Galaxy store, bixby, weather disappeared after day one update - Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers

Not so sure what is the reason. I have to reinstall bixby from apkmirror to get it back. But can not find weather widget.....:crying:

lishuoxa said:
Not so sure what is the reason. I have to reinstall bixby from apkmirror to get it back. But can not find weather widget.....:crying:
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LOL, you are one of the first people I've ever seen that actually wants Bixby back. ? Can't help with the weather though since I don't use Bixby. Did you get the latest version they had?

Tel864 said:
LOL, you are one of the first people I've ever seen that actually wants Bixby back. Can't help with the weather though since I don't use Bixby. Did you get the latest version they had?
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I do not like bixby.. but I want to remap the bixby button... Then I realized the key does not work until I reinstall it..

Have you by any chance installed a device owner application prior to the update? (For example SecureTask.) That is a suspect of mine for the culprit.
In the mean time you can also use galaxy-apps.en.uptodown.com/android as a samsung application store.

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...sung-weather-1-4-87-1-2-android-apk-download/

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Jelly Bean has killed Light Flow

Installed Jelly Bean this afternoon and so far so good.
However, Light Flow keeps crashing, so I can't use it. I've followed all instructions, restarted, removed and reinstalled but still no luck.
Anyone else having the problem, or know of an alternative?
I only need it for Gmail and Handcent SMS.
It's not Jelly Bean - it looks like the latest update to Gmail caused it.
milesg said:
It's not Jelly Bean - it looks like the latest update to Gmail caused it.
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Ah ha, good point. I just assumed it was the update to JB, but you're right, Gmail updated pretty much straight away afterwards aswell.
In that case, hopefully the lightflow guys will be on it pretty quick...
Lightflow fix is now available on Google play
milesg said:
Lightflow fix is now available on Google play
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I've just installed 3.5.2LITE and still having the same issue?
What version are you running and is it fixed for you?
I've just checked back on Play and fix in the next few hours, so I'll give it a look in the morning.
Thanks for the pointer though
WannabeMKII said:
I've just checked back on Play and fix in the next few hours, so I'll give it a look in the morning.
Thanks for the pointer though
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You'll need 3.6.0 to show in the play store.
Manic evening for me with over 10000 emails in 5 hours!
andrewpmoore said:
You'll need 3.6.0 to show in the play store.
Manic evening for me with over 10000 emails in 5 hours!
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Great, thanks for fixing so quickly and that's quite a few emails
One minor issue, I'm unable to change or the settings for 'Google Now'. If I click on it, it does nothing?
andrewpmoore said:
You'll need 3.6.0 to show in the play store.
Manic evening for me with over 10000 emails in 5 hours!
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I've been using the free version up until now - just bought the paid version!
Great app and good back up deserves to be supported :good:
milesg said:
I've been using the free version up until now - just bought the paid version!
Great app and good back up deserves to be supported :good:
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Hmm, removed the free version and upgraded to the paid one... now I don't get any LED flashing for Gmail!
milesg said:
Hmm, removed the free version and upgraded to the paid one... now I don't get any LED flashing for Gmail!
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I'm still running the free version at the moment and getting no notification for Gmail?
I'm also still unable to change anything for 'Google Now'?
Can anyone else do anything with 'Google Now', or is it just me?
I've updated to JB but don't have a app called Google Now, am I better leaving the phone as is?
kenrw7 said:
I've updated to JB but don't have a app called Google Now, am I better leaving the phone as is?
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I don't appear to have an app as Google Now in my drawer, but it's showing in Light Flow?
You start google now by holding the home softkey on the display and move your finger up to the magnifier.
Tip: Don't even try it out, let it disabled. Your phone will have ~30% less runtime when it's activated.
CentaXx said:
You start google now by holding the home softkey on the display and move your finger up to the magnifier.
Tip: Don't even try it out, let it disabled. Your phone will have ~30% less runtime when it's activated.
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Yeah, I stumbled across it that way aswell and it's disabled, as I've no intention of using it.
I just wish I could also uninstall 'SmartAction', but that's another story for another thread, as keen to get my LED notifications working first.
Thanks for the Google now I'm leaving it as well
WannabeMKII said:
I'm still running the free version at the moment and getting no notification for Gmail?
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Ah well, not just me then. I dropped the developer a mail, I guess he's probably sleeping after spending the previous night fixing the crashing problem caused by the gmail update.
WannabeMKII said:
I just wish I could also uninstall 'SmartAction', but that's another story for another thread, as keen to get my LED notifications working first.
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You can't uninstall SmartAction but you can disable it go going into settings\apps\all apps, find SmartAction and click on the disable button at the top right.
flashsam said:
You can't uninstall SmartAction but you can disable it go going into settings\apps\all apps, find SmartAction and click on the disable button at the top right.
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If you're rooted maybe, but you can't if you're not. The only option is to uninstall updates.
New version of Lightflow (3.6.1) in the Play Store that is supposed to fix the problem with Gmail notifications.
Still doesn't show Gmail notifications via the LED on my phone though.
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Quick update - I've been in touch with the developer and he suggested the following, which worked with the latest version (3.6.1) for me:
Go into lightflow->notifications gmail, select the gmail label you want (disable and enable it if already enabled) and see if that works.

Bixby version 2.0, your thoughts?

Note 9 announced, so came Bixby along with it. This time it's version 2.0, out of the box. Samsung says it's now better at predicting user needs, processing natural languages and is quicker. You like it or you are going to remap it with a remapper or disable it forever? Or you want it to be dead already? Share your thoughts.
I'm too heavily invested in the Google assistant ecosystem. I liked how DJ Koh talked about how fragmented systems are because companies want to control, but results in a poor user experience, but then of course there's no way to disable bixby easily....not very open if you ask me.
I'll still test it out of interest.
funkydude101 said:
but then of course there's no way to disable bixby easily....not very open if you ask me.
I'll still test it out of interest.
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Well, you can forget Bixby home, let only the "Bixby voice" to stay and to follow your commands, can disable both and 4get forever or can Remap with remapper.
Virgo_Guy said:
Note 9 announced, so came Bixby along with it. This time it's version 2.0, out of the box. Samsung says it's now better at predicting user needs, processing natural languages and is quicker. You like it or you are going to remap it with a remapper or disable it forever? Or you want it to be dead already? Share your thoughts.
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Bixby seems to faster and context aware now (like Google Assistant), based on what I saw in Flossy Carter's unboxing and hands-on video (@8:02).
pedodroid said:
Bixby seems to faster and context aware now (like Google Assistant), based on what I saw in Flossy Carter's unboxing and hands-on video (@8:02).
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Yup, I watched that video sometime back. It's indeed improved but personally I'm not at all a fan of it when Google assistant so damn good
Hopefully its aware enough to disable itself before I do.
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Don't care 'bout improvements nd all bruh. Gonna remap it right outta box.
trickie69r said:
Hopefully its aware enough to disable itself before I do.
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That could have been dope . Unfortunatrly, u will have to do that on your own for now.
Ill never use it, ill just disable it again like with my s8 plus
sent from my Exynos S9 plus, Pixel 2 XL or Note FE
I think I'll give it another shot. Only reason I had stopped using was because I'm invested in Google Assistant. At least that's what I thought until just now when I realized, the only thing I use Google Assistant for is a 30 minute timer for my lunch clock punches.
Plus there's just something weird about saying "Hi Bixby," out loud.
Jammol said:
I think I'll give it another shot. Only reason I had stopped using was because I'm invested in Google Assistant. At least that's what I thought until just now when I realized, the only thing I use Google Assistant for is a 30 minute timer for my lunch clock punches.
Plus there's just something weird about saying "Hi Bixby," out loud.
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I tried my best to like it for quite sometime yesterday. And soon I realized.... NOO Wayyy! this ain't my assistant.
there is a way to disable it and remap the button to something else without root right?
w2830 said:
there is a way to disable it and remap the button to something else without root right?
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Yes, by executing Android Debug Bridge commands as there are some nice remappers out there.
w2830 said:
there is a way to disable it and remap the button to something else without root right?
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good to know that. Thanks!
I currently use it only for system control. My daily driver is Google.
I use Bixby all the time. Google Assistant is my reminder only use. Now that it remembers you are in a conversation and don't have to keep repeating the initial context I'll be using it even more.
I'm not seeing options to disable Bixby hardware button entirely in Note 9, unlike S9/S9+.
The settings and UI are different in Note 9 in comparison to S9/S9 plus,but no option of "do nothing" when you press the Bixby key in Bixby settings or Bixby voice settings.
**The unit I'm having is NOT a retail unit, it's a demo/review unit, with latest OTA flashed 2 days back with few enhancements and August security patch. The option to turn the Bixby hardware button into a totally "dead" button might show up in retail units.
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I'm not seeing options to disable Bixby hardware button entirely in Note 9, unlike S9/S9+.
The settings and UI are different in Note 9 in comparison to S9/S9 plus,but no option of "do nothing" when you press the Bixby key in Bixby settings or Bixby voice settings.
**The unit I'm having is NOT a retail unit, it's a demo/review unit, with latest OTA flashed 2 days back with few enhancements and August security patch. The option to turn the Bixby hardware button into a totally "dead" button might show up in retail units.
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Nope no "switch off" bixby buttons... very annoying And BX actions isn't working "yet". I gave Bixby a try for a couple of hours... it's a no go for me.
SAO said:
Nope no "switch off" bixby buttons... very annoying And BX actions isn't working "yet". I gave Bixby a try for a couple of hours... it's a no go for me.
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ButtonMapper doesn't work as well. But I would assume those apps might work in future once devs start working on it.
Update:
Checked a retail unit and Bixby settings are not different from the demo/review unit I had been using.
So, using bixby/phone settings one cannot turn the button completely off, for now. This is ugly and a step backwards from S9/S9+ IMO.

Huawei Facebook deception on P30 Pro uncovered for privacy

When I bought the device I checked to make sure there was no Facebook bundled into the OS. I bought the P30 Pro in Hong Kong. Upon leaving later I checked my apps and Facebook appeared with no uninstall option. WTF? I did not download or install Facebook on it and checked to make sure that when I bought it that it did not have Facebook on it.
More info can be seen here..
https://uk.community.huawei.com/sof...alled-with-no-uninstall-option-4373#post23629
Huawei is either dishonest with uninstall option or someone is really stupid doing the programming. See link above for more info. If you uninstall something it should not be able to come back period. If I the garbage was thrown away outside in the garbage dumpster I should not see it back in my house again and if I deleted,uninstalled or had the app thrown away it should not pop back on again in my smartphone. I have never deleted an app in my iPhone only to see it after present in my app list Did Facebook pay Huawei money to make sure it can not be uninstalled? Why is it that in the actually Google App Play Store it can only be disabled but in the Huawei App Store it can be deleted only to then pop back up again when Huawei app is disabled?
This is not the Facebook App, this is Facebook services. It was there from the beginning, same as with the P20 Pro before. You can uninstall it easily via ADB.
all the pugs said:
This is not the Facebook App, this is Facebook services. It was there from the beginning, same as with the P20 Pro before. You can uninstall it easily via ADB.
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ADB..?
all the pugs said:
This is not the Facebook App, this is Facebook services. It was there from the beginning, same as with the P20 Pro before. You can uninstall it easily via ADB.
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Isn't Root required to use ADB?
A simple Google search can guide you on how to remove it via ADB. Facebook and it's framework services are bundled in almost every global version phones now. I had it in my S10 plus as well. Just disable them if you don't want to remove it.
No root required
https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/
all the pugs said:
No root required
https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/
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That looks a bit complicated..
We already know that anything related to Facebook and disable is useless. If it can not be uninstalled then something is up.
I just watched the video you linked. If you go to the 1 minute and 30 second mark you will hear that he says we are not actually uninstalling the app but are hiding it from the user which is exactly what the Huawei Gallery app did.
It‘s not complicated. And you are not disabling it, you are UNINSTALLING it with adb FROM THE CURRENT USER. That means it is not removed from the device but uninstalled for your user account. Like windows can do, or mac os. No more facebook services, then, unless you reset or install a major update.
all the pugs said:
It‘s not complicated. And you are not disabling it, you are UNINSTALLING it with adb FROM THE CURRENT USER. That means it is not removed from the device but uninstalled for your user account. Like windows can do, or mac os. No more facebook services, then, unless you reset or install a major update.
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Will it work with a MacBook Pro or do you have to have a Windows based laptop to work?
It works fine on the mac, I am a mac user myself.
Will try to see how I can get it to work on my Mac but as of now it manages to pop back up again which is not good.
https://uk.community.huawei.com/sof...alled-with-no-uninstall-option-4373#post23913
desiregeek said:
Will try to see how I can get it to work on my Mac but as of now it manages to pop back up again which is not good.
https://uk.community.huawei.com/sof...alled-with-no-uninstall-option-4373#post23913
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Not sure why its popping back on yours, never had any issue on mine after removing it and all its services via adb. Even after so many updates (currently on .153) , it never came back.
JJay666 said:
Not sure why its popping back on yours, never had any issue on mine after removing it and all its services via adb. Even after so many updates (currently on .153) , it never came back.
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I think I know why. I updated to the newer firmware version. I downloaded and updated to the newest version and I think after I downloaded and updated it brought back the Facebook apps.
desiregeek said:
I think I know why. I updated to the newer firmware version. I downloaded and updated to the newest version and I think after I downloaded and updated it brought back the Facebook apps.
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If you only disabled it then yeah , it probably returned after the update. If you remove it via adb, then it won't come back. Facebook and its services are standard now in most of the phones not only huawei.
I wonder how much money Facebook paid Huawei? for additional Spyware to be built into their OS with no straight out uninstall option for end users ?
desiregeek said:
I wonder how much money Facebook paid Huawei? for additional Spyware to be built into their OS with no straight out uninstall option for end users ?
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The poster just explained this common to all phones and not just Huawei.
How much you selling your p30 pro for?
desiregeek said:
I wonder how much money Facebook paid Huawei? for additional Spyware to be built into their OS with no straight out uninstall option for end users ?
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you are paranoid, sorry. I haven‘t bought a recent phone in years that came without pre-installed Facebook, Instagram etc..
all the pugs said:
you are paranoid, sorry. I haven‘t bought a recent phone in years that came without pre-installed Facebook, Instagram etc..
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That depends on which country you buy your smartphone from.
warea said:
The poster just explained this common to all phones and not just Huawei.
How much you selling your p30 pro for?
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I just bought it, no plans to sell it yet. Not a cheap smartphone. You could buy one online though. I picked mine up in Hong Kong. For about $7K HKD (just under that).

Bixby button not working as remapable button anymore

Hey folks, I had reddit on my remapable button for Bixby for single press and double press is Bixby, but something happened yesterday out of the blue and it is not working anymore and it launches Bixby on single press and its frozen. Tried to re do the whole process nothing got fixed, restarted the phone, nothing, I do not have any new software, I sont use games I dont use almost anything except Google stuff like calendar and keep, some things like viber, Skype, WhatsApp, a bibble, or scanner and reddit... so the idea is I should not have anything to break my phone in my eyes, but I just also remembered there were Samsung updates yesterday in the Samsung store, for the apps and Bixby was one of them, has any one had similar issues, and do you know a fix?
Nobody?
I got the update for Bixby & related applications. At first, the single click of bixby button did launch the bixby assistant. Then I went to settings & disabled>enabled it & it worked good again.
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abhichak93 said:
I got the update for Bixby & related applications. At first, the single click of bixby button did launch the bixby assistant. Then I went to settings & disabled>enabled it & it worked good again.
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Thank you mate, it did not work from the first time but I did it few times on and off and it eventually got fixed. Cheers!
tixooo said:
Thank you mate, it did not work from the first time but I did it few times on and off and it eventually got fixed. Cheers!
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Great [emoji106]
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Remove the whole thing completely if you are rooted
I never used bixby
go to that post and remove it completely^^
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s10/how-to/galaxy-s10-s10-debloat-bloatware-t3912073
Edit: And you dont need root for that^^
TheUndertaker21 said:
Remove the whole thing completely if you are rooted
I never used bixby
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bilrage said:
go to that post and remove it completely^^
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s10/how-to/galaxy-s10-s10-debloat-bloatware-t3912073
Edit: And you dont need root for that^^
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If you totally remove bixby can you still remap the button?
For example I disabled bixby using package disabler pro and seem to be having issues remapping...
Yes, I use bxActions for that.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...-bxactions-remap-bixby-button-single-t3832301
For me it works great. Action Shortpress is Display off and lang press Google Assistant.
After updating, I had to go through the Bixby setup the first time I hit the button but after that I'm back to normal on a single press.

Question Disable Google home news (left swipe home screen)

I don,t know how to really call it, but how to disable the Google news feed on the swipe left home?
Another problem is sending a contact shortcut to the homescreen. it says its already there bu its not.
Lucky i didn,t get this phone myself, its UI is just horrible ****.
matteo040178 said:
I don,t know how to really call it, but how to disable the Google news feed on the swipe left home?
Another problem is sending a contact shortcut to the homescreen. it says its already there bu its not.
Lucky i didn,t get this phone myself, its UI is just horrible ****.
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If you do not like the UI change it or get rid of the mobile. For you it is horrible but for most of users not. It is a matter of taste.
Good luck with it.
PanNet said:
If you do not like the UI change it or get rid of the mobile. For you it is horrible but for most of users not. It is a matter of taste.
Good luck with it.
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Thx, very helpful
use a third party launcher to get rid of google page (lawnchair launcher 2,nova launcher)
and make sure you haven't locked homescreen when adding contact shortcut
I accidentally found a way to remove the Google feed.
I tried installing 'Breeno feed' from APK mirror. The phone required rebooting before it appeared on the left of my homescreen.
Most of the features didn't work properly, probably due to my phone being from the UK. So I uninstalled it (on app menu shows as 'Quick Glance').
After uninstalling it, Google feed no longer appears on my home screen, in fact I can't swipe left at all now
It stayed gone after a reboot and hopefully won't cause any issues.
Just thought I'd share this info and hope it can help someone.
After another reboot today Google feed reappeared..
So I just quickly repeated the steps and it's gone again. I guess it doesn't remain after a reboot.
Hi I've upgraded to this phone today from my find X2 pro and I saw this thread so I extracted the Smart Assistant apk from the find x2 installed it on the find x3 and it works fine but you only get weather, calendar and step counter features with my apk I've attached below if any of you want it.
Edit: there's a bug with weather not updating but otherwise it's better than having google on it I guess
Install apk and reboot.
alvydasd2 said:
Hi I've upgraded to this phone today from my find X2 pro and I saw this thread so I extracted the Smart Assistant apk from the find x2 installed it on the find x3 and it works fine but you only get weather, calendar and step counter features with my apk I've attached below if any of you want it.
Install apk and reboot.
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Excellent it works weather hasn't updated yet but at least it's not an eye sore like the Google feed!
iKlutz said:
Excellent it works weather hasn't updated yet but at least it's not an eye sore like the Google feed!
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Yh it doesn't update for me either I'll have to let people know that
There is another solution for disabling it completely which was shared by wedaxi on reddit:
Hello, maybe it's late to leave an answer but this is how I removed the google feed completely from the home screen.
You need to enable developer tools on your phone: https://developer.android.com/studio/debug/dev-options
Download Android Studio on your computer (this is the easiest way to install adb wich you will need, but you can search how to install adb independently)
Connect your phone to the computer with usb cable (you can also connect the phone wirelessly but the cable is the easiest method https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/adb)
Once you are connected use this command from the computer console to disable google feed app
adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
This only disables the app, it does not uninstall it, to do that you probably need to root the phone and I just don't recommend it.
I'm sorry if this method is not the easiest, this is what I did after not finding any other solution and It works.
However the Goolge-App and Lens won't work afterwards!
Hey there,
I found a way to "disable" the Google feed without installing another launcher.
If you hide the Google App in the Privacy Settings, when you swipe left, nothing happens. The icon at the bottom which indicates how many pages there are is still visible but honestly it doesn't bother me much.
Hopefully, Oppo will add the option to hide the Google Feed page.
Cheers

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