Yesterday, there were reports that paid apps are not working properly on Android Wear devices. Now, it looks like Google has taken the issue in their hands and released a workaround. Under this workaround paid app makers are required to manually package files differently.
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Google has taken down multiple Google Play Edition devices from the Play Store. Devices like Sony Xperia Z Ultra, LG G Pad 8.3 and HTC One (M7) were taken down from the device section of the Play Store. These handsets along with Samsung Galaxy S4 were out of inventory for some time before they were officially taken down today.
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Flappy Bird, the popular mobile gaming sensation that took the world by storm was taken down by the creator in February this year. However, in May there were reports that the game is making is way back in August with multiplayer capabilities. In the meantime clones of the game that was fetching $50,000 a day through Ad revenue were adding on the app stores.
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Google has added support for 13 new languages for features phone and web, including new languages such as Nepali and Sinhala. Last year Gmail got support for 6 Indian languages including Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu. Continue reading “Gmail for feature phones get 13 new languages including Nepali and Sinhala”
Paid Android apps from the Google Play Store are not working properly on Android Wear devices, according to a report from Android Police. Samsung Gear Live and LG G watch that run on Google’s Android Wear are facing a bug problem that is preventing these paid apps from being installed on Android Wear devices.
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Google Now is getting an occasional reminder option that will alert you about your tasks and to do list. Users will be asked by Google to set reminders for tasks. They can choose from options including “today,” “tomorrow” and “occasionally.”
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Google is releasing first update to Android Wear smartwatches. LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live have received their first updates, with an over-the-air update.
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Google announced Android Wear SDK a couple of months before the Google IO and at that time, they also announced that Google Android Wear will be making its debut on LG G Watch. At the Google IO which was held during June last week, Google announced that LG G Watch will be available for consumers to buy directly from Play Store. Until today, the Google Play Store showed that the LG G Watch was available for pre-order and now, you can buy the watch as it is available for Adding to your cart.
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Google has announced a major update to Google Play Services to all the Android devices worldwide. The 5.0 update to Google Play Services brings support to Android Wear. This will bring new APIs that will let developers connect their apps to wearable devices running Android Wear. It will also allow them to easily sync information between their phone apps and wearable devices.
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Google added SMS integration to Hangout last year in October. The feature that was launched to encourage use of Hangouts allowed users to get their Hangouts instant-messages sent them over SMS in case they don’t have an internet connection.
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Google has been updating Drive with various features since last week. First it allowed the ability to edit Microsoft Office files and offline supports for Docs, Sheets and Slides. Also, the Drive app for Android got an update with revamped UI and more. Today, Google has made Docs and Sheet app compatible with recently announced Android L. The move comes from Google just two days after discontinuing QuickOffice from Play Store.
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With an aim to expand its music offering, Google has acquired music streaming service Songza. The official news comes weeks after there were reports that Google is going to buy Songza. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Google is finally pulling the plug on Orkut, its first effort in social network. The ten year old social network will shut down its operations on September 30 and existing users will be able to export their information using Google Takeout until September 2016. However, new users will not be able to create accounts.
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Google’s Android platform has been the favorite of the OEMs for a long time due to its flexible nature. OEM’s have been able to change and modify the user interface of their Android smartphones without Google’s intervention. However, the OEMs and third-party developers will not have this liberty when it comes to the latest Android expansion by Google.
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