Blind Android Users Podcast

This week, we look at the new features in Android 15 Beta 1, including a very exciting development in Android’s braille display support!

·       Our second app bonanza of the year is on 27 April. Please do send us demos of your favourite apps via email.

·       As we reach our 175th episode, we’d like to thank all our listeners and partners who have helped us get to here – we couldn’t do it without you!

·       The messaging app Beeper has been acquired by Automattic – the owners of Wordpress among other things. You can read more in a blog from Beeper’s CEO.

It’s a double bill this week.  Firstly, we discuss the new features in Android 15 Beta 1. If you have an eligible Pixel device, you can enrol here.

Secondly, we discuss Google’s new Find my Device network, which will help you find your Android devices and other possessions if fitted with a compatible Bluetooth tag.

Warren demonstrates the radio app Streadio, one of the few radio apps that will allow you to record as well as listen to radio programmes.

In the next in our series on Commentary/Jieshuo, Karene revisits sound scheme creation. You may want to refer to the Accessible Android article on Super Effects during this demonstration for folder names you need to use.

Warren demonstrates how to enable the auto filling of SMS codes, useful when signing into an app or website which uses such codes as part of the Authentication process.

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This week, we look at what is new in the latest Android 14 Quarterly Platform Release beta.

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This week, we look at what’s new in Android 14 Quarterly Platform Release Beta 2.1 and talk about some of the vulnerabilities fixed in the April security patch.

Warren demonstrates the game Tech Quiz Master, which is currently free but will normally cost you around $2.49.

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Warren shows you how to link a second device to your WhatsApp account.

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This week, we look at the Device care settings in Samsung One UI, and we discuss the release of Talkback 14.2.

This week, we continue our tour of Samsung One UI settings with John demonstrating the Device care section.

talkback 14.2 is starting to roll out. we try to explain which features are actually new, and which are just pretending.

Warren demonstrates the weather app, Weather Today.

Warren brings us a demonstration of Samsung edge panels on Galaxy devices.

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This week, we discuss the next step in the build up to Android 15, and Google’s take on AI.

This week, we talk about the release of Android 15 Developer Preview 2. If you have an eligible device and you want to try it out, you can enroll your device, and if necessary, download the flash tool.

The US has decided to sue Apple for monopolistic behavior, and of course we want to talk about it! We also discuss the roll-out of seamless updates to some Samsung phones, including the A55.

Ed demonstrates Google Gemini, Google’s AI app.

Warren shows us how to insert a hyperlink into a Google doc.

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This week, we continue our tour through One UI settings and discuss several new phones.

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We bring you the next instalment of our series looking at Samsung One UI settings. This week, John demonstrates Digital Wellbeing settings.

We discuss a raft of new phones released recently: the Samsung Galaxy A35 and A55, the Nothing Phone 2(A) and the Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra

Warren demonstrates the document and RSS reader, Quickify.

Thanks to the generous app developer, podcast listeners can try the app for one month with all limitations removed using the code: READ2024.

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This week, we continue our tour through One UI settings.

We discuss the new features and bug fixes in Android 14 QPR 2.

We bring you the next instalment of our series looking at Samsung One UI settings. This week, John takes us through Samsung’s Advanced settings.

Karene demonstrates Jieshuo’s notification box, which among other things provides you with a notification history.

Finally, Christian F Jensen joins us for his Android journey. You can also check out his technology-focused Danish language Youtube channel.

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We talked about some devices at mwc, the bendable phones, honor-magic-6, Xiaomi 14 ultra and car, Samsung ring and many others including humane AI Pin.

Some devices at mwc 2024

John shows you google services in One UI.

John demos gStrings Guitar Tuner

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This week, we continue our look at One UI settings and John reviews yet another phone!

Android 15 developer preview 1 was pulled out because of the data corruption bug.

Phone pay, a payments company releases its own app store.

John shows us backup and accounts settings in the 17th part of One Ui and we also comment on it.

After unboxing the phone some episodes back john gives a detailed review on the phone

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This week, we continue our look at One UI settings and John unboxes yet another phone!

Android 15 Developer Preview 1 has been released. Austin has installed it, find out what he thinks. If you have an eligible Pixel device (Pixel 6 or higher), you can try Android 15 Developer Preview 1 for yourself.

We continue our examination of Samsung One UI settings. This week, John takes us through Safety settings.

John unboxes his Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.

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This week, we continue our look at One UI settings and John unboxes another phone!

·       Google has released a special patch for the Google Pixel 5A following bugs caused to that model by QPR 2 beata 3.1.

·       We reminisce about the Nokia brand of mobile phones following reports that HMD, the company which owns the Nokia mobile phone brand, looks set to abandon it at least for smart phones.

We continue our examination of Samsung One UI settings. This week, John takes us through Location settings.

John unboxes his new OnePlus 12.

In the next in our series on Commentary/Jieshuo, Karene shows us a new feature enabling Jieshuo to spoof Talkback, which improves accessibility in certain circumstances by making information available to Jieshuo users that was previously only available when using Talkback.

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