Google has added the Google Play Store to the ranks of the Google-wide navigation bar that sits atop most -- if not every -- Google powered site. With the infinite amount of pageviews Google gets at any point in time, this is great exposure for the Play Store and may push users towards the loving, friendly Android ecosystem. Whether or not Continue reading...

Oh goodness, LG have expressed their interest in manufacturing the next Nexus device to Google. This surely can't be good. Here's what LG have said to CNET over in Barcelona. "We're heavily in discussions," Ramchan Woo, head of LG's smartphone division, told CNET in an interview. "We're working on it." If you're a regular listener to the Ausdroid Podcast you'll understand Continue reading...

Google have set up a Mobile World Congress 'teaser' page on the official Android website which includes a countdown until the first day of the event. Currently the countdown stands at 8 days, and the closer the event gets the more gets unpacked on the website. Looking at the source of the page there's nothing exciting hiding away, but it is Continue reading...

The official Android Development team are bringing their Android Labs to Australia -- more specifically Melbourne and Sydney. The labs will run on the 31st of January in Melbourne and the 3rd of February in Sydney. Entry is open to everyone, however, Google will be going through all the invites to mainly choose developers that already have an application Continue reading...

Google announced via their Official Blog that they'd be open sourcing Google Sky Map, a popular Android Application allowing you to view into the universe, and collaborating with Carnegie Mellon University in the US to see further development for student projects. While there was no announcement about what will happen to the Android Application, it seems as though Continue reading...

Editor's note: This is an opinion piece by one of our writers, Dan Tyson. The Nexus platform is a reference platform. It is what Google sees as what a phone should be, it is usually the phone that gets the Android software update first and is used by an ever increasing range of people. When the Nexus One was released it Continue reading...

There has been an app making the news rounds lately that checks your Galaxy Nexus to see if it's the Yakju codenamed device that is updated directly by Google. The app is called GN Official Update Checker (market) and we asked our followers on Twitter who purchased their Galaxy Nexus from one of the three main carriers Continue reading...

Overnight the Android Twitter feed tweeted a Happy Holidays message from the Android team. The video which takes place at the Googleplex shows Googlers using Android tablets and phones and utilising some of the features from Ice Cream Sandwich such as Beam and the Panorama camera function. I`m also thinking I need to find where to get my hands on Continue reading...

T'is the season to be jolly, folks, and with news coming out of Android's head honcho, Andy Rubin, that there are now over 700,000 Android devices activated each and every day there's no reason to not be jolly. At that rate, over the next year there will be over 255,000,000 (255 million) Android devices activated -- hopefully a nice percentage Continue reading...

When we first got confirmation that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was going to Optus we were also greeted with the news -- via Optus' Twitter account -- that it would be the LTE version. When I checked that news against Optus' website at the time it didn't match up -- there was not a single mention Continue reading...

Hello there readers, how are you all going this fine day? Good? Good to hear. As you may know, Team Ausdroid is fairly crazy for new devices (who would have guessed?) and with the Galaxy Nexus from Samsung & Google the latest piece of Android tech in the country -- along with it being a Nexus device Continue reading...

According to the Google Nexus Twitter account, starting today, Ice Cream Sandwich will be pushed out to GSM variants of the Nexus S over the next month. In the tweet, Google has also kindly added a user guide to make the transition from Gingerbread to Ice Cream Sandwich a little easier. Unfortunately, some carriers like to test these updates for an Continue reading...

Vodafone have contacted us to let us know the Galaxy Nexus has arrived en masse at their warehouse where it will be distributed to their stores as well as customers. If you've purchased your piece of Ice Cream Sandwich goodness from Vodafone, you should be getting your device very soon! If you already have Continue reading...