Android as an operating system is constantly evolving. Google surprised many of its users when it rolled out the Android 5.0.1 Lollipop. But the update came with a memory leak. This hampered the performance of the devices in the longer run and Google started working on it right away. It released Android 5.1 Lollipop post that to take care of the issue but the update couldn't take care of the... Read More
Google has revealed that it will soon be bringing an open API platform for Google Now. The open API will allow most of the apps on the device to display information to the user. The step has been taken in lieu of the huge expansion being done to the current pilot program, which works with 40 third-party services. There has been no revelation regarding the launch timeline for the feature.... Read More
Android users in India have a new reason to be excited today. No we are not talking about the Android One or about the feature to download YouTube Videos to and watch it offline which Google is going to introduce soon. We are referring to the Google News Stand which basically speaking is a News and Magazine aggregator. The Newsstand is a blend of Google’s magazine and Google Currents and was... Read More
According to a report from The Information, Google has decided to put the Android Silver program on the back burner as soon as Nikesh Arora left Google around mid-July 2014. Nikesh Arora was Google's sales chief and was also responsible for putting together plans and resources for the Android Silver program. Even though Android outnumbers iOS by a huge margin in terms of market share, Apple earns the maximum amount of smartphone profit.... Read More
After officially announcing the Android One program with three new budget smartphones in India, Google has released the Android 4.4.4 KitKat kernel source code for Android One devices. Bill Yi, in the Android Building Google Group, has stated that "the kernel source can be found on the android-msm-sprout-3.4-kitkat-mr2 branch in the kernel/msm project. It's also tagged with 'android-4.4.4_r3'." All the Android developers, tinkerers and open source fans can now download the... Read More
During the official launch of Android One smartphones today, Google has also announced that they are planning to expand this program with to more countries later this year with the help of nine new brands onboard. Asus, HTC, Panasonic, Acer, Lava, Xolo, Intex, Alcatel Onetouch, and Lenovo would release Android One smartphones. In an official blog post by Sundar Pichai himself, it has been announced that the Android One program will expand to Philippines, Indonesia, Sri... Read More
Alongside the official announcement of Android One smartphones, Google has also announced that it will bring offline capabilities to YouTube. Users in India would soon be able download YouTube videos and watch them later in offline mode. Ceasar Sengupta, Product Management Director at Google explained that this move from the Internet giant was to better serve Indian users who generally do not consistent Internet connection, be it Wi-Fi or cellular... Read More
Google is yet to officially unveil Android One smartphones in an event next week but looks like Spice couldn't wait until then. The Spice Android One Dream UNO Mi-498 is the first Android One smartphone and it is already on sale on Flipkart at a price of Rs 6,999. It features a 4.5-inch IPS LCD display with WVGA resolution, a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor, 1GB of RAM, 4GB ROM, 5MP... Read More
It is a good news for all Android Wear users. Google has started pushing out updates for all the Android Wear based smartwatches on sale including the Samsung Gear Live, LG G Watch and the Motorola Moto 360. All these smartwatches are being updated to version Android Wear 4.4W.1. This update is expected to bring about multiple improvements. Last week, Google listed a variety of software updates for the Android Wear devices. The new update... Read More
Google has sent out media invitations for a press event which will be held in India on September 15. The press invite doesn't mention anything about the event, though it says "block your date". We guess that they might be launching Android One smartphones in India during the event. We have already discussed about Android One and how Google is trying to standardise the entry-level Android smartphone market. Micromax, Spice and Karbonn are the... Read More
It appears that Google and Motorola may have finally agreed upon the name of the next Nexus smartphone which might be unveiled sometime later this year. According to AnTuTu records, the device will be called 'Motorola Nexus X'. Even though it was a pre-production unit, the Nexus X managed to score 35,430 points in the AnTuTu benchmark due to its high-end specifications. Based on Android L, the Nexus X would feature a 5.2-inch... Read More
Although there have been leaks about the Nexus 6 and Nexus 8 in the Chromium code, the latest report from @evleaks states that there will be no new Nexus devices in the future. Evan Blass tweeted that "There is no Nexus 6. Farewell, Nexus..." which means that LG Nexus 5 is the last Nexus smartphone ever. There have been rumours about Android... Read More
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