Google announced a number of improvements to Play Store that are targeted at developers. With the latest update, Play Store is getting developer pages and A/B testing for Play Store listings.
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At the Google I/O 2015, Google’s VP of Engineering, Jen Fitzpatrick announced that Google is testing Network Quality Estimator for Chrome, especially for countries like India that has slow internet connection in most areas. This analyzes the network connection to optimize both the search results and any webpages to load pages faster and prioritizing text and information over data-intensive images. Continue reading “Google Chrome for Android to get Network Quality Estimator and Offline mode”
Google announced an array of new tools and updates at the I/O developer conference including Maps API for Android Wear. The feature that comes as a Google Play Services 7.3 update will allow developers to use the Google Maps API directly on Android Wear devices.
Google introduced Android M at the Google I/O 2015 few hours back. Now it has released M Developer Preview for Nexus 5, 6, 9, and Player (for TV), as well as emulator, as it promised. Android M brings new app permissions model which streamlines the process for users to install and upgrade apps, App Links, which improves upon existing link handling by allowing app developers to associate an app with a web domain they own, ‘Now on tap’ that offers contextual information in one click in Google Now, Android Pay & Fingerprint, Doze and App Standby power-saving features, new assist technology and more. Continue reading “Android M Developer Preview images for Nexus 5, 6, 9 and Player now available for download”
Google has announced some important features for Maps at the ongoing I/O conference. The company is bringing offline turn by turn search and navigation to Google Maps.
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Google announced a new program for developers to certify their apps as being “family-friendly” by submitting their apps to an additional review. The designation will make its way onto the applications page on the Google Play Store.
Google at I/O 2015 has announced its rumoured Internet of things (IoT) platform called Project Brillo with a goal to offer a simple platform for connected home devices and more. Continue reading “Google unveils Internet of Things platform “Project Brillo”, developer preview in Q3”
Google has just announced a new feature for Google Now at the I/O conference in San Francisco. The feature is called “Now on tap” and what it basically does is show you contextual information in one single click.
Google has finally taken the wraps off Android Pay mobile payment service at the ongoing I/O conference. The service lets users pay safely and securely with their Android phones.
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Google just announced Android M, an upcoming version of Android that aimed at improving the core user experience. It is the most polished Android release to date, said the company. There are the six important things that Android M concentrates on – App Permissions, Web Experience, App Links, Mobile Payments, Fingerprint Support, Power & Charging.
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Xiaomi introduced the Mi Note Pro back in January this year. It went on sale in China few weeks back. We unboxed the smartphone recently, here we have its benchmarks. is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 64-bit 20nm processor that has four bigger ARM Cortex A57 cores clocked at 2.0GHz per core and four smaller ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.6GHz per core with 600 MHz Adreno 430 GPU. It has 4GB DDR4 RAM, 5.7-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) display and runs on Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop) with MI UI 6 on top. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Note Pro Benchmarks”
Photos of an upcoming Xiaomi smartphone has just been leaked and it is said to be the upcoming Redmi Note 2 smartphone. The smartphone seems to be made of metal while the outgoing Redmi Note is made of plastic.
Xolo has announced a new ‘online-only’ sub-brand for India called Black. While the company hasn’t decided upon an e-commerce partner as yet, it detailed that the first smartphone under the Black sub-brand will be launched next month. Continue reading “Xolo announces new ‘online-only’ sub-brand Black, first smartphone coming in June”
Micromax has officially launched the Unite 3 Q372 smartphone that went on sale earlier this month. Micromax has partnered with Firstouch for new Unite Messaging Service that lets users to translate and transliterate with patented ‘Swipe’ feature that enables users to communicate in their preferred choice of language. It comes pre-loaded with 10 regional languages that includes, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Bengali and Marathi. Continue reading “Micromax Unite 3 Q372 with Android 5.0, translation in regional languages launched for Rs. 6999”
Despite being the largest cellphone market in the world, the Moto Maker service from Motorola that allows you to customise and buy phones wasn’t available in China until today. Today, at the Lenovo Tech World it was announced that the Moto Maker online digital studio is now available in China.
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