09-05-2022, 09:35 PM
(09-05-2022, 08:29 PM)TheOldPresbyope Wrote: For those who may be drawn to this thread by its title "...from Android phones", what's being outlined here seems to be rather specific to Samsung phones. Samsung is well-known for not installing "pure" Android O/S but rather a Samsung-specific release of it. The approach being taken by @rongon using "Samsung Smart Switch" appears to be a Samsung-specific approach to solving the problem as well.
As a counterexample, my Google Pixel 3A phone alerted me that I could upgrade to Android 12 in October 2021 and I did so. At some point after that the web browsers on my Pixel 3A began resolving mDNS addresses---likely in early 2022 after one of the periodic security updates. I don't know when specifically because I had gotten used to the feature not being present so didn't constantly check it.
The moral of this story is, pay attention to which vendor's release of Android is being discussed and what version of Android from the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) it's based on.
Regards,
Kent
Uh, this is weird. Indeed, maybe arrogantly, I got it as a whole-Android thing. Good clarification, thanks.
Cheers, Al.
