Hacker News with Generative AI: Mobile

Privacy of Photos.app's Enhanced Visual Search (mjtsai.com)
This morning while perusing the settings of a bunch of apps on my iPhone, I discovered a new setting for Photos that was enabled by default: Enhanced Visual Search.

Privacy, Photography, Apple, iOS, Mobile

19 points by latexr 16 days ago | 7 comments

LineageOS 22 (lineageos.org)
Hey there! Welcome back!

Android, Operating Systems, Mobile, Open Source

255 points by timschumi 18 days ago | 159 comments

Beginning NFC: Introducing NDEF (oreilly.com)
In order to understand NFC, you need to know about the NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF), which is the lingua franca for NFC devices and tags.

NFC, Technology, Communication, Standards, Mobile

22 points by walterbell 32 days ago | 0 comments

Pocket 4 with 8.8″ High-Refresh LTPS Screen, 64GB RAM, 2TB SSD, and 45Wh Battery (linuxgizmos.com)
Indiegogo recently introduced the GPD Pocket 4, a compact PC powered by AMD’s latest processors, including the Ryzen AI9 HX370. It features up to 64GB of LPDDR5x RAM, an M.2 NVMe port, Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, and more.

Hardware, Laptops, AMD, Computing, Mobile

41 points by teleforce 45 days ago | 16 comments

Google is prepping Gemini to take action inside of apps (theverge.com)
Google released the first Android 16 developer preview earlier this week and keen-eyed observers are already uncovering interesting tidbits, including one that hints about a much more useful future for Google’s AI assistant.

Google, Artificial Intelligence, Android, Operating Systems, Mobile

12 points by thunderbong 55 days ago | 0 comments

ATL: A layer to run Android apps on Linux (gitlab.com)
To learn more about this project, read the wiki.

Android, Linux, Open Source, Software, Mobile

219 points by AbuAssar 82 days ago | 33 comments

Ubuntu 24.10 Concept – Snapdragon X Elite (ubuntu.com)

Ubuntu, Operating Systems, Hardware, Mobile

4 points by Naac 93 days ago | 0 comments

Thunderbird for Android is go – at least the beta is (theregister.com)
MZLA, the company behind the Thunderbird email client, is finally putting its mobile email client app into beta testing – but it's a lot more mature than that sounds.

Mobile, Email Clients, Beta Testing, Android

3 points by akyuu 99 days ago | 0 comments

YouTube is now hiding the skip button on mobile too (androidpolice.com)

YouTube, Mobile, User Interface, User Experience

7 points by jayantbhawal 102 days ago | 0 comments

Google must open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge (theverge.com)
Google’s Android app store is an illegal monopoly — and now it will have to change.

Google, Android, Antitrust, Lawsuits, Mobile

787 points by dblitt 102 days ago | 580 comments

Show HN: A tool for creating chord charts on the go (tiniuc.com)
Chord Chart Memo lets you input chords with just two taps.

Music, Tools, Mobile, Software

150 points by tiniuclx 106 days ago | 39 comments

Company Says It Uses Your Phones Mic to Serve Ads for Facebook, Google, etc. (itsfoss.com)