Show Notes
Welcome to episode 93 of Pixelated, a podcast by 9to5Google. This week, Damien, Abner, and Will discuss Google's new "advanced flow" for enabling sideloading on Android, set to launch on all Play-supported devices later this year. It's a change built with security and safety in mind, and your hosts are pretty impressed with how the company has designed this shift. Then they dig into the potential news that OnePlus could be preparing to exit the global market, leaving an enthusiast-shaped hole in its place.
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Timecodes
00:00 - Intro and Google's sideloading changes
21:16 - OnePlus rumors
41:22 - Wrap-up
Hosts
Abner Li
Damien Wilde
Will Sattelberg
Read more
This is Android’s new ‘advanced flow’ for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period [Gallery]
Android isn’t killing sideloading, and Google found a near-perfect compromise
Source: OnePlus may shut down in global markets as early as April
OnePlus reportedly ending retail efforts in India as global shutdown looms
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