List of found changes in Android 14 Beta 4.

• New silent mode icon in the status bar. It will now show a crossed-out speaker instead of a crossed-out bell, which was previously seen in the volume control when the ringtone and notification sliders were separated.
• New Google Lens icon in the Pixel Launcher search bar.
• When setting up a 6-digit pin code, you can now enable 'Auto-confirm unlock'. When activated, the phone will unlock immediately after entering the correct pin code without having to press the confirm button.
• Under Settings / About phone / Model there is a new item “Manufactured year”.
• New Android 14 Easter Egg
• Lockscreen shortcuts and clock customisation are now available on the Pixel 4a 5G, 5 and 5a.

🔗 via Mishaal Rahman's changes Thread

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Google app's Assistant At a Glance widget will get a new look.

In the future it will have a pill-shaped container where the weather will be highlighted in a pie form with a colour accent. There will also be a 3-dot button on the widget to bring up a context menu. Presumably it will call the bottom sheet shown in the second picture, which also mentions the widget style change (I posted this a week ago on my Twitter).

It looks like google has decided to revamp the current outdated At a glance. However, I can't demonstrate how it works as it's not yet functional.

Keep in mind that this❗️ does not apply to the At a Glance (aka Smartspace) widget built into the Pixel Launcher.

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Android's 'Nearby Sharing' app for Windows is out of beta.

At the end of March, Google launched a beta version of its "Nearby Sharing" app for Windows, which allows you to seamlessly share content with Android devices. Since then, more than 1.7 million people have already installed the app.

Today, the app is out of beta testing and is adding new features:

• Display approximate time when file transfer is complete.

• Previewing the received image in notifications on your device to make sure the correct file is being transferred.

Also, Google is working with partners like HP to make Nearby Sharing pre-installed on some Windows PCs, like the HP Dragonfly Pro.

🔗 Download (for 64-bit Windows 10 and up)

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Google Contacts app will improve the reminders management.

A new "Reminders" tile will appear in the "Fix & manage" tab. Clicking on it will open a new page where all contacts with at least one significant date will be located.

Here you will be able to set up notifications about significant events for each contact and for each date separately.

The change is not available to users yet.

🔗 via AssembleDebug on Twitter

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Google Photos app is testing an updated navigation design.

The bottom navigation bar was replaced by a slider consisting of photo, memories, and library tabs, with a search button to the right of it. The new memories tab looks exactly like an experiment I discovered earlier.

The button to bring up the "Share" page has been moved to the right of the top bar, and the app logo has been aligned to the left edge.

This experiment is being tested on a narrow range of Android and iOS app users.

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