Samsung’snewGalaxyS9maynotquiteliveuptotheiPhoneXwhenitcomestoSamsung’simplementationofaFaceID-stylesystemoritsoddtakeonARemoji.Butthat’snotgoingtomattermuchtoS
MicrosoftisrollingoutanupdatedversionofSkypeforAndroid,onethat’soptimizedfordevicesrunningolderversionsoftheOS,providingbetteraudioandvideoqualityforlower-endde
KeenAndroiduserswho’vebeenfollowingasomewhatobscureGoogleIssueTrackerthreadfromNovemberoflastyearcelebratedanexcitingnewdevelopmenttoday.Thethread,inwhichausera
Ifyou'vewantedtouseGoogle'scannedSmartRepliesinchatapps,you'vebeenlimitedtousingAlloor(ifyou'reontherightcarrier)AndroidMessages.Butwhatifyou'reoneofthemany,man
Forayearandahalfnow,Google’ssemi-officialstrategyformessagingappshasbeenathree-leggedstool:Alloforconsumerchat,Hangoutsforcorporatechat,andgoodol’SMSfortexting(
Lastmonth,AndroidOreowasonjust0.7%ofdevices,andMarshmallowwasstilltheleaderintotaldistributionshare.Amonthlater,thelandscapehaschanged—butnottoomuch.Accordingto
In2015,GoogledebutedanewfeatureinitsInboxapp:SmartReplies,whichofferedatrioofcontext-awareoptionsforuserstoquicklyreplywithafewtaps.Thatspreadtootherservicesint
ThefirstAndroid8.1previewreleaseopenedthedoorstoappdeveloperswantingtosupportthePixel2'suntappedPixelVisualCorechip,andnowthephonesthemselvesarereadyforaction.G
SmartphonesrunningAndroidsoftwarecouldgatherdataaboutlocationsandsendthemtoGoogle,eveniftheusersturnofflocationservices,usenoapps,anddon'tinsertaSIMcard,aQuartz
AndroidOreo,announcedwithgreatfanfareduringtheeclipseinAugust,hasgottensomeprettyneatfeatures,likemorerecognizableemojisandnotificationdotsforappicons.NowAndroi
Rightnow,Google'sinstantAndroidappsdon'tquiteliveuptotheirbilling.Googlehastoloadsupportforeverypossibledevice,whichcanslowdownaccesstotheappandchewupvaluablesp
WindowsPhoneisonitswayout.Tonoone'ssurprise,Microsoft'sJoeBelfiorerecentlyconfirmeditsdemise.Initsplace,thecompanyhasadoptedamorepragmaticapproachthatembedspiec
It'snosecretthatworkonWindows10Mobilehaswounddowngiventhelackofnewdevicesandsoftwarefeatures(talkofmobileWindowsupdateswasvirtuallyabsentatBuild,forexample),but
Googlehasannouncedit’sacquiringa$1.1bnchunkofHTC’ssmartphonebusiness,andwithitprovidingtheonceleadingTaiwanesephonebrandamuchneededlifeline.ButwhatdoesGooglewan
AppsfromChinesepublishersdominatethetoprankingsofthemostusedAndroidappsglobally,accordingtoindustrialresearch.Sixofthetop10most-usedAndroidappsinJulywerefromChi
Google'seffortstodisruptthemobilecarriernetworkhavecertainlyprovenpopularforpeoplewhocanfeasiblyuseit,butit'snosecretthattherolloutofProjectFihasbeenrestrictedb
AlphabetInc’s(GOOGL.O)GoogleissettoannounceadealtoacquirepartofTaiwanesefirmHTCCorp’s(2498.TW)smartphoneoperationsforabout$1billion,asourcewithdirectknowledgeof
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