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Google is finally working on making Android's share menu faster
Depending on how many apps you have, the Android share menu can be very slow. We have just learned the company is working on redesigning the system.
Google only has so much time to work on new features for their upcoming version of Android each year, which means many feel their voices aren't being heard. They have to prioritize certain features from year to year which has led to granular permission control, a lot of work on how Android manages background tasks (to preserve battery life), and more. One area where people feel that Google has been neglecting is Android's share menu. Depending on how many apps you have installed, this share menu can be very slow and lead to a lot of frustrations. Google has not ignored this issue though and we have just learned that the company is working on redesigning the system with a completely different underlying data model.
How to Remove Direct Share from the Share Menu
Direct Share is one of those features that appears useful on the surface but actually ends up annoying users more. We'll show you how to remove it.
Direct Share is one of those features that seems useful on the surface but actually ends up being annoying. It shows up whenever you open the share menu and places shortcuts to your contacts in other applications at the top. I'm sure many would agree that they don't usually end up selecting one of their contacts directly in the share menu, and there's also the fact that it causes the share menu to jump, which may make you miss your intended tap. If you'd rather do away with these contacts being suggested at all, you can disable them on both LG and Samsung phones without root, and on other phones via the Intent Firewall.
Google Maps Will Soon Allow You to Share Your ETA, Add a Shortcut to Routine Destinations, and Create a Map of Your Location History
A teardown of the Google Maps APK version 9.26 reveals upcoming changes allowing you to share your ETA with a contact and some more accessibility features.
Although many of Google's first-party applications were given a nice update over the course of Google I/O, Google Maps was not one of them. There was a minor update that shipped with the new Android N developer preview which allowed you to see your contacts on Maps and to share your contributions, but apart from that nothing really major was brought to the table.
Radon Lets You Share Your Links with Friends using ... Ultrasound?
An app to share data through ultrasound?! Yep, it exists. Check out why and how Radon works!
We're all familiar with the various wireless technologies that are available to us to transmit data between our various devices. Most commonly, we use either WiFi, Bluetooth, or NFC on our smartphones.