Android @lemmy.world fne8w2ah @lemmy.world 6mo ago

Android 15 really doesn't want you to turn off Bluetooth - Android Authority

www.androidauthority.com Android 15 really doesn't want you to turn off Bluetooth

Android 15 will add a new feature that can automatically turn on Bluetooth the next day in case you temporarily disabled it.

You're viewing a single thread.

68 comments

Well that's another serious reason for my next phone to be a Linux one
- If you read the article it says there will be a toggle to enable or disable the feature. It's part of updates to support their "find my device" network
  
  Sorry I'm one of the Lemmy users who sometimes don't open the links and read sources. It's really really good if the feature can be completely disabled. Though opt-it might be a little bit better
  
  EDIT: I just read the article and didn't see the info about disabling the feature. It can be my poor English knowledge though. Could you say where exactly it says about it?
  
  There's more than one spot that covers it, but one part says "You should be able to ignore the auto-on toggle and disable Bluetooth as usual, though"
  
  I thought it means "you can disable Bluetooth but you will have to disable it every day after it turns on automatically"
  
  That's what I got out of the article when I read it. Would like to be proven false.
  
  Judging from the amount of upvotes on my comment I can say that your desired scenario is very unlikely to happen
- GrapheneOS is definitely a great choice if this kind of stuff bothers you.
  
  We don't know if its devs will remove or disable all the privacy invasive features. Though idk that much about it so probably it's more serious than I think
- Any good recommendations?
  
  Maybe someday, everytime someone says "just get a Linux phone" I look a few up and the specs are always piss poor...
  
  Better to just get a pixel and slap GrapheneOS (A privacy and security focused Android fork) on it
  
  We still don't know if GrapheneOS will disable that feature or not
  
  linux phones (respectfully) suck ass, i recommend lineageos if you dont like the pixels hardware
  
  Unfortunately only a few phones support Linux well and they are either really old (OnePlus 6, Samsung A5 etc) or expensive (PinePhone and FairPhone). Privacy costs a lot nowadays
  
  PinePhone is very cheap. Even PinePhone Pro is mid-range.
  
  Well yea but it's quite expensive for its specs. You can get the cheapest Android phone for like $80 and it will have better specs than PinePhone Pro

68 comments