Translation: we juiced the bubble so good trying to make a trillion dollars that when it pops, the world economy is coming down with it.

Google Assistant is able to activate simply by the user saying “Okay Google,” at any time, without pushing any buttons first. That means the microphone is always listening.

I hate this timeline

The acquisition was in July of 2022, so it’s been about a year. It got talked about a little bit on r/android, but I’m surprised at how low key the whole thing was.

I use Hyperion Launcher. I bought Nova launcher back in the day, but I left immediately when it was acquired by a data collection and analytics company.

Hyperion launcher basically provides all the same features as Nova launcher. It’s a less intuitive to set up, but once you have it set up, it’s just as good.