Google is by far the major search provider for most people in the world and it is also one of the fastest ways to search for information especially with the homescreen search bar where you can just type in and search for something directly. Google is always looking for ways to make you search experience faster, better and more intuitive and this latest experiment too aims at doing just that.
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Google has just release v9.19 of its Maps application for Android devices and it brings in a host of new features and improvements including a driving mode and audio toggle for navigation among other things.
Sundar Pichai just took to the Google+ platform to announce the dates of Google I/O 2016 which is set to take place just 18 weeks from now in California.
Google Fit has been updated with a new feature that makes it easier for Android Wear users to track their activities directly from their smartwatch. With the latest update, the app has now been bumped to v1.56.
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Google is working on new colorful design for weather cards in Google Now and search. This look way better than grey colored cards or the Google News & Weather app and acts as a full-fledged weather app compared to a small weather card. It shows weather for today, tomorrow and for the next 10 days in three tabs. You can also add the location you have searched to your list. Continue reading “Google is testing new colorful weather cards”
YouTube is set to bring support for HDR videos soon. Youtube chief business officer, Robert Kyncl, announced the same at the ongoing CES 2016.
Lenovo will be making the first consumer-ready Project Tango smartphone, Jeff Meredith, Vice President, Marketing, Lenovo Mobile Business Group and Johnny Lee, Technical Project Lead, Project Tango announced at an event at the CES 2016. Project Tango combines the camera, gyroscope, and accelerometer to estimate six degree of freedom motion tracking, providing you the ability to track 3D motion of a device while simultaneously creating a map of the environment. Continue reading “Lenovo to launch the first Project Tango smartphone for consumers for under $500”
Google has released its Android distribution data for the month of January. Android Lollipop adoption is soaring every month and is now present on 32.6% of Android devices that is up from 29.5% since December.
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Unlike their usual style of launching a single smartphone per year, this year Google decided to launch two Nexus smartphones. The 6P is the flagship smartphone of the two. The 5X which we reviewed earlier proved to be a phone with good value for money. Despite previous Nexus phones trying their best to replace or provide alternatives to flagships, they have always failed and given a sub-par experience in some categories. The Motorola Nexus 6 was probably one of the boldest moves in the Nexus lineup and while it did tick many of the right boxes, it too fell short on becoming a suitable alternative to many products. Many people simply got it for the stock Android experience. With the 6P however, it seems that there are several things to make you want to buy the phone other than the stock Android experience alone. How does it perform in real life though? Let us take a look in the detailed review.
Google has confirmed that it is biding adieu to Oracle’s proprietary Java application programming interfaces (APIs) for its next iteration of Android. The company is switching over to OpenJDK for Android N which was first spotted by users on Y Combinator’s Hacker News and confirmed by Venturebeat later.
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Google Glass 2.0 that is called as the Enterprise Edition has been spotted at Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website. The second generation augmented reality glasses that were seen in the filings published by the FCC, were first reported by 9to5Google.
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Google introduced the Nexus program with the HTC Google Nexus One. The primary objective is to showcase the power of Android by using decent hardware and selling the devices at decent price points. Nexus devices always have a place in the hearts of Android purists as it has a stock Android experience and always are the first phones to receive new updates. Since the first Nexus smartphone, Google has released a Nexus smartphone every year. This year however, Google released two smartphones, the LG Nexus 5X and the Huawei Nexus 6P to provide two options for users. The 5X is the “lower-end” handset of the two and is a direct successor to the Nexus 5 which was released in 2013. Nexus phones in the past have always had issues and compromises that the users had to make in exchange for a stock Android experience. However, things appear to be different this time around with both the Nexus devices. Let us dive into the review to see whether the Google Nexus 5X manages to break-free from the usual Nexus restraints.
Google launched the Huawei-made Nexus 6P smartphone in India back in October. We have already seen the unboxing and benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have the battery life test results. The Nexus 6P has a 3450mAh built-in battery, comes with Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 support and also comes bundled with a fast charger. It has a 5.7-inch Quad HD AMOLED display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Check out the test results below. Continue reading “Google Nexus 6P Battery Life Test”
Google introduced Chromecast-enabled games last year, so that Chromecast users can use the phone or a tablet as the controller and the TV screen like a game or score board to play games like Wheel of Fortune or other classics on a big screen. Continue reading “Google adds more Chromecast-enabled games for Android and iOS”
Google is working on a new messaging service to take on Facebook’s digital assistant ‘M’, according to a report from the WSJ. This may be incorporated in its chatbot technology that answers questions inside a messaging app, says the report. This will let users switch between texting a friend and asking a chatbot for suggestion for a place to eat, by searching the web and other sources, in the same thread.
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