Motorola G5 and G5s series phones receive Android 8.1 update
Motorola has begun rolling out Android 8.1.0 Oreo to the Moto G5S Plus, Moto G5S, Moto G5 Plus and Moto G5, bringing the phones up to August 2018 security patches.
We've checked Ausdroid's Moto G5 (XT1676) and it indeed received...
HMD Global confirm Nokia 7 Plus is receiving Android Pie update in Australia
On the back of the announcement late last month that HMD Global had begun rolling out Android Pie for the Nokia 7 Plus, HMD Global has confirmed today that our handsets should now be updating as well.
The Nokia 7...
Nokia 6.1 Plus gets Android 9 Pie beta
If you're like me, devices that rely overly on numbers rather than names or something get a bit confusing, and so it is for me with keeping track of HMD Nokia's new handsets. Anyhow, at the Nokia 7.1 event...
Google Assistant is getting a makeover on your phone
As Google Assistant approaches its second birthday, Google has announced a makeover which will cater to users who both talk to and type their inquiries into their digital assistant.
The update includes new ways to navigate and get what you...
Samsung working on wireless Desktop Experience (DeX) possibly for future phones
Samsung's Desktop Experience for phones and tablets has come a long way since it was launched on the Galaxy S8/S8+ at MWC last year. The technology, previously requiring a dedicated dock, now simply requires a USB-C to HDMI cable...
Popular root application SuperSU quietly disappears from the Play Store
One of, if not the most popular root applications of the past years has been SuperSU by Chainfire.
While ownership of the app was handed over to CCMT a few years ago, the app continued to be a steady-use item...
Google releases October Android Security Bulletin and Nexus/Pixel OTA & Factory Images
Google has today released the October Android Security Bulletin addressing issues discovered and patched over the last month, and released Factory Images and OTA files for supported Nexus and Pixel devices.
As usual, the releases are in two parts, a...
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 receives first major update, with camera improvements in tow
Samsung's Galaxy Note 9 still feels really new, and it's just received its first major update. The update brings Samsung's Note 9 to the September 2018 security patch level, as well as some camera improvements as well:
What's new
Security...
Android Distribution Numbers for September 2018 released – Where’s the Pie?
It's late in the month, but it's still technically September so Google has delivered with the latest Android Distribution Numbers.
Based on the devices accessing Google Play between September 21-28th, the figures paint a picture of which versions of...
Google’s Wear OS 2.1 is rolling out to everyone, apparently
A month ago today, Google announced an update to Wear OS which would take it from the stinking state of "barely usable" to something much more user friendly. I opined about the currently awful state of smartwatches (i.e. without...
Official Android 9.0 (Pie) update is starting to roll out to the Nokia 7...
The Nokia 7 Plus is a hugely popular handset in Australia, and the rest of the world thanks to great specs at a fantastic price and now there's another reason to want it with Android Pie now rolling out...
Dislike the new Recents in Android 9.0 Pie? Here’s how to roll back...
Google have introduced a lot of new changes to Android with 9.0 Pie, much of it in the user interface. One of the changes Google introduced was with the Recents app. Gone was the flowing top to...
Early build of Android Pie on Galaxy S9 shows a pretty big redesign is...
The annual release of Android updates to flagships is currently a big focus, with Samsung currently working on their update. An early build of Pie for the Galaxy S9 has shown up on XDA-Developers showing a fairly major redesign.
The...
Google won’t be dumping ‘www’ and ‘m’ in Chrome anytime soon
Earlier in the year, we heard that Google had a grand plan to rethink the URL - or Uniform Resource Locators - and it seemed that they might be able to do this quite easily and quickly. One of...
Oops, Google accidentally changed a battery setting on Android phones by mistake
The Battery Saver mode on phones is supposed to be an option that can eke out the last of your battery when you get down to the very last few percent. However it appears that Google has accidentally rolled...