Is it just me, or is one of the more interesting announced features in Oreo - Picture in Picture, not working on the Pixel C?
According to Settings > Apps & notifications > Advanced > Special app access > Picture-in-picture there are some apps supporting this feature, but i couldn't get it to work .... Any suggestions?
I'm having problems getting it to work too?...it crashes when i launch it..
You need to run youtube via the browser (apparently it doesn't work yet, via the app), and run the youtube site in the full desktop version (not the mobile version), and then run the video (in full screen, this is important), and then hit the home button, and it should go in PIP mode...
And then this is when the PIP mode crashes for me, and wrecks the layout of the webpage, and you have to reload the webpage...
Hopefully this can be fixed soon, as this is one of the best features of the Oreo update
I have read that YouTube pip will be only available on YouTube red subscription.
Maps pip is yet to come, and I have only tried pip with VLC. So far it worked nicely.
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The stock browser is not applying my Accessibility settings when it first loads a page. I have the font to be augmented to 145% but each time I open a web page it's like I didn't set the option at all. Once in the page I go to the accesibility settings again and disable/enable (or viceversa) anything in it (like the 'force zoom' option, or the 'text booster') and when I exit the settings (without ever reloading the page) the settings are finally applied. It's like the browser finally reads the settings and applies them.
Before you guys recommend a "better" browser I know there are many other browsers out there including chrome but I prefer this one and I want to know if anyone has had this happen and managed to fix it or anything.
Thanks!
I tried every browser and none was as good as "browser". Turns out that someone uploaded an AOSP version of browser to the play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.android.browser it's even better than the stock browser on the mini since this one is closer to the one I used to use on my S3 with all the cool nifty features (full screen mode, night mode, etc). It's really cool and it doesn't have the bugs ailing the stock browser.
S9 user here on Oreo. YouTube Premium (previously called red) member, based in the US.
Pip works on maps just fine, but when I press the home button on YouTube, nothing. Sound still plays and notifications controls show, but no floating window.
The setting on YouTube under general for pip is off and greyed out (so I can't change it) - see attached
I chatted to Google YouTube help but ultimately they tried and said contact Samsung...
Thoughts?
WhatsApp Web works on my HP ELITE X3 running latest w10m using Monument Browser.... syncs with WhatsApp running on another phone via Bluetooth (wife’s iPhone X in my case!)... mirrors content and most functionality.
Not tidy, best in landscape So, could run your own WhatsApp on a Android or iOS device and access it on w10m as long as the phones are Bluetooth linked.
Open w10m phone’s Monument browser.
Hit 3 dots to open Monument browser controls
Adjust ZOOM; @65% (may need to tinker depending on screen real estate of other phones).
Change SETTINGS:
NAVIGATION MODE; CHROME.
JAVASCRIPT; ENABLED.
Open new Monument browser tab.
Navigate to web.whatsapp.com and scannable barcode appears.
Tick KEEP ME SIGNED IN
Open Whatsapp on other phone.
Hit 3 dots to open Whatsapp controls.
Select WHATSAPP WEB.
Hit + PLUS button to open barcode scanner
Point barcode scanner at the WhatsApp barcode.
Barcode should be accepted and a progress bar appears. GIVE IT TIME!
Whatsapp messages will appear on Monument browser if all has gone well, and you can send and receive, but notifications not working.
**PIN working Monument Whatsapp web window to Home screen for easy access**
If progress bar seems to have stalled check Whatsapp – Whatsapp web on the phone to confirm connection has been made. If it has, PIN browser window to home screen as above. Close all tabs. Restart phone. Click pinned window and hopefully that will work after page load delay - which seems inescapable.
PS clicking enable desktop notifications doesn’t seem to do anything (perhaps unsurprisingly).
Hope this helps someone ?
RogereN said:
WhatsApp Web works on my HP ELITE X3 running latest w10m using Monument Browser.... syncs with WhatsApp running on another phone via Bluetooth (wife’s iPhone X in my case!)... mirrors content and most functionality.
Not tidy, best in landscape So, could run your own WhatsApp on a Android or iOS device and access it on w10m as long as the phones are Bluetooth linked.
Open w10m phone’s Monument browser.
Hit 3 dots to open Monument browser controls
Adjust ZOOM; @65% (may need to tinker depending on screen real estate of other phones).
Change SETTINGS:
NAVIGATION MODE; CHROME.
JAVASCRIPT; ENABLED.
Open new Monument browser tab.
Navigate to web.whatsapp.com and scannable barcode appears.
Tick KEEP ME SIGNED IN
Open Whatsapp on other phone.
Hit 3 dots to open Whatsapp controls.
Select WHATSAPP WEB.
Hit + PLUS button to open barcode scanner
Point barcode scanner at the WhatsApp barcode.
Barcode should be accepted and a progress bar appears. GIVE IT TIME!
Whatsapp messages will appear on Monument browser if all has gone well, and you can send and receive, but notifications not working.
**PIN working Monument Whatsapp web window to Home screen for easy access**
If progress bar seems to have stalled check Whatsapp – Whatsapp web on the phone to confirm connection has been made. If it has, PIN browser window to home screen as above. Close all tabs. Restart phone. Click pinned window and hopefully that will work after page load delay - which seems inescapable.
PS clicking enable desktop notifications doesn’t seem to do anything (perhaps unsurprisingly).
Hope this helps someone
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I did the same steps that you described, but I still have a problem apart from notifications: I can't view images, they remain with a circular spinning without possibility to download, I only view the low level preview of the image...did I miss something in the configuration ? Thanks
If still the same after restart of both devices (try that!) maybe it's a quirk of your particular phone? Fine for me.
Having said that, I've found having to carry two devices just to use Whatsapp is a burden [duh!] and I've installed Unigram (which is a Telegram client) and turns out to be better than Whatsapp. As a bonus, half my contacts were on it already and those I wanted to stay in touch with a la Whatsapp happily installed it. Available on w10m (but will not be updated further) and desktop
https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9N97ZCKPD60Q
https://telegram.org/
Hi guys, I found out that in several apps that do not have support they have the possibility to work, you just have to install an old version app, I work with the instagram app, but the only bad thing is that it does not let me send messages but yes I can receive notifications, I am trying to find the old apps like instagram and trying to revive them, PD: the facebook messenger app does not work, but the facebook app I am trying to install old versions to see if it works, the bad thing is that it is very difficult to find the xap
I mean apps that have overlay function when called outside that said app, that function doesn't work.
For example:
Pie Control's shortcuts only work while I'm inside Pie Control itself. I can go to WhatsApp or Dialer for example from Pie Control, but once I'm in another app, I can't go to the others via Pie Control shortcuts.
Reachability Cursor is another one, I can't tap icons, though it can be fixed by disable and re-enable its accessibility settings.
Videoder (a video downloading app) shows pop up with download button whenever I copy a video link, but when I tap that button, nothing happens and the pop up just go away. BUT when I open the link inside the app, I can download the video just fine.
it seems like apps don't work outside of their "environment", I don't know if there's any setting switch that I'm missing or something...
This is a topic about OnePlus 11/OxygenOS 13.1 and how it compares to the last real OxygenOS 11:
FR: There's no option to access app info/properties (Open, Force Stop, Uninstall, etc.) from the overview screen
FR: App properties is missing the installation source information and an option to open Google Play (if it's a Google Play app)
Bug: no option to change the accent color (need to install the LWP+ app - I had to Google for it)
Bug: Date/time widget is completely broken (it's extremely small, it doesn't expand to its space, it hides the day of the week) when Display Size is set to "small"
Bug: Transparent icons must not have a white round background
Bug: Icons don't expand in the groups (folders) of apps, i.e. they are extremely small
Bug/FR: No separate time outs for screen lock and display turn off
Bug/FR: Eye comfort should be able to use the current location to work from the sunset to the sunrise
Bug/FR: Digital pin code lock accepts exactly six digits. It must be possible to use as many as desired. In OnePlus 6 I had a 11 digit password. It's there under a new option.
Bug/FR: screenshots are saved as JPEG files. People have been asking for PNGs for over 7 years now.
Bug/FR: The notification area is extremely sparse, icons are too big, the first two ones are large rounded rectangles for no reasons.
FR: configurable action the long press/touch for the apps overview button.
Bug: very few FPS options for slow motion videos in the camera app. It's either [email protected] or [email protected] There's nothing else. There's nothing in between. Where's 1080p at 120fps? Where's 720p at 120, 240, 360fps? Also, the phone can shoot 8K at 30fps, that means it's absolutely capable of 4K at 120fps, 1080p at 480fps and 720p at 960fps and that's what other Snapdragon 2 Gen 2 based phones offer.
Bug: if you swipe up over widgets on the home screen, the app drawer won't show. Swiping down to show notifications strangely works.
Dark mode for third-party apps (Beta) doesn't list a single app, so dark mode settings cannot be enforced.
Added on May 5, 2023:
Long pressing the app widget doesn't show the normal app menu popup containing items such as "App Info" and "Share". You only get "Remove".
Quick Device Connect asks for permissions on every boot despite saying "Exit" which implies it never does that again. It still does. The app cannot be disabled except using adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.heytap.accessory
App management lists two Google Assistant apps
There's a Chinese localization string in the DND dialog called from the notification icon. Fixed in A.10.
Added on May 6, 2023:
The App Drawer has an incorrect sorting mode. Applications starting with digits or special symbols such as # are listed at the bottom while they must be at the top, e.g. "17 Track". Another case: consider TED and "Terminal Emulator". OOS13 will first list "Terminal emulator" then TED.
The App Drawer should be able to find apps when you don't type their exact symbols. E.g. in OxygenOS 11 you could type "FD" and it will show "F-Droid". OxygenOS 13/ColorOS 13 will not find this app.
DND in OxygenOS 11 could be set for 15, 30, 45 minutes 1, 2, 3, 4 ... 10, 11, 12 hours and until the alarm clock. In OOS13 you only have three options 1, 4 and 8 hours.
Saved Wi-Fi networks dialog doesn't show whether a particular network is Open or Password protected. OOS11 simply showed for password protected networks.
Added on May 8, 2023:
What's up with Apps "Auto Launch" 20 items? Why just 20? I have four banking apps, two apps for my cellular operators, a number of IMs (Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram, Skype, Google Meet), e-shopping apps, two battery monitoring apps, two fitness apps, two backup apps, three email apps (Gmail, K-9 Mail, Proton) - I've already used up my 20 apps limit :-( This one is a deal breaker. If you want this feature it must be via a blacklist, not whitelist.
Fly Mode does not disable BlueTooth.
After reboot the phone does not [try to] reconnect to remembered BlueTooth devices.
When the phone is being charged, notifications don't show/light up the screen.
Aside from the JPEG screenshots issue, everything on the list worked and existed in OxygenOS 11.
And I don't even want to talk about a myriad of other minor bugs, and Chinese (!) language strings in the international version of the phone. This list is a result of using the phone for just 24 hours. I expect to uncover a lot more. At least I've not had crashes it which indicates we're dealing with a late beta software release which is still inexcusable for such a company.
Does anyone know how I can contact the OnePlus/Oxygen development team directly? No, I don't want to use their bug tracker - absolute most bugs over there never get any attention.
Over there on OnePlus forums people questioned the dark mode enforcement feature saying "it should work only for selected apps".
No, it's not like that. OOS11 listed all the installed UI apps and allowed to enforce dark mode for any of them regardless.
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Does anyone know how I can contact the OnePlus/Oxygen development team directly? No, I don't want to use their bug tracker - absolute most bugs over there never get any attention.
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Oneplus forums and best you can do is to cry there about OOS with a hope somebody from dev team actually reads it.
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Oneplus forums and best you can do is to cry there about OOS with a hope somebody from dev team actually reads it.
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I had this experience several years ago - no, thanks.
The only way for a bug report to be noticed is when at least two dozen people start complaining about it (and even that is not a guarantee it will be dealt with).
BTW bug reports/feature requests can now be made only via the OnePlus Community app and for some reasons when I click "Add Feedback" I only get an option of exactly that, leaving feedback. No bug reports/feature requests for my account. Probably the app is broken, I don't know. In the past you could do that via your PC web browser. Looks like the company doesn't want any of that any more.