Android 9.0 Pie September 2018 update released for Google Pixel and Pixel 2 phones
Overnight Google has officially released the first Android 9.0 Pie update into the wild, with new system images and OTA (over the air) upgrade files now available to owners of Google Pixel devices.
Owners of the original Pixel or Pixel...
Wireless Android Auto for everyone? Android app developer Emil Borconi-Szedressy has found the answer
Remember OBD2AA? The app that did what Google could not -- allowed Android Auto users the ability to view OBD2 data. The innovative developer who created OBD2AA is at it again, doing something that Google have not done --...
Xiaomi Mi Box 3 Gets Surprise Oreo Android 8 Upgrade
Owners of the Xiaomi Mi Box 3 Android TV streamer device have been pleasantly surprised today with a surprise upgrade from Android 6.0 Marshmallow to Android 8.0 Oreo.
This unexpected upgrade gives the Mi Box 3 a new lease on life. Some...
Huawei to cease its bootloader unlock service but don’t worry, it wasn’t ever in...
You might not have even known this, but Huawei offered a service in some markets to unlock the bootloaders of their mobile devices, though it seems it was never really available to Australians.
However, Huawei has decided to shutter the...
What’s new in Android P following Google I/O
At today's Google I/O Keynote at the Shoreline Amphitheatre, we got our next look at what's coming in Android P and the official launch of the Android P Beta program. What's new in Android P? According to David Bourke,...
Oreo update for Android Wear on Huawei Watch 2 reportedly disabling Android Pay for...
The rollout of Oreo to the Android Wear platform is well under way, but it seems the latest tasty treat isn't all that tasty for Android Pay users living outside the US or UK.
Accordin to users on the...
Here’s why Samsung halted the Android 8 Oreo rollout for Galaxy S8 owners
Samsung Galaxy S8 owners were undoubtedly excited at the announcement of broader availability of the Android 8.0 Oreo update. However, unexpectedly perhaps, Samsung put the brakes on the rollout.
It turns out there's a good reason for it, though we...
ChromeOS will soon allow you to run Android apps in the background .. and...
While Android apps on ChromeOS are really good, and have improved significantly since they were introduced earlier this year, it still isn't a perfect experience. While it makes ChromeOS a perfectly viable Windows/Mac alternative (and I've been doing precisely...
Android 8.0 Oreo is coming to Australian unlocked HTC U11
HTC have achieved something that few other major manufacturers have, and that's releasing the latest version of Android for their 2017 flagship phone. Jason liked the HTC U11 so much that he's still using it, and despite being overseas,...
Android apps will have security meta-data and be required to have a 64-bit version...
There's some changes brewing for Android Developers in the coming year, with Google taking to the Android-Developers blog this week to outline some new changes.
The most important change, from a security standpoint is the inclusion of metadata in...
Moto X4 to receive Android Oreo upgrade in January 2018
If you're interested in the Moto X4 after reading our review -- tl;dr Chris loved it -- then you might be even more excited by this news; while it comes with Android 7.1.1 out of the box, it will...
Nokia 6 gets Oreo update through their Beta program
HMD Global continues 'doing it right' today with the Oreo update for their Nokia 6 handset now available to test out through the Nokia Labs Beta program.
The announcement for the Oreo Beta has again come through HMD Global Chief...
Google launches ARCore Developer Preview 2 and end support for Project Tango
It's been an Augmented Reality (AR) heavy week with the launch of AR Stickers and now a new ARCore Developer Preview has launched. Google has also just ended support for Tango, their initial AR offering which required devices with...
Oreo Beta arrives for the Nokia 5, coming soon to Nokia 6 too
The rollout of Oreo to the Nokia range of phones continues, this time with the Beta arriving for the mid-range Nokia 5 and it will be coming to the Nokia 6 too.
The announcement was made by HMD Global Chief...
Google broke the ‘Check for Update’ button for Pixel & Nexus devices – but...
After a Google engineer announced in September that the 'Check for Update' button would actually start pulling down updates for Pixel and Nexus devices as soon as they were announced there was much rejoicing. Unfortunately that hasn't worked as...