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Xiaomi releases the Mi A1, a flagship Android One phone for India

China’ssmartphonemakerXiaomireleaseditsnewMiA1phoneonTuesdayinNewDelhi,India.ThesmartphoneisaflagshipphoneoftheAndroidOneinitiativeintroducedthreeyearsagobyGoog

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Google will brand certified Android device boxes with a Google Play Prot

TherearebasicallytwokindsofAndroiddevicesoutthereintheworld—onesthatarecertifiedbyGoogleandcomepreinstalledwithGoogleapps(includingthePlayStore),andonesthataren

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Oreo is officially the next name for Android

GooglelovestomakeabigsplashwhenitrevealsthenameforthelatestversionofAndroid.Butthecompanyisgoingalloutthisyear,usingthesolareclipseasanopportunitytorevealthatAn

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Google might launch a reborn Chromebook Pixel and smaller Home

DoyoustillhaveaChromebookPixel-shapedholeinyourheartmonthsafterGooglepulledtheplug?Goodnews--Googlemightbebringingitback.AsourcespeakingtoAndroidPoliceclaimstha

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Nougat hits 13.5% with Android O right around the corner

GooglehasupdatedthedeveloperdashboardsforAugust,andthatmeansanewglimpseatwhichversionsofAndroidarefloatingaroundoutthere.Likelastmonth,Android7.0and7.1sawasmall

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Android could show how much battery your wireless headphones have left

GoogleisgoingtomakeitabiteasiertocheckthebatterylevelonBluetoothdevicesconnectedtoyourphone.AsspottedbyXDADevelopers,theAndroidOpenSourceProjecthasaddedsupportf

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Android's open system makes it difficult to compete with Apple

"Ifyoutrulycareaboutgreatphotography,youownaniPhone.Ifyoudon'tmindbeingafewyearsbehind,buyanAndroid,"saidGoogle'sformerseniorvicepresidentofengineering,VicGundo

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Google releases the final Android O developer preview

GoogletodaylaunchedthefourthandfinaldeveloperpreviewofAndroidO,thelatestversionofitsmobileoperatingsystem.Asexpected,therearenomajorchangesinthisreleaseand,acco

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LG is bringing a cheap phone with a huge battery to Xfinity Mobile

Comcast'snewphoneservice,XfinityMobile,hasanastonishinglyminimalphonelineup.ThereareafewiPhonemodels,acoupleSamsungGalaxyhandsets,anda$132LGphonefrom2016,theLGX

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Android users have installed over 82 billion apps

InadditiontothefactthatthereareovertwobillionmonthlyactiveAndroiddevicesintheworldrightnow,Googlehasevenmoreofareasontobrag.AccordingtoDaveBurke,vicepresidentof

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Google to bring Android O to entry-level devices with Android Go

Oneofthedisadvantagesofentry-leveldevicesisthatthey’renotpowerfulenoughtorunthelatestAndroidflavor.That’sabouttochangethoughwiththeAndroidGoexperience.AndroidGo

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Android O’s best new features

Googlestillisn’trevealingtheactualdessertnametheyhaveplannedforAndroidObutliveonstageatGoogleI/O,Android’sVicePresidentofEngineeringDaveBurketookthestagetotalka

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Google lawyer says Android helps rather than harms competition

Google's Android mobile operating system boosts competition rather than hurts it, the company's general counsel said on Thursday, in a rebuttal of EU antitrust charges that it uses the platform to crush rivals.

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Google, Visa and Mastercard want to get rid of passwords

Hate passwords? So do tech companies, merchants and payment processors.

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BlackBerry returns with android smartphone in S. Korea

BlackBerry has returned to Korea with a new Android smartphone three years after it left the market.

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Experts shrug off android dominance

The reign of Android in smartphones has led to concerns that Chinese companies' "over-reliance" on it might result in commercial discrimination.