mostly work out the bugs instead of putting a bunch of new features on top of a frustrating experience.

[@Nik6644]

Now go read the comments under the WWDC (Apple software updates) to find thousands that are like “android had those features for years, it’s so much better”

[@Dyl_Apple]

I’m an iPhone user and I just want to say I am not hating, I have a lot of respect for android and people who like android more than iPhone, however I’m very freaking annoyed that people are always going “haha android has had that for years and you’re acting like that’s revolutionary” meanwhile I’ve seen 3 things that I can think of so far, only being half way through the video that iPhone has already had for years, not hating just saying maybe don’t bash iPhone for being behind so much, there are things each one does better, each one has their own areas they’re behind in

[@nothing9220]

I would love to switch to ios because android doesn't have a decent compact phone like Mini but restrictive nature of ios is pushing me back

[@themisterx8660]

@@nothing9220 What do you mean by "restrictive nature" ?

[@No.Name-Y-T]

absolutely true 60€ of this „Update“ is copied from iOS

[@themisterx8660]

@Brylan Even if customization is important for him, with iOS 16 there will be no difference to Android

[@jesusbarrera6916]

@@themisterx8660 can you have a 3rd party launcher on IOS... or even sideload apps?

[@JoisonRaj_Joicy]

Dark mode, accent colours, live tiles for widgets, app folders with three different sizes, search bar at the bottom of the browser, People's Hub (the best way to communicate) and the best keyboard ever. Windows Mobile OS (before Windows 10 Mobile) was an ultra-modern OS, far far ahead of its time.

[@MvsG18]

iOS updates feel worked, interesting and feature packed. Android updates are so lame because they don't add anything new, you won't get the update because phone manufacturers barely update their phone OS unless you got their latest flagship, and even if you were to get the update you won't get the features anyway because each manufacturer has their own OS cape over android, and either you won't get the new features bc the manufacturer didn't add it, or because like many new features of android, were already present in some android capes over the OS, and even if they add them by the time the update reaches your phone, the next version of android will be already heading to launch, and because of fragmentation, you'd still be late to the latest OS (which is ironic).

[@mrqeq]

i don't think Android updates are as delayed recently as before several years, especially on new devices. Apple is still adding features that android had for years, as i was amazed when people got excited about those features that i thought they had before. comparing the two, android is always ahead of iOS in terms of features by at least two years. To the point where Google ran out of features to add. And their Android is perfect , stable and smooth. Apple iOS have a great interconnected ecosystem that you have to live within to enjoy the full features, the experience and the intuitive UI of iOS, and regarding the Android updates, few months waiting is no issue and security updates are pushed monthly by all manufacturers.

[@krzysztofciereniewicz6563]

Ability to permanently remove Google Assistant together with preinstalled bloatware will be appreciated, but this fix isn't probably coming anytime soon. Also better user control over updates would be great, but I think we are going the opposite way.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

Finally! I've been waiting for support for app specific languages since Android 2.x where I had to root the system to automate language switching.

[@gregbits6109]

Love how nobody mentions most of these were already iOS features… 😋

[@flavoursofsound]

Yeah, had many moments watching this where I was thinking “huh did Android not have this yet?” despite owning a Sony Xperia 1 III phone myself, albeit not as my daily driver.

[@bryanthaboi]

Linus and co - can I please have a LTT branded gaming computer?

[@idzkk]

That would be amazing I have few ideas

[@Demolick]

The Auracast is something that will be a must-have for some guilds, for example listening to your tunes while riding with a pillion on a bike. It'll stop being: you can speak or you have a phone connected. I'm sure in no time after the launch, we'll have some apps to enable voice and music to be relayed by your phone.

[@ricardo762]

Andriod needs better energy efficiency more ram means stability setup needs to change.

[@dcngn_]

Just switched to ios last year and I'm relatively happy with the experience in comparison to android tbh. I don't care about customization when it comes to phones. I already don't have a life because of the Linux customization rabbit hole

[@panthonyy]

I really appreciate the notifications and privacy controls. But, that clipboard widget tho 🤤

[@YOEL_44]

I think they should not call this 13, but (like they did in the past) 12.1, it's a very small incremental update, with interesting and necessary features, but not a full new version.

[@ophiliaxeon]

Except for the vast amount of customizability options it really feels like Android is desperately trying to catch up to iOS

[@darksylinc]

1:40 oh great I can't wait to see all my icons look exactly the same making it impossible to distinguish them.

[@ahmedshams8807]

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