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tl;dr from the article:
- Auracast is a feature of the Bluetooth LE Audio standard that enables broadcasting audio to nearby devices.
- Android added basic support for Bluetooth LE Audio in Android 13, including support for starting and connecting to audio streams.
- Android 15 could get a dedicated page for audio sharing, signaling that Auracast could be a key feature of the new OS.
Screenshots from the article of how the feature would look like:
I keep seeing "share nearby" in Android 13 share screens and it creeps me out. I've been wondering if there is a way to disable it. I still use wired earbuds and made sure to buy a phone that supports them.
It needs consent from both parties and just uses stuff like Bluetooth or WiFi, what's the problem with it? You can pin other stuff to the top to force it down the list.
The main thing is that it's obtrusive and it feels like Google is shoving it at me, which has to be nefarious. It hadn't occurred to me to pin other stuff. I'd rather just get rid of the nearby feature since I'm never going to use it.
The number one feature I want disabled elis that fuckin log in with Google on every page that loads these days
I didn't realize that was an Android feature. I thought it was something that the sites themselves used.
I don't think it's an Android feature. It shows up on desktop as well.
I once found a ublock filter for that, but only for one specific site. I'll see if I can get it to work for any site
Add "accounts.google.com/gsi/$3p" to the My filters page in uBO, it should block that nonsense on every page.
It is constant, the only way I know of is to log in and disable it in your account settings which makes it an absolute balls in terms of privacy.