We’re back from holiday.
Show Notes
- Moto X Pure getting Marshmallow.
- Android News
- Platform distribution numbers for December, Marshmallow is 0.5%, Lollipop at 29.5%, KitKat at 36.6%, Jellybean at 26.9%.
- Smart Lock for Passwords reports success in the first six months, and continues to be enhanced.
- Chrome to Phone now officially deprecated.
- Pixel C team confirms multi-window is coming to Android
- Android 6.0.1 brings back Do Not Disturb until next alarm option removed in 6.0.
- New Google Now presentation for Android Wear available.
- App News
- The official Reddit for Android client will be live soon.
- Adobe Lightroom for Android is now free to use, no Creative Cloud account required. (Play Link)
- Google adds safe browsing service to Chrome for Android.
- Chrome Data Saver now loads images on demand on slow connections.
- Google Authenticator updated with Material Design and Wear support, offers developer preview for a NFC security key.
- Google adds reminders to Google Calendar for Android.
- Google releases Cardboard Camera, a program to take and view immersive 360 panoramas. (Play Link)
- In Other News
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, and other Silicon Valley CEOs speak out against intolerance.
- Chromebooks in education surge, Tim Cook calls them ‘test machines’.
- Settlement reached in Happy Birthday case. Details pending.
- Donald Trump thinks Bill Gates should do something about that Internet.
- Google Photos unveils shared albums.
- Chromecast Audio gets multi-room audio and high-res streaming.
- Dropbox shutting down Carousel and Mailbox.
- Google is shutting down Songza on January 31st.
- Google Cultural Institute partners with 60 global performing arts institute to bring live 360 degree performances to desktop and with Google Cardboard.
- Mozilla to try and find other project to transfer control of Thunderbird to.
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