… Motorola phones were in the spotlight earlier this week when a Redditor discovered rather concerning behavior when opening the Amazon shopping app . Instead of simply opening the app, affected phones would briefly open a browser containing a shady URL before redirecting to an Amazon affiliate link. …
… This behavior is apparently being caused by a bug in version 26.19.13 of the app. Audible is aware of the issue, but we don’t have a timeline for any potential fix. The Audible app is using an inordinate amount of data on Android. …
… During the day, it’s also great for swapping from audio in the car to the Kindle version once I get home. Amazon’s closed ecosystem can absolutely be frustrating at times, but this is one area where the Kindle and Audible integration genuinely pays off. …
… I appreciate that there’s still a toggle to allow repeat callers, even if they’re not contacts, which works a treat when I’m afraid the Amazon delivery might leave my package out unattended. …
… This kind of throttling isn’t abnormal, but the frequency at which it happened was — I’ll get into the phone’s thermal behavior in detail in the performance section. …