Advertisements Google on Thursday unveiled the next version of Android in the form of Android M. It will be officially arriving to devices in Q3 this year, but the company is releasing the developer preview images today for select Nexus devices. According to Google, Android M is its most polished version till date and includes […]
Advertisements Looks like the built-in factory reset function is not doing its job in most Android devices. According to a recent research paper, an estimated 500 million Android devices are susceptible to the recovery of personal information like logins, emails, contacts and more even after factory reset. While this flaw doesn’t matter much as long […]
Advertisements Google is reportedly planning to add native support for fingerprint authentication in the next version of Android (tentatively named as Android M). While the implementation details of the new feature are unclear at this point, Buzzfeed is reporting that the search giant will unveil the feature at next week’s Google I/O developer conference. According […]
Advertisements Within weeks of the releasing the version 5.1 of Android, Google has rolled-out Android 5.1.1. As you can expect with a small increase in the version number, it is merely a bug-fixing update. Although like most minor Android upgrades, Google has not officially detailed the new version, but the release in AOSP on Tuesday […]
Advertisements After on-body detection, Google is now adding a new option to the Smart Lock feature in Android. The company has slowly started rolling out the new “Trusted Voice” option to various Android users, which allows them to unlock their Android device by just saying “OK Google.” The company warns users at the time of […]
Advertisements Cyanogen Inc on Monday announced that it recently closed a Series C funding round, which was led by Premji Invest (family office of Wipro Chairman Azim Premji). The company raised $80 million as a part of this round, which will be used to hire talent and accelerate the development of Cyanogen OS platform. “We’re […]
Advertisements Finally, Google has officially announced the arrival of Android 5.1. This new Android release has been known for a while now because of its presence in the new Android One devices. It is a minor release and mainly includes bug-fixes, but is also bringing some new features including OS-level support for multiple-SIM card slots […]
Advertisements Google’s Sundar Pichai on Monday confirmed the existence of Android Pay at the Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona. He stated that Android Pay is not going to be like Apple Pay or Samsung Pay and is an API framework, which payment systems will use for integration in Android devices. According to Pichai, Banks, […]