John “Gets Stuff Done” Hoit
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Amazing. This was written so well that the last update in 2018 is still working, mostly. I just found that the speed test now crashes the app. I use this mainly for the floating widget. It is funny that with Google's feature updates, the widget's display changes. After a previous update the widget font size turned super tiny and I had to change it to large to see it. June 2022 update made the font large and I had to change it again. Through all of Google's tomfoolery, this app still works.
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1. Issues? Meter stops showing when leaving app (check that certain settings like "Auto Hide" and "Only show on connect" are not active or adjust them). 2.Disable Notification to avoid issues with app seemingly vying for top spot in notification shade. It's actually redundant if the Floating Widget is being used. 3. Notch devices issue. The floating widget when confined to the notification bar can be manually positioned left or right using options under the Floating Widget tab available from the cog wheel button, upper right on app's home screen. 4.In Applications tab, set update interval to 0.5/sec for better accuracy. 5.Disable usage stats reporting to conserve battery and data. 6.Set Speed Units to KB/s (MB/s seems inaccurate, imo). Uncheck "Show in bits" and check (√) "Trim Speed unit" to use less space in notification/status bar and for greater accuracy. 7.Choose color options such as a reddish orange for uploading and a neon green for downloading from Floating Widget tab to see meter against low contrast backgrounds.
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Alberto Vaccari
Almost perfect, only 1 thing off at the moment: the floating text on the top bar, seems to slowly walk to the side, doing so it ends up hidden by the notch of the phone. Other than that, it's nice. Extra feature: being able to filter (or at least disable) WiFi downloads. I'm using it mainly to keep an eye on my data usage in real-time, the WiFi connection is less important to me.
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