Anyone with an old phone that is still running Android 4.0 may want to look into upgrading their device, as Google has announced that it will be ending support for this older version of Android. Google announced on its Android Developers Blog that they will be deprecating support for Android 4.0, also known as Ice […]
A Snapdragon 855 on top of a wafer of Snapdragon 855s. The 855 next to a penny. This isn’t to scale, but it gives us a general idea of how Qualcomm is imaging the chip layout. The most important thing here is the separate 5G modem. Qualcomm has announced its flagship System on a Chip […]
With improved performance, 5G support, and built-in artificial intelligence, the Snapdragon 855 will be the processor powering a majority of flagship Android smartphones next year. Qualcomm announced the successor to the Snapdragon 845 (which is in most flagship 2018 phones) yesterday at its Snapdragon Tech Summit in Hawaii. Now, the company has shared more details […]
Clancy MorganI switched from iPhone to Android and I’m not looking back. I’ve been a diehard Apple user for as long as I can remember, and I’ve exclusively used iPhones since I got the original shortly after it came out in 2007. When it came time to retire my iPhone 6S this year, I was […]
Moto X4 Android One Julian Chokkattu/Digital Trends Android is one of the biggest operating systems in the world, with over 2 billion active users as of May 2017. Unless you’re a diehard iPhone owner, it’s likely that you’ve used an Android device at some point in your life. One of the reasons behind Android’s success […]
Do you have a 2014 model year or newer Mazda vehicle? You may finally be able to get Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in your car. On Wednesday, the automaker announced that it’s extending CarPlay and Android Auto support to more vehicles after first making these phone-based infotainment technologies available in the 2018 Mazda6 and […]
Enlarge / The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 Palace Museum Edition. Xiaomi In the last few years, we’ve witnessed a big change to the way the smartphone market works. China has become both the biggest smartphone market on Earth and home to some of the most interesting smartphone companies. Lately, all the cool and crazy smartphones […]
Google kicked off its Android Developer Summit in Mountain View this week with a bang, and support for foldable devices only scratched the surface. The company announced that many of the new features in Kotlin 1.3 are now natively supported, and it provided updates on Jetpack, Android Studio, instant apps, and more. Kotlin 1.3 First […]
Yongnuo Yongnuo’s camera may not yet have a name but it does have some interesting specifications. Shortly after announcing a naming contest for a new smart mirrorless camera, budget-brand Yongnuo shared more insight into the upcoming camera, temporarily dubbed the YN450, including a 16-megapixel Micro Four Thirds sensor. Yongnuo is a China-based company that’s most […]
Ronan Glon/Digital Trends Android started out as a mobile operating system, but over the 10 years since it came to market, it has become so much more. Forks of Android now act as Google’s operating system across a wide variety of different form factors, from automobiles to smartwatches. Because it’s open source — freely available […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Some developers leveraged the technology in helpful ways – providing notifications about free local Wi-Fi, for instance. Others took advantage of it to spam people. Now, Google plans to end support for Android Nearby Notifications on Dec. 6. PCMag.com Latest Articles
ImageAndy Rubin, the creator of Android, left Google in 2014 with a $ 90 million exit package. The last payment is scheduled for next month.CreditCreditTomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg SectionsSkip to contentSkip to site index How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android’ The internet giant paid Mr. Rubin $ 90 million and praised him, while keeping […]
Miggo As the cameras inside smartphones have gotten more and more capable, companies have started devoting more effort to developing accessories designed specifically for the photography capabilities of smartphones. There’s no shortage of options, and in your search for the best, you might also come across some of the more unusual options. To save you […]
For people with limited storage and memory on their smartphones, apps can be a difficult thing to navigate. Many of the most popular apps in the U.S. — Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat — are large downloads and extremely demanding to run. A phone that has 16GB of storage and 1GB or 2GB of RAM will quickly run […]
Google’s Building 44, where Android is developed. Ron Amadeo We’re still seeing the fallout from the European Commission’s $ 5 billion antitrust fine against Google. Earlier this week, Google announced it would comply with the ruling by unbundling the Google Android app package, allowing OEMs to skip Chrome and Google Search in favor of alternatives. The […]