Android OS and Updates

Android 10 has been out for a few weeks now and as per usual the manufacturers with the least intrusive skins are beginning to roll it out to their latest devices. Tonight it is OnePlus’ turn with them announcing on their website that the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro …

There has been much speculation about the impact of the US trade war, and in particular, the US DOC Entity Listing of Huawei and the tech giants ability to launch new handsets. Huawei itself has given differing indications about what will be happening with the Mate 30, but at IFA …

The Pixel 4 will be Google’s flagship for 2019 (and most of 2020) and this year it is looking to be more innovative than in previous years with their Soli sensors on the front and for the first time on a Pixel phone, a multi-camera setup on the back. How …

Google usually have their Made By Google event at the beginning of October and if they plan on doing the same this year you would expect to their some of their new products beginning to gain approval from the various regulatory bodies right around now. Today, coinciding with the release …

We have heard and seen many rumours that pointed to an Android 10 release on September 3 and now that it is September 3 in the US the rumours have been proven correct with the release of a stable Android 10. Over at the Android.com website Google have redesigned it …

In case you didn’t know, Gesture Navigation is coming to Android 10 in a big way. Love it or hate it, Gestures are here to stay and they’ll be the default going forward. One thing that has come out in recent weeks is that – at least in the recent …

Last week Google revealed that Android Q would be called not a tasty treat but instead plain old Android 10. It was a strange time to announce that piece of information, unless it was ready to begin rolling out very soon. Overnight Phonearena firstly had it tipped to them by …

Android Q has been officially named, and as we predicted the next version of Android is Android 10. That’s right Google’s Tasty Treat tradition is no more: today marks the end of an era, and deep down we’re ok with that. So why did Google drop their cavity-causing confection naming …

Alongside Google’s announcement that they were dropping the tasty treats naming in favour of simple and predictable version numbers, Google has also unveiled a branding update for Android going forward. Firstly, don’t worry the Android logo isn’t going anywhere, nor are they changing Android’s name. So what are they doing? …

According to Canalys smartwatch sales in North America have increased by 38 percent over the last 12 months but worryingly Wear OS continues to trail everyone. Market research company Canalys have conducted research on the world’s more valuable wearable market — the North American market. In Q2 2019 shipments were …

In February 2017 Nokia launched their new Android One (and Go) phones to the market, promising two years of major OS updates and two years of regular security dates. Perhaps with a big tick to Google’s Android One Nokia have decided to extend this security support for an extra year …

The next instalment in Huawei’s take on Android OS has been in development for a little while, and the company is about ready to release EMUI 10 to the world. Shown off on stage at the Huawei Developer Conference 2019 keynotes by Dr Wang Chenglu, head of software engineering for …

As another month ticks over Google is right on track to send out both the August Android Security patch as well as device specific patches for Pixel devices going back all the way to the original Pixel and Pixel XL phones. The patch notes don’t include any major changes in …