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Google Gemini is about to control your messages and calls, even if you say no (www.laptopmag.com)

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago (42 children)

Great, well bye bye Pixel 6a, about time anyways I guess. I knew it was only a matter of time before they did something to make these devices completely unbearable, "AI" bullshit has done it.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 6 days ago (39 children)

Just install GrapheneOS on your device and AI is pretty much gone

[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 days ago (8 children)

Sadly they might not be able to update GrapheneOS to new Android versions anymore :(

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That is a misleading claim right here, don't blindly trust everything you read online. The core team of the project explained it very well why it's not as dramatic as people made it seems too. It's not an ideal position and Google is definitely going in a direction that doesn't not benefit AOSP but no Android16 is comming to GrapheneOS and future version also should.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Could you please link this explanation?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/114721666000552094

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Did they explicitly say anywhere that future versions should be coming as well? I only see them mentioning Android 16, and devices still being "supported", but that could also mean improvements in Android 16.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

GrapheneOS will continue supporting the current devices we support until their end-of-life dates. We'll also add support for new Pixels as long as they meet our requirements. We've tried to make that clear, but recent posts about changes to AOSP have been widely misrepresented. Prior to Android 16, Pixels had first class support in the Android Open Source Project as the official reference devices. This was never one of our requirements and no other device provides it.