The Android engineering team is getting ready for an AMA session on Reddit. As you know, brands and celebrities can host Ask-Me-Anything sessions on the website to have questions of fans and the public about anything answered. It is a good way for a tech giant like Google to reach out to the customers and […]
Last year, we told you that Google was testing out floating bubbles in the Android Messages app. Earlier last month, we discovered Facebook Messenger would use Android 11 Bubbles over old chat heads. Now we’ve got information Google Messages is supporting the Bubbles feature from the new Android version. It is still in beta but […]
Read MoreOur last update about Android’s Nearby Sharing feature mentioned that non-Android devices may get the file-sharing feature soon. Nearby Sharing has been a regular subject here. It’s an important feature from Android that most of us have been waiting for since forever. It’s the Android version of Apple’s AirDrop. The file-sharing feature is needed because […]
Read MoreThe beta version of Android 11 is already available for testing, development, and feedback. The new mobile operating system from Google brings new ways to communicate and comes with a slew of security and privacy changes that are made to make the OS more secure and less prone to giving away user data. As part […]
Read MoreUs mere mortals don’t know everything about Android 11 ahead of its expected release this third quarter but developers and OEMs are of course privy to details about it. Now a document called Android Compatibility Definition Document (CDD) which is released with each every new version of Android has apparently leaked. And while it doesn’t […]
Read MoreIn the past few months, the world has changed. We can’t say for better or worse because, despite the pandemic situation, the earth has been healing. No, we’re not discussing health and politics here but just one of the notable changes we’ve seen–increase in screen time. Definitely, most parts of the world have more people […]
Read MoreThere’s always a lot of excitement for Google’s Android updates. The company releases a major OS update every year with new features and improvements. There’s always a beta program for select devices and its Pixel smartphones are always the first to get the new update. Third-party OEMs that sell Android devices release the update for […]
Read MoreThe Android team has successfully launched the Android 11 Beta despite the cancellation of the online event. Google said it wasn’t the time then to celebrate because of the George Floyd issue. The new OS version was leaked before the official launch, postponed, and then finally released last week. A number of OEMs like OnePlus, […]
Read MoreAndroid 11 Beta released a few days back, initially it was exclusive to Pixel and Google Nexus devices only. After about a week, the next-generation Android version was also available for OnePlus 8 series and other phones. Now, Xiaomi Mi 10/Mi 10 Pro are also eligible for the Android 11 Beta 1 build in vanilla […]
Read MoreAndroid 11 Beta was released last week for Pixel devices and the OS team has been busy identifying issues and suggestions from testers so far. To make it easy for testers to get a hang of what new features and changes the version is making, Google has got a new daily video series called 11 […]
Read MoreWe haven’t really witnessed this but some people who already tried Android 11 have been saying the new version has a 4GB limit on video recordings. This can be bothersome to those who use their Android devices for such function. Apparently, some people noticed the cap and started complaining about it. Google said it would […]
Read MoreWith Google announcing the release of Android 11 Beta, we can expect OEMs to announce that an update is ready for their phones. Xiaomi wants to start by announcing the new version for the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro. The POCO brand also made it public that Android 11 Beta 1 will be ready […]
Read MoreFor Samsung, a manufacturer that launches an almost obscene amount of smartphones each year, bringing new Android versions to its customers is a daunting affair. Having so many devices means Samsung needs a lot of time in order to bring one major Android update to each and every one of them. Before the company gets […]
Read MoreThe Android 11 Beta release has finally happened. The official launch was supposed to take place last week, June 3rd, but was postponed. The team didn’t explain the reason but only said “now is not the time to celebrate”. We weren’t sure then if it was because of something related to the pandemic, the death […]
Read MoreDon’t be surprised if you see some changes on your Facebook Messenger. The chat heads are said to have changed. The devs decided to use the bubble notifications API from Android 11. The Bubbles API is not really new. It was already introduced last year as part of Android 10 Beta 2. It was an […]
Read MoreAndroid 11 Beta has yet to be released officially but the new version is said to have been leaked. There are new features and some changes to expect from Android 11 but we would like to highlight that it appears to challenge non-Google Play apps. What happens is that such mobile apps force-quit. This is […]
Read MoreMore Android 11 details have been shared by XDA editor Mishaal Rahman. He won’t stop sharing his knowledge until Google officially releases the new Android OS version. Not that we have no idea about the new mobile OS since several Developer Previews have rolled out already but there are new interesting features and more improvements […]
Read MoreIt’s final. Google is postponing the ‘Android 11: The Beta Launch Show’. There is no new schedule set yet but we hope it will happen soon. The Google I/O 2020 was canceled and so we were looking forward to the Pixel 4a and Android 11’s official announcement. Any physical tech event isn’t allowed yet so […]
Read MoreGoogle I/O was canceled and so we had high hopes about the Android 11 launch. It is supposed to happen on June 3rd but unfortunately, the Android development team decided to cancel the event. It’s only a beta release so it would still be understandable if there are bugs and issues but the devs are […]
Read MoreGoogle had introduced the seamless updates feature with Android 7.0 in 2016, but the company hadn’t made it mandatory for Android smartphone vendors to use it. As a result, smartphones and tablets from most brands, including Samsung, lacked support for seamless updates, but that will change next year.According to a change that Google recently made […]
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