HTC has become the first smartphone OEM to confirm upcoming Android N update for some of their smartphones. During the Google I/O, HTC has tweeted that it will roll out Android N update for HTC 10, One A9 and One M9 smartphones, which will be the first set of devices to get the update. Continue reading “HTC confirms Android N for HTC 10, One A9 and One M9”
Google announced Android Wear 2.0 with a slew of new features, design tweaks and more at the I/O developer conference yesterday. The Android Wear platform has received a significant update since its launch two years back.
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Xiaomi has announced Mi Box, its new 4K box powered by Android TV. Xiaomi is also one of Google’s first Android partners for making Daydream-ready devices, Google VP Clay Bavor announced at the Google I/O conference keynote few hours back. It also comes bundled with Bluetooth voice remote that supports voice search and commands and has optional Mi Game Controller that also connects to other Android devices other than the Mi Box. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Box 4K Android TV box announced, coming soon to the US”
Google has released developer preview 3 images for Android ‘N’, the next major Android for compatible Nexus devices, a month after the release of developer preview 2. This update brings several new features, including seamless updates that lets Android devices built on N install system updates in the background, similar to Chromebooks.
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Google at I/O 2016 introduced Android Instant Apps platform for developers. What this will do for normal users is that when they will tap on an Instant App URL, it will run that that particular app without having to install it. Continue reading “Google introduces Android Instant Apps, works without installation”
Google at its annual developer conference (Google I/O 2016) in Mountain View announced a new VR platform dubbed ‘Daydream’, built for smartphones, headset & controllers, and apps. Continue reading “Google Daydream high-quality Virtual Reality platform for Android N announced at I/O 2016”
Google seems to be emphasising a lot on keeping people connected at Google I/O 2016 and the Duo app is quite similar as its companion app, Allo. Duo is a no nonsense mobile only one-one video calling app that focuses on making the process as simple as possible for the user.
Continue reading “Video calling is now simpler than ever thanks to Google’s Duo app”
Google I/O 2016 is going on at full swing and we already have quite a few interesting announcements. Allo is a chatting app made by Google and announced at I/O 2016.
Continue reading “Ever wanted to search while chatting? – Now you can with Google’s Allo app”
Samsung has sent out invites for the launch the new ‘Galaxy C’ series on May 26th. According to earlier rumors, the Samsung Galaxy C-Series smartphones are expected to come with a metal body, pack 4GB of RAM, 16MP rear camera, 8MP front-facing camera and a fingerprint sensor. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy C series smartphones to be announced on May 26”
With an aim to provide an enhanced mobile experience, Google is rolling out ‘rich cards’ for mobile search which displays content in more engaging and visual format.
Continue reading “Google mobile search gets rich cards for recipes and movies”
Swiftkey has rolled out a new keyboard in beta that supports emoji prediction. Dubbed as Swiftmoji, the keyboard predicts emojis and helps you access them faster.
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Panasonic launched the Eluga I2 4G smartphone back in August last year. Today the company has launched upgraded version with 2GB and 3GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage, compared to 1GB of RAM in the original Eluga I2. It also has an improved 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash and 4G Voice over LTE (VoLTE) support for Indian specific LTE bands – 3, 5 and 40. Other specifications are the same, including a 5-inch HD screen, 1GHz quad-core processor, 8-megapixel rear camera and a 2000mAh battery. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga I2 variants with 2GB and 3GB RAM, 4G VoLTE launched starting at Rs. 7990”
Google has announced the launch of Android Pay in the UK. The rollout marks the first time that Google has made Android Pay available outside its home market of the US.
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After Microsoft announced that it will sell its feature phone business to FIH Mobile, a subsidiary of Hon Hai/Foxconn Technology Group and and HMD Global for $350 million, Nokia has announced that it will be back to the worldwide mobile phone and tablet market, as it had promised. It has grant exclusive global license to HMD, a new company based in Finland to sell Nokia-branded feature phones, Android smartphones and tablets for the next ten years. Continue reading “Nokia coming back to smartphone and tablet market with new Android devices”
We have already seen couple of leaks and live images of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Active (SM-G891A) . Now the phone has surfaced in gold color variant.
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