Android 14 Beta 3 packs new stylus-specific features

09 June 2023
You can set what a button press on your stylus does and change the default note-taking app.

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veryangrynerd, 09 Jun 2023sim and internet access to a stylus, lol watYou can guarantee it won't be implemented by scroogle unless those creeps find a way to make it another data-harvester.

    Albi.RM, 10 Jun 2023On the contrary, in my experience, even those who say they ... moreCould not agree more. I used the S-Pen daily on each of my Note devices (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10 & 20). When I purchased the Fold 2, I was without a stylus for a while. Finally, after some research, I picked up an Adonit Pro 4 capacitive stylus to go with it, which worked well for my needs. Once I traded up to the Fold 3, everything was right again. The S-Pen reminded me why I will never consider another device without pen support again. Using my Fold 4 proves to be no different as I utilize the S-Pen multiple times throughout every single day. A stylus has always been a game changer and is a convenient must have tool for me.

    Coming from devices which utilized the best mobile OS ever developed (Microsoft Windows Mobile), it comes as no surprise that I have always had a stylus on hand. The HTC TyTN, HTC Touch HD, and Samsung Omnia II were all great devices for me. I did have to relinquish the resistive screen styli I had become accustomed to using when I picked up the HTC HD2 as the device has a capacitive screen. The HTC Sense UI overlay was so amazing and so ahead of its time that I enjoyed using Windows Mobile Professional without a stylus for many interactions. However, being the type of user who always accesses system files/folders, I would often need a stylus to efficiently navigate the core functions of the underlying operating system. That led me to pick up a cheap capacitive stylus. Once again, I was back to enjoying my device the way I truly love to use it.

    Reluctantly accepting that Android was taking over (Long Live Windows Mobile!), after two amazing years with the HTC HD2, I switched over to the first Samsung Galaxy Note. The rest is history. With that being said, right up until this very moment, the stylus is all I ever needed.

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      • 11 Jun 2023

      Since Galaxy Note 3, I've always had Stylus enabled pen (Galaxy Notes). For me it is: Does it have a stylus? If yes, we can talk. Styli, forever.

        Samsung literally had this since the first Galaxy Note.

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          • 10 Jun 2023

          Albi.RM, 10 Jun 2023On the contrary, in my experience, even those who say they ... moreNo they don't.

          I had several Notes and an S22 Ultra.
          I always convinced myself beforehand that I'd use the pen more, that this time it's going to be different.

          A year goes by and I hardly used the pen at all. Probably not even 10 times.

          Despite all the gimmicky features of the s pen it's hardly more than a toothpick. Only Samsung tablets have normal sized pens with screens that can actually use them. And even then....you don't really need one.

            ShozuL, 09 Jun 2023i dont doubt that, since i use to blame them for increase p... moreOn the contrary, in my experience, even those who say they buy it thinking that they are not going to use the S Pen, almost all of them end up using it daily; for notes, partial captures, translation or copy and paste something that does not leave you with your finger and with the S Pen.

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              • Anonymous
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              • 10 Jun 2023

              ShozuL, 09 Jun 2023i dont doubt that, since i use to blame them for increase p... moreGood opinion bro. Yeah it is cool but not critically important.

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                • 09 Jun 2023

                Anonymous, 09 Jun 2023Only Samsung is a serious brand anyway.i dont doubt that, since i use to blame them for increase prices like Apple did but now using and S22 ultra os good enough but...for real: the pen is a gimmicky you sill only use on the first months.

                In the beginning thats a cool feature and all but, vanish since it gets too many steps to some things.

                Well, thats my opinion.

                  sim and internet access to a stylus, lol wat

                    Anonymous, 09 Jun 2023Only Samsung is a serious brand anyway.that's for sure

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 09 Jun 2023

                      ShozuL, 09 Jun 2023If at least there are 10 or more phones/tablets who will be... moreOnly Samsung is a serious brand anyway.

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                        • 09 Jun 2023

                        If at least there are 10 or more phones/tablets who will benefice from this...is a worth thing, but i dont see this more than a pixel tablet, pixel fold and Galaxy S's Ultra's with pen.

                        So in the end only Samsung at least will benefict from that. Cause i belive pixel fold/tablet whatever will be a flop.

                          Is there still no option to configure the accent color and the palette in general?

                          That's just madness.

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