Google has released Android distribution numbers for the month of May. Android Nougat adoption is increasing steadily and has now reached to 7.1%, up from 4.9% last month. Nougat 7.0 is present on 6.6% of Android devices while 0.5% have Android 7.1 installed.
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Google has started rolling out new over-the-air (OTA) update for Pixel and Nexus devices and also posted factory images as part of monthly Android Security release. The latest update this month fixes several critical issues, including issues in Remote code execution vulnerability in Mediaserver, and Remote code execution vulnerability in Framework APIs, Mediaserver, Audioserver and more. Continue reading “Google rolls out May Android security update for Pixel and Nexus devices”
Google and Facebook have been confirmed as victims of a $100 million phishing attack that was first reported in March, according to a latest report from Fortune.
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Google has updated its support page that gives out details about Android updates for its flagships. Pixel and Pixel XL will receive Android updates till October 2018, as per the support page. Meanwhile, security updates are promised to rollout until October 2019. Google had announced Pixel devices in October last year. Continue reading “Google Pixel, Pixel XL to get Android updates till October 2018”
Alphabet has announced financial results for Q1 2017. The company has reported $24.75 billion in revenue, up 22% YoY while it garnered $5.42 billion in net income, up 29%. Continue reading “Alphabet reports $24.75 billion in revenue, $5.42B in net income in Q1 2017”
Google Trips is getting a major update with bunch of new features that will make your next vacation better. Launched in September last year, the travel planning app will now keep hotel, flight and other reservations in one tab and let you share any of it with the tap of a button. Anyone you share with will receive an email with all the reservation details, and see them in the app too. Continue reading “Google Trips gets new features for better vacation planning”
Google started rolling out Play Store and Android apps for Chromebooks back in June last year. Later it expanded to more Chromebooks – Dell Chromebook 13, HP 13, Samsung Chromebook 3, and ASUS C301SA. Now it has listed Acer Chromebook R11 (CB5-132T, C738T), AOpen Chromebox Mini, AOpen Chromebase Mini, Asus Chromebook Flip C100PA, Google Chromebook Pixel (2015) and Samsung Chromebook Plus supports Android apps in stable channel. Continue reading “Google confirms list of Chromebooks that will get Play Store and Android Apps”
Google Maps will now help you find your parked car thanks to a new parking reminder feature. Available for Android and iOS, the feature will let users record their parking locations. Continue reading “Google Maps for Android and iOS get parking reminders”
Google is expected to launch three Pixel devices this year. It has been reported that the company is working on two Pixel phones codenamed as Walleye and Muskie. Now, a leak from Android Open Source Project is suggesting there is a third device in making as well. All the three Pixel phone are tipped to be powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 835 processor.
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Last month, Google announced that it will apply neural machine translation for translations of text in Hindi. Now, the company is expanding the neural machine translation for Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam and Kannada. Introduced in September last year, Neural machine translation translates whole sentences at a time instead of piece by piece. Continue reading “Google Translate expands neural machine translation to Chrome and 9 Indian languages”
Google and Chinese imaging company Yi Technology have jointly announced Yi Halo”, the virtual reality (VR) camera. The Yi Halo is the second camera based on Jump, a VR technology product from Google for professional productions. Continue reading “Google Yi Halo 3D VR camera with 17 4K cameras announced”
Today at an event in India, Google announced that it has updated Gboard for Android with support for 11 new languages to the list of 11 existing Indian languages that include Bengali, Bashkir, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu and more. It also has transliteration support in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati and more. Continue reading “Gboard now supports 22 Indian languages, gets transliteration in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and more”
Google Home has become more intelligent as it can now recognize multiple users. With latest update, up to six people can connect their account to Google Home and detect six different voice. Continue reading “Google Home can now recognise up to 6 different voices”
Google will soon start rolling out a new update for PhotoScan app that will bring a bunch of two features. The app is getting a tool to turn of glare on photos and is making sharing easier. Continue reading “Google PhotoScan update adds ability to remove glare, brings easier sharing”
Google is currently working on an built-in ad blocker feature for Chrome, according to a latest report from the Wall Street Journal. The search giant plans to roll out ad blocker in the next mobile version of its Chrome browser that would filter out certain types of ads.
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