News and notes on the latest from Google.
It’s a new year and Google’s monthly security updates are here. This time, Google claims the video sound quality bug on the Pixel 3 is fixed but the Nexus phones are finally left behind.
Continue reading “January patches for Pixel devices now available”
It’s the first Monday of December and the last month of 2018. Google’s monthly security updates are here.
#Techtober is finally over and in comes November. It’s time for another round of Google’s monthly security updates.
Continue reading “[Update: 2016 Pixel] November patches for Pixel/Nexus devices now rolling out”
Today, at the Android Dev Summit, Google unveiled a new API, aptly named “In-app updates API,” which can be used by developers to update their apps while they are running.
Continue reading “Google unveils “In-app updates API” to bring faster and more seamless app updates”
Today, during Samsung’s Developer Conference, Samsung is clearly still fighting to increase the popularity of Bixby in the voice assistant market. So far, Bixby hasn’t been a favorite for a lot of people (and all for the right reasons). From its slow response time to often returning the wrong results and not to mention the existence of the “Bixby button” in new phones, people often complained a lot on social media.
Continue reading “Samsung is opening up Bixby to developers”
Android—and any OS for that matter—would be nowhere near as popular as it is without the great support of the many developers making apps for the market. However, Android developers are now claiming that Google’s behavior and policies for making apps are “ridiculously unsustainable.”
October has arrived, and it’s time for another round of Google’s monthly security updates.
Continue reading “October patches for Pixel/Nexus devices now available”
Android Pie came out only a month ago and we’re already getting information about the next release. According to a report from XDA-Developers, Google might skip its maintenance release of Android Pie.
Continue reading “Google might skip Android 9.1 Pie maintenance release”
If you’re like me, you probably reset your phone or change ROMs fairly often. I frequently clean flash on my phone, and as you probably know, this means setting back up your Wear OS device to connect back to your phone, wiping the watch and all data on it. It’s possible, however, to keep your data and simply sync your watch to your newly set up phone.
Continue reading “How to connect your Wear OS watch to a new phone—without wiping”
Just after the release of Android 9 Pie, AOSP (the Android Open Source Project) now has a new lead: Jeff Bailey.
Continue reading “The Android Open Source Project now has a new lead”
