Android News The wake word will be unnecessary for specific actions. Google still needs to save Wear OS. Raising the Bar with updated guidelines for Wear OS 3. Final Android Beta is here. App News Nova Launcher 7 goes live, allows adding weather icon in search bar. Home Depot introduces Hubspace, meant to offer a simple unified experience… Read More »

Android News Google Assistant rolls out trigger for Assistant routines when an alarm is dismissed. Android UI through the ages. App News Amazon Shopping App and Whatsapp hit 500 million downloads Google Calendar charts how much time you spend in meetings. Telegram pulls plug in Wear OS app. Chat gets GIF support. Movies Anywhere is getting a powered… Read More »

Android News Google gave phone makers extra money to avoid third-party app stores. Android 12 Improved Auto-Rotate adds the camera to the accelerometer as a smarter auto-rotate. Android App ratings will be specific to country and form factor. App News Google Maps may finally show how much tolls will cost. Google Pay has apparently been a disaster internally… Read More »

The Pine Time shows up. Android News Nest Hubs may get apps. Chat Bubbles start being replaced by Chips How Android was Bought by Google – Excerpt from the New Book App News The Best ToDo App Android Auto now giving automatic media suggestions. Custom Statuses now live for Google Chat on Android. Google Calendar will allow you… Read More »

Android News Google highlights new app experiences arriving with the new Galaxy Watch 4. Google allows app developers to create Wear OS Tiles. Android 12 reaches Platform Stability. Air Quality widget comes to Smart Displays. App News Google signing users out of Hangouts as part of a switch to chat prompt. Google Tasks updated to make list management… Read More »

Android News Google will close inactive Play Store developer accounts with low app downloads Google tries to limit what apps can use the accessibility service…again. Upcoming TicWatches will launch without Wear OS 3, but with an update. The Google Chromecast with Android TV needs more storage space. Hosts do not get invited to join Pixel Superfans group. Google… Read More »

Android News Android Auto beta program now live in Play Store. Android 12 URL Sharing Feature lets you copy URLs from the recent apps view. Manual font and icon customization to be dropped in favor of Material You. Google previews safety and privacy policy pages for Play Store apps. Android 12 prepared to kill off native SIP capability.… Read More »

Android News Qualcomm announces plan to push Wear OS Amazon App Store to support app bundles, optionally. Google Play got better for Wear OS users. App News Verizon will adopt Google Messages as the default SMS/RCS app from 2022. Google Maps is going to show more insights about your life, and expanded transit crowdedness. Google is replacing the… Read More »

Android News Google Play Services drop support for Jelly Bean Google may bring games to Android Auto Upcoming Google Photos feature would let you ask friends for photos using a link. App News New study shows Apple and Google default apps dominate their platforms Google Tasks has failed to take off Google added Tensorflow Lite to Play Services… Read More »

Android News New Multi-State Antitrust Lawsuit Targets Google Play’s Fees Microsoft cares about Android almost as much as Google. App Bundles concern some security experts. App News Firefox follows in Chrome’s footsteps and drops FTP support. Google Pay now supports paying using your Pay balance via NFC. Google Calendar invites will let you specify physical or virtual attendance.… Read More »