The HTC One M7 will not receive an Android 5.1 update
It was the phone with the design which has led to what many have described as the best looking smartphone on the market. But two years have passed since the HTC One M7 launched and HTC are looking to...
List of HTC Devices to get Android 4.3 surfaces – before it’s even announced
Without even being announced by Google officially a list has appeared of HTC devices that will or won't be getting Android 4.3 and a possible timeline as well. The updates don't appear to be slated for immediate update but...
Vodafone beginning rollout of Sense 6 to HTC One (M7) owners
The HTC One (M7) will be receiving an OTA update to HTC Sense 6 today, at least Vodafone handsets will, according to the latest Vodafone Software update blog posted this morning.
Vodafone advises that the update will arrive after 12...
Motorola will update the Moto X, Moto G and Moto E to Android 4.4.3
With the rollout of Android 4.4.3 to Nexus and Google Play edition phones underway, Motorola also took to their blog on Tuesday to confirm their commitment to rolling out updates will continue with the three Moto series phones -...
Nexus 10 not supported in AOSP – Binaries missing, GPU to blame
It appears that the Nexus 10 is receiving some attention with regards to its compatability with AOSP after it was revealed that the binaries for the GPU have not been included in the Google Developers page, meaning that building...
Upset about the Google I/O Android Fireside Chat live stream being cancelled? Don’t be,...
Did you get up at 3am last Friday to watch the Android Fireside chat just to find out it was no longer being live streamed? I did. I was less than impressed, to say the least, to be missing...
Happy birthday Android?
According to the Google Store, it's Android's Birthday and they have kicked off the celebrations with a few Marshmallow themed wallpapers to adorn your favourite Android Devices. The celebration of birthdays is one of the great cross-cultural similarities on...
Android 9.0 Pie begins rolling out to the Samsung Galaxy Note 9
It has been a few months since Google released the source code for Android 9.0 Pie but even now not many phones have been updated to the latest Android version. The Android Pie update to the Samsung Galaxy...
Marshmallow Factory Images for Nexus devices now available – OTA’s beginning their roll-out today...
The big rollout of Android 6.0 begins today, with Google advising that Marshmallow is now available for the Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus 9 and Nexus Player.
It's a decent release as far as Factory Images go...
Google Looking To Officially Add The Pixel Fingerprint Gesture To The Nexus 6P and...
One of the "features" of the new Google Pixel phones is the fingerprint scanner gesture that allows the notification shade to be pulled down with a swipe on the scanner. The Nexus 6P and 5X share the same fingerprint...
Achievement Unlocked: Galaxy S4 Rooted
The Samsung Galaxy S4 has been rooted and it couldn't be simpler, download a .zip file and follow these instructions
Extract the entire contents of the zip file.
If you are using Windows, ensure you have installed the latest Samsung USB...
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...
In-App Translation available to Marshmallow users with Translate installed
Marshmallow is rolling out to Nexus and Android One phones this week and with Android One fairly prevalant in non-English speaking countries, translation is a key tool. More than 50% of the internet consists of web pages in English,...
Motorola Android software update news
Motorola have posted an update on the status of their Android upgrade schedule. Ice Cream Sandwich is the order of the day for the majority of their devices, with only two exceptions.
The Motorola RAZR HD Jelly Bean update was...
Lollipop Factory Images Arrive For Nexus 4
It's been a very Lollipop flavoured week with Android 5.0 arriving for most Nexus devices in both factory image form as well as Over The Air updates, except the Nexus 4. Today however, that changes and it's now...