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Some lucky early buyers are getting their Nexus 6P shipments today, and Google is ready to go with the official factory images. There are two builds available, and as with the Nexus 5X builds last week, we’re not sure what exactly makes them different. Still, if you break something, you can get back to stock […]
Now would be a good time to check your Nexus 6P order status if you’ve been waiting on Google to ship you one. We’re seeing multiple reports of Nexus 6Ps shipping out from Google with delivery dates estimated in the next week or two. Some Nexus 6P orders started charging last night, indicating shipping was imminent, […]
Android has long had trouble with audio latency, which has made most music creation tools unworkable on the platform. Things were vastly improved in Android 5.0 to the point that many devices achieved the low latency needed for various audio apps to function. However, not all devices are created equal. In Marshmallow, Google has added […]
DNA and Fortumo First to Launch Google Play Carrier Billing in Finland Tartu, ESTONIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Finnish mobile operator DNA is today launching carrier billing on the Google Play app store. Customers of DNA can now purchase apps and games from Google Play by completing a 1-click payment and charging the purchases to their phone bill. […]
From its announcement at Google I/O to today, we keep uncovering new information and subtle details regarding the new permission system in Android 6.0. What we weren’t able to know, however, was how OEMs were going to treat (or be forced to treat) this new feature. Would they be able to remove it completely? Circumvent it for their […]
As several of you pointed out to us today, Qualcomm recently updated a blog post on its website regarding the “double-twist” camera launch gesture on the upcoming Nexus 5X and 6P. Specifically, they placed a strikethrough on the text identifying the feature, and clarified the reasoning for the change with the below information: [UPDATE: The […]
Update 1: 2015/10/14 8:50am PDT Yesterday a reference to something called “music gifts” appeared on a Google Play support page. Now a separate page has popped up that fleshes out precisely what this feature is, something Cody came across in a recent Play Music teardown just under a month ago. The page, titled Gifting lending digital content […]
The Huawei Watch comes with its own nifty charging cradle that you can rest the smartwatch on to pump juice back into its battery. Thing is, the thing costs $40. Needless to say, that’s not cheap. But in the instance you misplace or break your original cradle, or you’d like to supplement it with a […]
Google Calendar 5.x is quite the visual experience. Sure, the relatively way it goes about listing events rather than showing you a grid of dates may not feel as Calendar-y out of the box, but boy is it pretty. And now it’s prettier. Google has added new illustration to accompany more of your events. These […]
A new version of Google’s cloud storage app is making its way to the Play Store. According to a post on the company’s blog, the latest Drive release lets people request access to content links that they’ve received via email, an instant message, or some other method. Trying to view such a file without access […]
There are only a few apps on the Play Store with more than a billion downloads, and you’ve probably heard of all of them. Most are Google apps like Gmail and Maps, but Facebook has a few on the list as well. Now, Play Movies TV has hit this milestone just a few weeks after […]
Google releases an Android app each year providing Google I/O attendees with the schedule for the upcoming conference, and it uses the opportunity to show off how an Android app is supposed to feel. Then a couple months later it releases the source code, providing developers with a look at best practices. The source code […]
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