Google Now, arguably, is one of the best features of Android devices. The personal voice assistant is capable to doing much more than expected (like setting up temperature of Nest thermostat) and now it's capable of doing even more.
Motorola is one of the few companies that keeps it consumers content by releasing timely updates for its devices. In fact, Motorola is the first company to release the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for Moto X, G and E smartphones; and Moto 360 Smartwatches.
Forget Google Glass, new smart glasses from Sony are here. The developer edition of Sony's augmented reality smart glass is going on sale in as much as 10 countries next month.
Android 5.0 Lollipop - the latest version of the Android mobile operating system - has been available since November last year but other than Nexus and Google Play edition devices, it is yet to reach other phones extensively. However, according to reports, Samsung's Galaxy devices seems to be the next to get the update.
Android 5.0 Lollipop has lower crash rate compared to iOS 8 and Android KitKat, according to a new study. The study noted that the older version of Android and iOS 7.1 had lower crash rates.
More than 720,000 Android Wear devices were shipped last year out of total 4.6 million smart wearable bands, according to a report by analyst company Canalys.
The kill switch is a remote software lock that bricks the phone and wipes data on it.
Google has announced dates for its I/O developer conference: May 28 and May 29 in San Fransisco. Announcement was made by Google senior vice president Sundar Pichai on Google+ and Twitter where he pointed to the official Google I/O 2015 website.
If you're watching one video this weekend, let that be the new Android ad by Google. The new Android ad features dozens of super cute animals, doing even cuter stuff together. If that's not enough, it even features an appropriate theme music from Disney classic.
Users of Samsung Galaxy S5 from Sprint are getting the Android 5.0 Lollipop update today (Feb 5), the company announced on its official support page.
After 15 months, Google's mobile operating system KitKat is running on around 40 percent of Android devices. However, Android Lollipop, launched three months ago, runs on only 1.6 percent of devices.
It's not just Apple who is selling more iPhones than ever before, but last year Android also broke the record. According to an analyst firm, one billion smartphones running Google's mobile OS were shipped over the 12 month period.
Some carrier versions of One M8 and M7 will not receive Lollipop update by the expected February 1st deadline, the company said in a statement.
Cyanogen has a new fan and its Microsoft. The Redmond-based company is planning to become a minority investor in Cyanogen, according to a new report.
After introducing its own version of Android for its One smartphone earlier this month, OnePlus is going to release its own ROM which can be installed on third-party Android devices.
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