Google is out with its monthly Android distribution chart for the month of February. Android Nougat has finally crossed 1 percent mark nearly six months after its release. Nougat is present on just 1.2 percent of android devices of which only 0.9 percent of devices run Nougat 7.0 while Nougat 7.1 runs only on 0.3 percent of devices. The Nougat adoption has been increased by only 0.5 percent. Continue reading “Android Nougat running on mere 1.2% devices, Marshmallow adoption at 30.7%”
Google introduced Android Wear 2.0 with revamped UI, standalone apps, gesture keyboard and more back in May last year at the I/O developer conference. Today it introduced LG Watch Style and Watch Sport smartwatches running the latest Android Wear 2.0. It also announced the list compatible watches that will get the latest update. Check out the list below. Continue reading “List of smartwatches that will receive Android Wear 2.0 update”
Google today introduced LG Watch Sport and LG Watch Style Android Wear smartwatches running Android Wear 2.0, as expected. Both these have Circlular P-OLED displays, have rotating power button lets you easily scroll through your stream, bring up the app launcher, or get help from your Google Assistant and are water resistant. Continue reading “LG Watch Sport and Watch Style with Android Wear 2.0 announced”
Search engine giant Google, today launched a new tool dubbed as Google Cloud Search that uses machine intelligence to provide a combined search experience across G Suite including Drive, Gmail, Sites, Calendar, Docs, Contacts and much more. This tool was previously named as Springboard. Continue reading “Google launches Cloud search tool with machine intelligence”
YouTube today opened mobile live streaming all content creators with more than 10,000 subscribers. It will soon be available the rest of soon said the company. YouTube mobile live streaming was announced last June at Vidcon event in California to take on FaceBook Live and Periscope. You need to just tap the capture button within the YouTube mobile app, select a thumbnail, pick a title and go live. Continue reading “YouTube expands mobile live streaming, debuts Super Chat live stream monetization”
Google Maps for Android has received an update that revamps the interface which makes it smarter and better. The latest makeover adds three tabs – Places, Driving and Transit at the bottom of the screen. Continue reading “Google Maps for Android gets revamped design, real-time commute data and more”
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 Surfaceflinger and Mediaserver and High level issues in Remote code execution vulnerability in libgdx, libstagefright and more. Continue reading “Google rolls out February Android security update for Pixel and Nexus devices”
LG is all set to unveil Watch Sport and Watch Style Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches tomorrow. User manual of the smartwatches have surfaced showcasing some of features and design. Continue reading “LG Watch Sport, Watch Style user manuals show Google Assistant, rotating crown and more”
It looks like Google Assistant, one of the most important feature of the Pixel devices will soon land on Nexus devices. Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P are expected to get Google Assistant soon in a major update.
Continue reading “Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P might get Google Assistant soon”
Google and LG’s Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches were slated to be introduced on February 9. However, according to popular tipster Evan Blass aka @evleaks, Watch Sport and Watch Style smartwatches will now be announced a day before on February 8.
Continue reading “Google, LG Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches now expected on Feb. 8”
Google Pixel is one of the best high-end smartphones in the market that was launched in India last October starting at Rs. 57,000. Google has partnered with Citibank India to offer flat Rs. 9000 cashback for the Pixel smartphone starting from today, February 5th till March 5th, 2017. The official retail partners are Flipkart, Reliance Digital, Croma and Poorvika. Continue reading “Get Rs. 9000 cashback on Google Pixel with Citi Credit Cards”
Soon you will not be able to get the pure Android look on your phone as Google is tipped to kill the Google Now Launcher. According to an email obtained by Android Police, from the Android team at Google Mobile Services (GMS), “Google Now Launcher will be unpublished from Google Play” in the first quarter of 2017.
Continue reading “Google Now launcher for Android will reportedly be discontinued soon”
The tech world has already expressed their concerns over US President Donald Trump’s order of banning immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Now major tech companies are going a step further and planning to jointly draft an open letter opposing Trump’s immigration and travel orders.
Google has announced that the code for Chrome for iOS is being added to its Chromium project. This means like any other Google platform
Google has started rolling out Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) beta update for several Nexus devices and Pixel devices including Pixel and Pixel XL, Nexus 5X, Nexus Player, and Pixel C devices. The Nexus 6P is also eligible, but it will be released soon.
