Pixel Experience - First Android 10 Based Custom ROM With Face Unlock Is Here

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SuLqaR2NhcY/Xo1lLpVfnPI/AAAAAAAAHyM/wyUXWtThbGwrBSQv8WP-bPkQ9B3NQOXHACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/face-unlock-thespandroid.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1000" height="512" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SuLqaR2NhcY/Xo1lLpVfnPI/AAAAAAAAHyM/wyUXWtThbGwrBSQv8WP-bPkQ9B3NQOXHACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/face-unlock-thespandroid.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Google removed the face unlock capabilities with Android 10 for some reasons like it was not much secure and Google was working on better face unlock bio metric capabilities which was kinda exclusive only for Pixel 4. So with this all other devices are left out without any kind of face unlocking and there was no way to get it on Android 10. Its a different case if your OEM implemented their own kind of face unlock in Android 10, for example - MIUI. <br /> <br /> There are 100's of smartphones and 1000's of custom ROM users who update their phones by using custom ROMs because their OEM stops providing updates which is nothing new in Android world. So people enjoyed face unlocking features on all Nougat, Oreo, Pie ROMs but there was no face unlock with Android 10. With this people had no choice if they want to use face unlock except using Pie or Oreo ROMs which is not the best solution because even in custom ROM communities the developers stops updating old sources for security patches. LineageOS is an kinda a exception in this. <br /> <br /> Pixel Experience is a popular custom ROM with Pixel feel. Even the Magisk developer topjohnwu was impressed with it just because it provided an experience which is mostly exclusive to Pixel Phones. The guy behind Pixel Experience ROM - Jhenrique with his top kek developing skills and knowledge has ported the face unlock from a Motorola device (which has Android 10 with face unlock). <br /> <br /> That means one thing - If you want face unlock on Android 10 then you have to start using a custom ROM. For now, its available in Pixel Experience ROM only but it can be available in other ROMs too if the ROM developers decide (Kang ? Joey ? Habork ?) to add this feature. Face unlock is popular, its not much secure as compared to fingerprint sensor based authentication but its a cool feature which people often asks for Android 10.<br /> <br /> I am personally using Pixel Experience Plus version which is an additional version of PE with some extra features. To setup face unlock I had to just go to settings then security and I found face unlock option there. It is not much secure as I was saying but I liked the thing that it can not unlock your phone if you close your eyes. Face unlock won't bother you by any error even if you hold your phone upside down or in landscape mode, it will unlock. It can be little troublesome to use at night but if sufficient light is available it will unlock the phone. All you have to do for face unlock is to press the power button and show up you ugly or beautiful face. It will unlock by itself and open up the home screen or the app which you were using before locking your phone. <br /> <br /> <h2><span>Screenshots</h2></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SlXxWR_pchU/Xo1h37j_H0I/AAAAAAAAHxs/9W9lDG4Ul6Atews2ED9hBy7gvAlz1XSAwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screenshot_20200408-104732915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SlXxWR_pchU/Xo1h37j_H0I/AAAAAAAAHxs/9W9lDG4Ul6Atews2ED9hBy7gvAlz1XSAwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Screenshot_20200408-104732915.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><center>Initial Setup Screen (Read carefully ;p)</center><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jpow_qg99hE/Xo1iE4aB__I/AAAAAAAAHxw/KyRczgze56wPK-Y98T7MxSLcMNKXcqQhQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screenshot_20200408-105809094.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jpow_qg99hE/Xo1iE4aB__I/AAAAAAAAHxw/KyRczgze56wPK-Y98T7MxSLcMNKXcqQhQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Screenshot_20200408-105809094.png" width="360" /></a></div><center>Face detection screen (yeah I am the ugly one ;p)</center><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3gIhRZJxzUs/Xo1iQwe6LeI/AAAAAAAAHx0/jUC2CZcuCFAb8TmH-nUG-M_SykfT_VDqACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screenshot_20200408-104750612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3gIhRZJxzUs/Xo1iQwe6LeI/AAAAAAAAHx0/jUC2CZcuCFAb8TmH-nUG-M_SykfT_VDqACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Screenshot_20200408-104750612.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><center>You can enable this option if you want to unlock your phone automatically after pressing power button.</center><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1BYXXMaKKjs/Xo1ikSuoJjI/AAAAAAAAHyA/K3pOsPBeO8QPnZTDfidvm9MkCci5hAikgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screenshot_20200408-104719084.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1BYXXMaKKjs/Xo1ikSuoJjI/AAAAAAAAHyA/K3pOsPBeO8QPnZTDfidvm9MkCci5hAikgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Screenshot_20200408-104719084.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /> <center>This is the preference screen where you can change options and delete your face data if you don't want your phone to be unlocked using your face. </center><br /> So thats it folks. Enjoy the face unlock if you have a device running Android 10 and have custom roms available for it. You can check if your device is in official list at <a href="https://download.pixelexperience.org/">https://download.pixelexperience.org/</a> or you can go to your device community on telegram and check if your phone has pixel experience support unofficially.

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NewPipe - FOSS Youtube client to watch and download Youtube videos on Android

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t-bjA_TyW7E/XoV9qH79w3I/AAAAAAAAHvA/hCrMqvKP5lkkdR5GO_8qLzLoKykZX9giwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screenshot_20200402-111750_NewPipe-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="1080" height="325" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t-bjA_TyW7E/XoV9qH79w3I/AAAAAAAAHvA/hCrMqvKP5lkkdR5GO_8qLzLoKykZX9giwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Screenshot_20200402-111750_NewPipe-01.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> YouTube is one stop entertainment and information hub for millions of people. It got all type of content on it for almost everyone. One side of YouTube is that you get all quality content on it (if you ignore the bullshit) as well as a hell lot of advertisements with every YouTube video. These are the most annoying type of ads that pop ups while watching videos and they almost ruins the video watching experience. Most people don't know how to get rid of them because all android phones comes with YouTube app preinstalled and you have to live with that because people don't bother to find how to get rid of advertisements from it, most people are okay with it, not everyone is a geek. Well, you can also purchase youtube premium to get rid of ads but everybody can afford that on monthly basis.<br /> <br /> Of course you can get rid of YouTube advertisements on web version of YouTube by using an adblocker like Adblock plus or uBlock origin but it is very hard to get rid of advertisement from the official android app. These adblockers can not block inside the youtube app. This is why apps like NewPipe exists. It can do more than just ad blocking.<br /> <br /> NewPipe is an open source and free YouTube client for Android. The main purpose of it is to get rid of various kind of restrictions that the official YouTube app puts on users. The recent example of such restriction is limiting the video resolution to 480p in India. This is done by YouTube to ease the stress on its servers because a there are millions of people are staying on home due to corona pandemic and the 21 day lockdown by government. This is all fine but restricting users to just watch videos in 480p is not because users can not switch to higher resolution. there is no option above 480p. With NewPipe such restriction can be bypassed by using NewPipe no matter which country you live in.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SKkw8sQiwH4/XoV92Zz6rVI/AAAAAAAAHvI/R4qCOTsC1CoQtqlGHEF-EWqTmq9jgyeYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screenshot_20200402-111715_NewPipe.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SKkw8sQiwH4/XoV92Zz6rVI/AAAAAAAAHvI/R4qCOTsC1CoQtqlGHEF-EWqTmq9jgyeYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Screenshot_20200402-111715_NewPipe.png" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WYD1t7kDiUk/XoV911cM8QI/AAAAAAAAHvE/oMZVfZio7v8NCwGiFGU9LN-dtUjI4YESgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screenshot_20200402-111719_NewPipe.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WYD1t7kDiUk/XoV911cM8QI/AAAAAAAAHvE/oMZVfZio7v8NCwGiFGU9LN-dtUjI4YESgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Screenshot_20200402-111719_NewPipe.png" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kBJ7bj8NqZY/XoV92qvxvhI/AAAAAAAAHvM/FJXzr2lTpGYvWwRYXpn629AyXaaCxM61wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screenshot_20200402-111725_NewPipe.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kBJ7bj8NqZY/XoV92qvxvhI/AAAAAAAAHvM/FJXzr2lTpGYvWwRYXpn629AyXaaCxM61wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Screenshot_20200402-111725_NewPipe.png" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FSaBYKXoy1E/XoV93b9NRBI/AAAAAAAAHvQ/WlcdqBSXoj42FrztDG8hcz6bWL-LSwgkQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screenshot_20200402-111731_NewPipe.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FSaBYKXoy1E/XoV93b9NRBI/AAAAAAAAHvQ/WlcdqBSXoj42FrztDG8hcz6bWL-LSwgkQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Screenshot_20200402-111731_NewPipe.png" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-APoN3QqaCzw/XoV93f_AhVI/AAAAAAAAHvU/OnTVEsf2h4YjefNh1SMDlxhupLK2b0YwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screenshot_20200402-111735_NewPipe.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-APoN3QqaCzw/XoV93f_AhVI/AAAAAAAAHvU/OnTVEsf2h4YjefNh1SMDlxhupLK2b0YwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Screenshot_20200402-111735_NewPipe.png" width="360" /></a></div><br /> First I am going to list all the features that NewPipe offers then I will tell about some things that NewPipe can not do as opposite to official YouTube app.<br /> <br /> <h2><span>Downloads - </h2></span><br /> This is not available to download from Google Play Store because it violates some google play store policies. Same goes for all the YouTube clients on the internet.<br /> 1. <a href="https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/" target="_blank">Download from Fdroid Store</a><br /> 2. <a href="https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases" target="_blank">Download from official GitHub repo </a><br /> 2. <a href="https://f-droid.org/repo/org.schabi.newpipe_910.apk" target="_blank">Direct apk link to latest version</a> (Fdroid)<br /> <br /> <h2><span>Features of NewPipe -</h2></span><br /> <ol><li>Small and lighweight app. </li> <li>Video downloads - Choose between video, audio or captions download, select the most suitable file format,download the resolution you need.</li> <li>No proprietary Google APIs, it only send information which is required to get the video and channels.</li> <li>All information like search history and favorites is stored on your device locally.</li> <li> Play in background - An advance resizable picture in picture mode. You can also just play music of video in background, good for song playlists.</li> <li>Subscribe to channel with just one click. Easily import and export your local subscriptions from other devices.</li> <li> Bookmarks - Create your own playlist, import playlists, mark video as favorites and import all this data on other device to save time. </li> <li> Search suggestion and youtube watching history for easy access to what you have watched earlier. </li> <li> It is free, opensource and have 63 language support, updates are guaranteed if something breaks.</li> </ol><br /> oh, if you like to read the often not so interesting and hate filled YouTube comments, this app can do that too.<br /> <br /> All are these are the nice features which you sure want to try. <br /> <br /> Now lets talk about the things that you can not do with this. The first one is that you can not login with you YouTube/Google account in this app. This means that all your favorites and playlist won't appear in this client magically. The one motto of this app is to keep it as google-less as possible. Some folks out there really don't want to be tracked about what you watch and then target you with specific ads and collect all kind of personal identifiable information about you.<br /> <br /> Second things is that it can not provide you MP3 files of a video because YouTube does not provide MP3 files which could be downloaded directly. Other sound format that it provide for downloading can be easily played in almost all music player which you can find on play store.<br /> <br /> There might be some things that you may miss from while using this client but they are not something you can not live without. Considering all the good features it provides, it is my personal on the go app for accessing YouTube.<br /> <br /> You can find more information about it on the official <a href="https://newpipe.schabi.org/" target="_blank">NewPipe website</a> and check out its source code on <a href="https://newpipe.schabi.org/" target="_blank">GitHub.</a> <br /> <br />

NewPipe - FOSS Youtube client to watch and download Youtube videos on Android

YouTube is one stop entertainment and information hub for millions of people. It got all type of content on it for almost everyone. One si...

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