Google Play Awards to debut at Google I/O this year, showcasing great apps and...
A big awards ceremony is always a big draw card, Google dipped their toes in the water with their Material Design awards, but this year they're going all in, announcing the inaugural Google Play Awards.
The event will take...
Google I/O 2016 schedule is now live with a sprinkling of VR across 10...
The schedule for Google I/O, the companies developer conference has gone live on the Google I/O website, the schedule shows off the names of a number of sessions for developers, as well as the timing of the all important...
Android N Tour 2.0: Calculator added to quick settings options
The second major version of Google's Android N developer preview has been out for a little while now and we've been trawling through the latest build searching for what's new or different. First cab off the rank is not...
Google 2015 Android security report says they check six billion installed apps as well...
Want to read 49 pages on what the state of Android security was in 2015? Well now you can with Google releasing their 2015 Android Security report.
Adrian Ludwig, Lead Engineer, Android Security has announced the highlights in a blog...
Will Android see a 3D Touch-like interface in Android N? [Yes, probably]
There's bound to be a lot of new features in Android N, and while we've explored some of them, there's going to be more and more coming as we approach a release date later this year. One of the...
Oppo announces Project Spectrum build for R7 based on Android 6.0
Oppo's vanilla Android builds for their phones, announced last year as 'Project Spectrum' has today been extended to the Oppo R7 which is currently on-sale in Australia.
The new build for the Oppo R7 is targeted at the R7 'g'...
Android N Developer Preview 2 starts rolling out
Following on from last month’s surprise release of the Android N Developer Preview Google has this morning announced the first update to the preview. In the announcement post David Burke, VP of Engineering thanks the community for helping discovery...
LG wants developers to come up with ideas for G5 modules
Though they've not been given a lot of notice, would-be software and hardware developers have been invited to attend an event in San Francisco this Friday night to learn more about creating Friends for the modular LG G5. This...
Android N: Heading to non-Nexus devices?
Google's Developer Preview program has since it was introduced with Android L at Google I/O in 2014 been exculusively available for recent Nexus devices. But it could be going further if evidence on the Android N developer preview site...
Android Studio 2.0 hits stable channel – Faster emulations, Instant Run and more
With Android development covering the Cars, Watches (and wearables hopefully soon), as well as the more generic tablets and phones, development tools need to be the best. Today, Google has released Android Studio 2.0 to the stable channel and...
Blackberry is inviting PRIV owners to participate in a Marshmallow beta program – but...
Launched with Android 5.1 last year, the Blackberry Priv was one of the most hotly anticipated devices on the market. The device performed quite well in our review, but a lack of Marshmallow in an Android 6.0 world lost...
Marshmallow update is now arriving on the Moto E Gen 2 in Australia as...
Motorolas low-cost current generation handset, the Moto E 2015 is starting to receive its Marshmallow update in Australia.
After a bit of a kerfuffle over whether the handset would receive the update, Motorola confirmed (eventually) that the handset would see...
April Security updates released, patches in AOSP and factory images for Nexus devices now...
Google has this morning released the new security updates for Android, addressing the Common Vulnerability and Exposures ID (CVE) in their monthly security report. The CVEs have been patched in AOSP and of course for selected Nexus devices, there's...
Nextbit Robin Marshmallow update is ready to roll bringing emoji and a faster camera
We've become a bit of a fan of the Nextbit Robin phone since it was announced on Kickstarter last year. The Robin, who's main selling point is utilising cloud backup did have a few faults when Jason reviewed it...
Google announces VR View – a way to embed 360 degree images on mobile...
Google's focus on 360 degree video and images has become more pronounced in the last 2 years, the launch of Cardboard Camera last year gave a great way to capture content, but sharing it has been a poor experience...