>2 Feature drops in 2 days? Why not 😏

What's New?

• Wallpaper
  • Curated daily wallpaper from my unsplash collection
  • Auto update wallpaper
  • Merge curated wallpapers and live wallpapers together into one single feature
  • Clear all custom videos in live wallpaper option
  • Many more wallpaper fixes
• Pocket mode by @Mudit200408
  • Pocket detection to turn off screen (Disabled on Pixels by default - Existing feature)
  • Pocket detection for flashlight to auto turn off
• OEM specific feature limits
  • Some Pixel exclusive features such as lock screen clock, charging mode and a few were removed from others
  • Pocket mode is unavailable on Pixels by default
  • You can enable all features in Settings, Proceed with caution
• More launcher shortcuts
  • Wallpaper was added
  • Your favorite 2,3 entries will show up below existing shortcuts
• Smoother flashlight pulse on lower brightness settings
• New developer option was added (for me 👉👈) to refresh daily wallpaper for Essentials and New tab extension because why not?
• Major code refactor and optimization
• And a few bits and pieces of fixes and improvements here and there

Hope there's at least one out there with a very specific taste in wallpapers just like me and if so, you're gonna love this wallpaper feature. Also you can check out the full collection here growing very regularly.

New Contributors ♥(ˆ⌣ˆԅ)

• @Mudit200408 made their first contribution in #536

Full Changelog: v15.5...v15.6

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What's New?

• Pixel search bar replacement [EXPERIMENTAL]
• Intents - For external app controls (WIP)
• Travel compass in are we there yet?
• Per-widget screen off configuration for double tap
• Dedicated flashlight settings
• Flashlight pulse disable during DND
• Shut up restore notification option
• Shizuku improvements (Token entry, Missing permission notification ... )
• DNS tile improvements (Can disable auto mode)
• DIY improvements
  • New Triggers
    • Action Shortcut
    • Pixel search bar tap
  • New Actions
    • Screen off
    • Media controls
    • Assistant
    • Take screenshot
    • Toggle media volume
    • Like current song
    • Circle to search
    • Pin foreground app (very broky)
• Action shortcut
  • This is especially useful for Pixel users as now you can map this shortcut as your double tap gesture on back to trigger anything from DIY automations! (My fav: like current song)
  • Will only show up in your app drawer if you have an automation set for it
• Ultra HDR support for watermark
• WearOS Essentials improvements
  • Better sync
  • Remote wireless debugging toggle
  • Sync sound mode between watch and Android
  • More controls (Flashlight pulse, AOD, tap to wake)
  • Control customization and ordering
  • Are we there yet on device info tile
• Swipe tabs are back! and better! (Can be turned off)
• Search fixes
• and a lot more fixes and improvements

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It is quite buggy tho, Especially with showing up-to-date information.

Hi peeps! Hope you doin well, Been a while since last Essentials update as I got busy with AirSync, work and university but I am putting the free time I find to Essentials as well solving more day to day problems and adding some cools bits and pieces.

Stay tuned! (っ◕‿◕)っ

First time trying out a modern Pixel and they do indeed feel much nicer in hand.

Could not find a Porcelain color option for a reasonable price so had to settle with Obsidian, I guess we're going fully black!

It's a storyline indeed

1. Pixel 3a - Stolen
2. Pixel 3 - Sold
3. Pixel 4a 5G - Dead
4. Pixel 6A - Gave to mom
5. Pixel 7 - Will be sold
6. Pixel 9 Pro - Desperately needs a case

(っ◕‿◕)っ

Pixel 3a → 3 → 4a 5G → 6a → 7 → 9 Pro ✨ + Pixel Watch

It's always a nice upgrade when it comes to Pixels and finally catching up to the fairly modern Pixels 🙂‍↔️ Happy days!

I love the action pan mode :)

For edits, It's all Snapseed (old & new)

Run! 🏃‍♂️ before the local shops figure this out and bump prices to x2 which is already double!

Their existing stocks will magically go up in price despite they were already in shops, there's no control of the prices w/o official stores.

Now or never!

What's new?

• Wallpaper based accent color
• Unsplash daily wallpaper
• Wallpaper info and source
• Improved wallpaper resolution
• Wallpaper zoom duration control
• Background color picker
• New settings UI
• Date
• Greetings
• Text color
• Bookmark folder support
• Theme mode picker
• And more

All unsplash curated hand picked wallpapers are available here: https://unsplash.com/collections/LqO9knU9z2A/Likes

Install

I might open a public beta test as I need some proper testing before this release. Will LYK if I need testers <3

I hope users finally put some attention to this where they've been getting scammed for no reason just for the sole profit of the network provider corps.

Some don't even know what RCS is or how useful and helpful it is as a service just to be taken away with no valid reason.

And this is mostly the reason OTP codes and other text related messaging been poor and unreliable because we've been forced to be stuck in the stone age. That's if you ignore all the fancy and nice features such as e2e encryption, customized and cost free messaging experience, native media and chat features, and emergency features!

Google had to intentionally add a specific error message to the app to notify that this doesn't work because your carrier don't want you to use.

They don't care about users, never did.

And I hate that users just accept it. You pay for ts, to get nothing out of it.

Hope this makes some sense to you and rise the awareness a bit more.

Same as dialog throttling certain domains. And also all the fucking networks intentionally blocking RCS! People don't care enough and I've had enough already.

Do you think we'll find any way to make them comply and provide what was taken and limited from us as users?

What are your day-to-day most used macros? And what tools and keyboards or mouse you use?

Redragon K617 FIZZ custom macros: https://github.com/sameerasw/REDRAGON-FIZZ-K617-macro

Other tools used:

• Karabiner Elements
• Workspacer
• Mac mouse-fix

In the past, we had to open and close the upload dialog to see if it's done notarizing and never notified me reliably unless I use my own script via CLI. This is muuuch better :D

Backup? Never heard of her ...

Just gave it a try to see how it looks :3

The floating sidebar

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