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The software program on our telephones is continually being up to date, so we’re nicely conscious that the looks and performance of apps can change on even a day-to-day foundation. However final 12 months, Android customers discovered themselves scratching their heads about one change particularly: Google’s Cellphone app including help for a landscape-style interface. Was it a bug? Was it a function? Who was even asking for this within the first place? After a couple of bumpy months, it now appears to be like like we’re lastly on the finish of this bizarre saga.

Holding your telephone upright in portrait orientation seems like simply essentially the most pure means on the earth to make telephone calls — a lot in order that we had been left scratching our heads a bit late final summer time once we first caught wind of new panorama mode help.

Properly, it seems that shortly after we final checked in, Google formally introduced the supply of the portrait-mode lock, which now seems to be typically out there to all Cellphone customers:

“We’re pleased to share {that a} new Maintain portrait mode setting is now out there. To provide you extra management, this setting retains your calls in portrait mode. Based mostly on consumer suggestions, your calls are actually default to portrait mode, so that you don’t must take additional motion to maintain this lively. We notice that some customers in our beta program are confused by this setting’s preliminary introduction after which disappearance. We briefly eliminated this setting to replace it in response to neighborhood’s useful suggestions.”

It’s notably good to see Google acknowledge our shared uncertainty surrounding these developments — good to know we weren’t simply all going loopy collectively.

We’d nonetheless love to fulfill whoever was really clamoring for panorama telephone calls to start with, however congratulations on getting your want, weirdo.