Google is taking a new approach in order to make it sure that Android carriers and manufacturers release faster Android update. As per a latest report from Bloomberg, the company planning a new tactic under which it would publicly “shame” device makers and carriers who are laid back in pushing latest Android software updates.
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Google’s Project Loon has been facing setbacks for sometime now to kickstart in India. However, according to a new report from Economic Times suggests that Google’s ambitious project may soon take off in India.
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Google has launched Science Journal app for Android. It measures and records data in real time on your Android phone and then converts that data into easily readable graphs and charts.
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Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) division announced Project Soli, a radar-based gesture control technology at the I/O developer conference last year. Last year’s development kit was huge to use it in smaller devices such as smartwatches. So Google’s ATAP team with Infineon redesigned the chip to make it 3 times smaller and also reduce power consumption by 22 times, down from 1.2W to 0.054W. The footprint is now also 3x smaller.
Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects division (ATAP) announced at the Google I/O that it will release the developer version of the Project Ara modular smartphone in the fall of 2016. This will replace the Spiral 2 dev kit that was showcased last year. The consumer version of the Project Ara is further delayed and will only be available in 2017.
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Levi and Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) have partnered to introduce its latest wearable technology – the Levi’s Commuter x Jacquard by Google Trucker Jacket at the Google I/O 2016. It is based on Google’s Project Jacquard that was announced at the I/O developer conference last year.
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Google has launched Awareness API that will allow developers to make apps aware of their surroundings. Announced at I/O conference, the new framework helps apps with a basic understanding of your phone’s actual surroundings.
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Current Nexus devices will not support the new seamless update feature from Android N. Seamless update downloads the files in background and also install it.
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Google already confirmed that Google Play Store and Android apps will be coming to Chromebooks. Now it has announced that the Google Play Store that will let you download and use Android apps that run on phones and tablets can run on select Chromebooks from June. Continue reading “Google Play Store and Android apps coming to Chromebooks starting mid-June”
According to IDC analyst, Google’s Chromebook sales in the United States in Q1, 2016 outnumbered Apple’s Mac for the very first time. Continue reading “Google Chromebook sales outnumbered Apple’s Macbook in U.S. for first time”
Google at I/O 2016 announced that it is bringing some of the Android N features to Android TVs, along with the release of OS later this year. Continue reading “Android N features set coming to Android TV and Chromecast: Google I/O 2016”
Qualcomm at I/O 2016 announced that it is working with Google on an initiative bringing the power of Android OS embedded directly into the car. Continue reading “Google and Qualcomm developing futuristic Android-based In-car infotainment platform”
Google at the I/O 2016 announced that Google Play now has over 1 billion monthly active users and Play users installed apps 65 billion times last year. It also announced improvements to beta tests and app discovery on Google Play and also released two new apps – Playbook and Play Developer console for developers.
David Burke, VP of Engineering, Android announced at the I/O developer conference yesterday that it is garnering suggestions from users before finalizing a name for Android N.
Google has finally confirmed that Android apps are coming to Chrome OS, as per earlier reports. The company has not officially announced this latest development but a session description on its website confirms the same.
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