Google Bans Android Phones From Having Three or More Notches (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @05:20AM from the enough-is-enough dept.

Google is building official notch support into Android P, but it's laying out some ground rules first: two notches is the limit. From a report: In a blog post for developers yesterday, Android UI product manager Megan Potoski wrote that Google is working with device partners "to mandate a few requirements" for app compatibility purposes. Among those are limits on notches. The mandate says that Android P phones can't have "more than two cutouts on a device." Only one notch is allowed per side, and notches are only allowed on the top and bottom edges -- not the left and right.

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Anyone else have no idea what a notch is? by skam240 · 2018-07-31 05:39 · Score: 3, Interesting

Maybe describe what a notch is in the summary for those of us whose lives don't revolve around our stupid phones.

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Re:Too bad by Oswald+McWeany · 2018-07-31 05:39 · Score: 4, Interesting

They could have refused notches completely and mock Apple for doing something so ugly and impractical.
It really is an absurd (and ugly) design "feature". I've yet to meet one person who has said, "what this phone needs is a notch".

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