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New early access projects and public releases

Added 2021-04-16 08:21:32 +0000 UTC

Thanks everyone for the support! We're still in the early days of this, but I really appreciate those who are generous enough to become patrons here.

New early access projects

Today, I released a new version of my ProtonAOSP ROM, 11.4.1-test0, for early access patrons. The initial early access version, test0, is only available for the Pixel 4 and 4 XL because it's focused on the new device support. New changes since 11.4.0:

Added adaptive brightness toggle in quick settings
Added support for Pixel 4 and 4 XL
Low-level blur optimizations for GPU efficiency
Improved blur quality with state-of-the-art triangular RGB blue noise dithering and gamma correction
Pixel 4: Customizable Active Edge support
Pixel 4: Fixed unexpected disconnects from weak 5 GHz Wi-Fi networks (stock bug)
Pixel 4: Night Light color temperature calibration from stock
Pixel 4: Temperature and USB port overheating warnings from stock
Pixel 4: Reduced background memory usage
Pixel 4: Optimized native code for Cortex-A76 CPU

More changes coming soon:

Pixel 4: Customizable implementation of Soli Motion Sense gestures
Pixel 4: Smoother lock screen
Pixel 4: Easier face unlock enrollment
Pixel 4: More detailed face unlock errors
Pixel 4: Disabled debugging for UI rendering

Install from browser (recommended)

If you prefer manual installation, let me know which device and variant you want (gapps or minimal) and I'll send you a download link.

In particular, the blur improvements are the result of a massive undertaking that I started back in December 2020. The result is much smoother and more detailed now due to the use of state-of-the-art graphics rendering techniques from the gaming industry (dithering with RGB blue noise reshaped to a triangular distribution, and gamma correction). Patrons, watch out for a post with the details soon!

Public releases

The early access projects that I initially launched with on Patreon, Android 12 Extensions 2.0.0 and Inter Font Pack 3.18.0, have been public for about a week.

A new version of my ProtonAOSP ROM for the Pixel 2, 2 XL, 4a 5G, and 5 was also released for early access and is now public as ProtonAOSP 11.4.0:

April security patch
Machine learning back gesture from Android 12 (better accuracy and adaptive sensitivity)
Improved overall system performance
Up to 18% faster app, menu, and screen opening
16% faster screenshot capturing
Up to 4x faster low-level memory management
Empirical optimizations throughout many different layers of the system
Faster image loading and saving (PNG and JPEG)
Compiled with the latest Clang 12 toolchain from Android 12
Updated UI fonts
Updated WebView to Chromium 89 (LineageOS)
Preparation for Pixel 4 and 4 XL support
Pixel 2: Fixed updating without wiping data