The Pixel HiLight currently offers a limited color selection, but a future update could expand it and add support for Google Messages
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-11-pro-hilight-colors-messages-apk-teardown-3715955

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We are Kustom Industries and Smart Launcher. We are joining forces to create Wild Pixels. Ask us anything!

Hi!

This is Frank from Kustom Industries (u/frankmonza) and Vincenzo from Smart Launcher (u/ginlemon), today we can finally share something we have been working on for a while.

After many years of building Android customization apps independently, our teams have decided to join forces and we are now working on the creation of a new company: Wild Pixels.

The idea is pretty simple. Instead of continuing as two separate teams that happen to work in the same space, we want to build one larger family around our products.

This is not an acquisition by a large company, and there is no external investor behind it. We are still the same independent teams, with the same people working on the same products. The difference is that we can now share a lot more between us.

Kustom and Smart Launcher have always been close. Plenty of you already use them together, and our communities have overlapped more and more over the years. Working as one team means we can take what works well in one app and bring it to the other where it makes sense. We can build integrations that would have been much harder as separate companies, try out new ideas across our apps, and maybe even start entirely new projects together.

There's still a lot to figure out, and we don't want to promise too much too soon, but the possibilities are a lot bigger than they were.

We also want to be very clear about what isn't changing. We're not changing the identity of our apps, and we're not building a closed ecosystem. Smart Launcher stays Smart Launcher. Kustom stays Kustom. Third-party launchers, apps and creators are a vital part of Android customization, and that's not going to change.

What does change is that we'll have more people, more experience, more technology and more ideas in the same room. We hope that over time this lets us build things neither team could have easily done alone.

Honestly, we're really happy to bring our two communities closer together. Both have been around for many years and both have helped shape our products, so it feels like the right time to start building something bigger around them.

The formal process behind Wild Pixels is still ongoing, but we have already started collaborating and some of this work is already happening behind the scenes.

So, ask us anything! Wild Pixels, Smart Launcher, Kustom, how this all came together, what will and won't change, integrations, development, future plans, or whatever else you're curious about. We'll be here answering questions throughout the AMA.

And if you've got ideas, start asking for WILD things in our forums. We're ready!

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Google reveals how many popular Android apps run (or not) on Intel-based Googlebooks [96.6% of the top 10,000+ most-used Android apps]
https://www.androidauthority.com/googlebooks-top-android-apps-intel-3719888/

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XREAL Aura with Android XR start at $1,279
https://9to5google.com/2026/10/07/xreal-aura-with-android-xr-start-at-1279/

https://redd.it/1wzzw0u
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Pixel 11 series still not on Android 17 QPR1 with October update
https://9to5google.com/2026/10/07/pixel-11-no-android-17-qpr1/

https://redd.it/1x04wtc
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Samsung backtracks on SmartTag 3 Android support — still locked to Galaxy phones
https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-smarttag-3-android-support-3720388/

https://redd.it/1x035cc
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OC SENSES Emulator - QEMU source distribution for running ARM32 Android on ARM64 devices

Runs an ARM32 Android system on an ARM64 phone by translating its individual processes - there is no guest kernel. The translator is a modified QEMU

Source Code & Documentation: https://github.com/Istratii-tech/SENSES

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SENSES Emulator - runs an ARM32 Android systems on an ARM64 phone
https://github.com/Istratii-tech/SENSES

https://redd.it/1wzspim
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Xiaomi Fold 18 Review: Duo-n't Be Fooled - MrMobile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxCqvOV-qdU

https://redd.it/1x0cxra
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[Exclusive] "There is no profit even if we sell"…Samsung to cut smartphone production by 30%
https://www.mt.co.kr/en/tech/2026/10/08/2026100709554237233

https://redd.it/1x0dw3f
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Exclusive: Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra & Plus Shown Across 16 Images
https://www.androidheadlines.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-s12-plus

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Google could be working on letting Samsung's Finder app search through text messages inside the Google Messages app
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-messages-s-finder-support-apk-teardown-3715948

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[Snapseed] New Android Beta: LUTs, Community Looks, Motion Blur & depth-based Portrait Blur (x-post r/snapseed)
https://www.reddit.com/r/snapseed/comments/1wjasaa/new_android_beta_luts_community_looks_motion_blur/

https://redd.it/1wsj70w
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Honor Magic9 and Magic9 Super Edition announced
https://gsmarena.com/honor_magic9_and_magic9_super_edition_announced-news-74793.php

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Don't you think Material 3 Expressive looks dated?

The era of FLAT began over 10 years ago and it's dead now. We're in the era of gradients and blur.

I really don't like these pastel colors at all, I also despise the lack of true dark mode and the decision to discard black backgrounds when all high end phones and even midrange phones have AMOLED displays.

I really like ONE UI by Samsung, it is beautiful in my opinion but then I have to open Google apps and they feel completely OLD. The only exceptions are Gemini which looks great and also YouTube music, which btw they both have black backgrounds, gradients, blurs.

So, Google. WHY?

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postmarketOS project has officially rebranded to "Nura"
https://nura.eco/blog/2026/09/27/nura-rename/

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Exclusive: Galaxy Buds On Design — Samsung’s First-Ever Clip-on Earbuds
https://www.androidheadlines.com/samsung-galaxy-buds-on

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I built Kids Learning World, an Android learning game for kids focused on ABC, Numbers & Words

Hi r/Android! 👋

I'm an Android developer, and I'd like to share a project I've recently published: Kids Learning World.

I built it as a simple educational game for young children, with the idea of making early learning feel more like exploration than a traditional quiz.

# 🔤 ABC World

The ABC section includes activities such as:

Uppercase and lowercase letter recognition
Matching letters
Missing letters
Letter sequences
Beginning and ending letters
Connecting letters with familiar objects and words

# 🔢 Numbers World

The Numbers section focuses on early number skills:

Number recognition
Counting
Before and after
Greater and smaller numbers
Missing numbers
Simple addition and subtraction
Basic number sequences

# 📚 Words World

The Words section uses familiar objects and pictures to introduce vocabulary:

Picture identification
Beginning letters
Ending letters
Missing letters
Completing simple words

# 🐼 One thing I wanted to do differently

I didn't want a wrong answer to feel like a failure.

If a child chooses the wrong answer, they can simply try again. Once they get it right, the game shows a small learning card explaining the answer.

For example:

Question: Which letter does APPLE start with?

Answer: A

Learning:
“APPLE starts with the letter A. The first letter of APPLE is A.”

The idea is that the question should not just test the child — the question itself should become a learning opportunity.

# 🎮 The overall approach

I designed the experience around:

Play → Learn → Understand → Practice → Celebrate

There are no leaderboards or competitive mechanics. The focus is on simple learning activities, positive feedback and allowing children to practice at their own pace.

# 📱 Android details

The app is currently available on Google Play:

Kids Learning World
Package: com.hussain.englishkidsworld

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hussain.englishkidsworld

I'd really appreciate feedback from Android developers, parents, teachers, or anyone interested in children's educational apps.

In particular, I'm interested in:

What would you improve in an Android learning app for young children?

Are there any learning activities you think would fit well as a future world?

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Amazon’s new Alexa Tablets are an iPad-inspired reboot, complete with the Play Store
https://9to5google.com/2026/10/08/amazon-alexa-tablets-2026-play-store-support/

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Google is working on a media editor for Android’s Photo Picker
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-photo-picker-media-editor-features-apk-teardown-3720638/

https://redd.it/1x0xbn3
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