this post was submitted on 02 May 2025
53 points (89.6% liked)

Android

30660 readers
69 users here now

DROID DOES

Welcome to the droidymcdroidface-iest, Lemmyest (Lemmiest), test, bestest, phoniest, pluckiest, snarkiest, and spiciest Android community on Lemmy (Do not respond)! Here you can participate in amazing discussions and events relating to all things Android.

The rules for posting and commenting, besides the rules defined here for lemmy.world, are as follows:

Rules


1. All posts must be relevant to Android devices/operating system.


2. Posts cannot be illegal or NSFW material.


3. No spam, self promotion, or upvote farming. Sources engaging in these behavior will be added to the Blacklist.


4. Non-whitelisted bots will be banned.


5. Engage respectfully: Harassment, flamebaiting, bad faith engagement, or agenda posting will result in your posts being removed. Excessive violations will result in temporary or permanent ban, depending on severity.


6. Memes are not allowed to be posts, but are allowed in the comments.


7. Posts from clickbait sources are heavily discouraged. Please de-clickbait titles if it needs to be submitted.


8. Submission statements of any length composed of your own thoughts inside the post text field are mandatory for any microblog posts, and are optional but recommended for article/image/video posts.


Community Resources:


We are Android girls*,

In our Lemmy.world.

The back is plastic,

It's fantastic.

*Well, not just girls: people of all gender identities are welcomed here.


Our Partner Communities:

!android@lemmy.ml


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
top 35 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 55 points 1 month ago (5 children)

With every update, less information fits on the screen. The toggles got even bigger again this time. I just want to have 8 toggles in my pull down menu again :/

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 1 month ago

I passionately hate Google's design teams

[–] VintageGenious@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

This looks cheap too. I hate huge margin zoomed in UIs

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago

Just one more settings redesign man. I promise, just one more. Just one more design, I swear.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

You need a bigger screen! (/s of course)

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It's just that UI designers are getting older.

[–] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 48 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Physics based animations? Fuck off. Waste of time, effort and CPU. I want my phone to last longer and work better, not look slicker.

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I turn off all the animations using dev menu so my phone feels faster

[–] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago

Same. But I have noticed lately in more recent Android versions it doesn't always apply to everything. It's also a waste of dev time that could be put into literally anything else.

[–] 3aqn5k6ryk@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What the fuck. Is that the new UI? Blur everywhere. Looks like xiaomi knock off.

[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I hate blurs on UI, subtle here and there is fine but this comes at the expense of contrast.

[–] kylian0087@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Seems like Android is following Windows 11s path...

[–] potate@lemmy.ca -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hey now, XP was good! Vista sucked, and it was the one that pushed hard on animations.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Hey are you saying glass was a bad design decision!? ... ...

[–] jnod4@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fuck Google my new phone is going to be any third option available

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Tin cans and waxed string it is!

[–] UnityDevice@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

These are such minor changes. The first two videos merely change the animation curve - that's the animation equivalent of changing the colour of a button.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

The first two videos merely change the animation curve

Exactly, these were not at all "Physics-based" animation, from the looks of them. I don't think the author knows what that means...

[–] Fake4000@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Google till this day has a lot of their apps display stuff and buttons inconsistently.

I am sure the new UI update will bring those back across different screens.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I remember when they introduced material design and people kept pointing out where Google didn't respect their own guidelines

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I guess we were all getting used to them, eh. Including them.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure but them releasing new apps without respecting them? That was pretty ironic.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It was 🤭

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

Oh, I remember being hopeful.

[–] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

I buy an Android phone because the IOS Ui is fucking trash and takes years to display what I want it to display, not because I want it ro be as shitty as Android

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I dislike that.
I want my dark interface back >:(

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Does this remove dark mode? I don't think so, right?

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Assuming the style is preserved, it would be likely look like Windows11.

And I don't like that on my phone.

[–] SqueakyBeaver@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The dark mode quick settings background will be the same as light mode, just with a slightly darker gray. It's somewhere on the android authority website if you really want to see it

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You mean in some other article than this one in this post?

[–] SqueakyBeaver@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah...

Android authority has like 8000 different articles about the UI refresh or whatever. It was very annoying trying to see more than just one thing

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Huh. The Google News Telegram channel is sleeping on this news then. First I've heard about it.

I'm excited about change though. Life is change.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Very oneUI of them.

[–] vividly7259@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago