Remember the leaked YouTube video that revealed that Google Now is coming to iOS ? The update for Google Search is now live that brings Google Now finally. The new Google Search update version 3.0 brings Google Now that shows several cards weather and traffic, favorite sports teams, breaking news stories and lots more. You can just swipe away the cards to dismiss them. Continue reading “Google Search for iPhone and iPad updated with Google Now”
While we all wait with baited breath for Google to announce the next generation of Android at its annual Google I/O event, it turns out we might be in for a bit of disappointment. Rumors have surfaced that the next update will still be a part of the Jelly Bean family.
Android build numbers traditionally start with the letters of the variant. So, Android Key Lime Pie based OS builds will have the K suffix. The folks over at Android Police have discovered server logs and reports that detail an OS build showing Android 4.3 JWR23B which means that it is based on Jelly Bean. With a bit of IP tracing it has been discovered that the build numbers were from the Nexus 7 and Nexus 4 coming from Google employees. Continue reading “Android 4.3 Jelly Bean might be announced at Google I/O”
Google has always been improving the search feature on mobile phones. Google search is now faster and easier than before. The new quick link feature for searches lets you jump to a particular information you need quickly, instead of browsing through several pages. Google has also introduced new Quick view feature. Google changed the home page design for mobile similar to Google+ last year. Continue reading “Google Mobile search is now faster, gets new Quick view feature”
Google has announced the new Play Store for Android smartphones and Tablets. The new Google Play version 4.0.25 is a major update from the current version 3.10.14. This update brings a redesigned Holo-inspired user interface with new fonts, bigger images and lots more. This update also lets you discover things faster. The Google Play v4.0 sufaced in a leak last month, that revealed some of the features. Continue reading “Google Play v4.0 announced, brings redesigned UI”
Facebook Home, the launcher aimed at overtaking your Android phone has just leaked out in a half baked beta release. We took it for a spin on our Google Nexus 4, and found it to be quite buggy, but using the UI for the first time was a fresh experience. So, what do we think about the Facebook home? Will it change your mind about Facebook on mobile? Should you go for Facebook home, if you are a heavy user? We will try to answer them in our initial hands on impressions, past the video below –
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Facebook just announced their Facebook Home Android product and only select HTC and Samsung devices will be getting it initially. The Samsung Galaxy S3 , Galaxy Note 2 and HTC OneX+ are existing devices which are supported.The HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 are new devices which will be compatible with the app. Facebook put rumors about a Facebook phone or an forked Android OS with the launch of this app.
Chrome for Android has been updated to version 26 that brings the password and autofill Sync that was available in the Chrome Beta for Android last month. The Password sync would let you sync passwords easily, and the auto fill option lets you fill out forms quickly on a small screen. The new experimental data compression feature from the beta version is also available for the this stable version of Chrome for Android. It is based on SPDY proxy running on Google servers that would improve the page loading. Continue reading “Chrome for Android updated with password and autofill sync”
Google has announced today that it is forking Webkit to launch a brand new rendering engine called Blink. Blink will be focussed on speed and simplicity and will be a part of Chromium. The rendering engine will also power future versions of the Chrome app for phones and tablets.
Continue reading “Google launches Blink rendering engine based on Webkit”
Back in June 2012, Google had acquired Quickoffice to strengthen its mobile productivity suite offerings. The company has now rolled out the application to Google Apps for Business customers. The application has already been available on the iPad but now Google and iPhone users too can edit Microsoft Office files using the application on their devices.
Continue reading “Quickoffice for Android and iOS now available for Google Apps for Business users”
Google plans to release a new version of the Nexus 7 tablet powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, reports Reuters. The upcoming Google Nexus tablet would have a high-resolution display, thinner bezel and have a Snapdragon Chip, instead of a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor says Reuter’s sources. No details about the model number of the Qualcomm chip or the display size yet. Continue reading “Google Nexus 7 successor coming in July, says Reuters”
Google has released the Android’s Platform Distribution Numbers for the March to April 2013. Devices running on Jelly Bean (Android 4.1 and 4.2) has jumped from 16.5% to 25% compared to February to March stats. This 8.5% jump in a single month shows that manufacturers have started releasing new Jelly Bean devices. Companies like Samsung and Sony have started releasing Jelly Bean updates for their high-end and mid-range devices. Even Indian companies have started rolling out Jelly Bean updates for their devices, but the contribution of these devices might be very less. Micromax A110 Canvas 2 and Salora PowerMaxx got the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update last month. Continue reading “Jelly Bean now on 25% of Android devices, Gingerbread down to 39.8%”
When the Google Nexus 7 tablet went on sale last week , Google indicated that it would ship the orders by April 5th. But looks like the company decided to ship them out earlier than expected. A few readers have already mailed us that they have already received Fedex tracking numbers for the shipment and 1 reader actually got the device delivered at his home as you can see from the photo below. Continue reading “Google Nexus 7 orders already being delivered in India”
Google has introduced support for 6 Indic languages in Gmail on the feature phone browser. These languages include, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu. This would be much useful for native language speakers with feature phones read emails and understand the functionality inside Gmail in their own languages. Google had introduced support for Indic languages for their apps. Google Translate for iPhone got support for 5 Indic languages back in 2011. Continue reading “Gmail mobile web for feature phones get Tamil, Telugu and 4 more Indic languages”
With the latest update to Google Translate for Android, the company has added a much requested feature. The app now makes it possible to enable offline translations on a per language basis. Users will need to download a fairly large language pack to enable said feature. Google notes that offline translations will not be as good as those down in the cloud.
Continue reading “Google Translate on Android gets offline mode via update”
Close on the heels of the official launch of the Nexus 7 tablet in India, Google is now rolling out Movies on the Google Play store in India. India seems to be letting a lot of love from Google off late. The Book store went live few days back and now we have the Movie store. Apple did get a head start in India by rolling out the iTunes store late last year.
Continue reading “Google Play Movies goes live in India , rent and buy movies from Rs.80”
