Sony starts pushing the Android 5.1 update to Xperia Z2 and Z3 devices
Owners of Sony's Xperia Z2 and Z3 line of devices, including the Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3 Compact, Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact, Xperia Z2 and Xperia Z2 Tablet will begin receiving their Android 5.1 update as of today Sony has...
Android 5.1 heads to the HTC One M9 in Taiwan
When announced at Mobile World Congress in March, the HTC One M9 came with the latest version of Android (5.0 Lollipop), with HTC Sense 7 overlaid. Almost immediately Google released Android 5.1, which then led to questions immediately of...
VP Product Managment confirms the HTC One (M8) will get Android M
Are you rocking an HTC One (M8) and wondering if your daily driver will get updated to Android M when it officially drops? Well wonder no longer; Thanks to Pierrette Rubenson sending a tweet to HTC USA and...
Google takes aim at Bluetooth beacons, announcing ‘Eddystone’ open source standard
Google has today announced they're moving forward with a new standard for Bluetooth Low Energy tech Beacons, announcing a new standard they hope will be adopted to make using the tech a more user friendly and open.
Beacons have...
Google introduces new proximity based API to share data with devices around you
We've been hearing about a new proximity based API called 'Nearby' for some time now. Android Police first surfaced code relating to the API over a year ago, and today Google has made it official. On the Android Developers...
Optus has launched a new blog and they’ve finally started weekly posts on what...
Telstra and Vodafone have been quite ahead of the game for a couple of years now when updating their customers about software updates. Vodafone has a weekly software update post on their Vodafone blog, and Telstra semi-regularly updates their...
Android M Developer Preview: OTA Links
If you've got the Android M Developer preview on your Nexus device you (hopefully) are accepting of the failings of an early build. On Friday in the small hours Aussie time, the first update dropped to the preview...
Android M Developer Preview: Update 1
At Google I/O this year we were introduced to Android M, well... The developer preview at least and given a taste of some of the things to come in the next release of the Android Operating System. At...
Android M Developer Preview Gets Its First Update – images available now
Announced at Google I/O in May, the Android M Developer Preview is a great way for developers to test out their apps prior to the final release 'this fall' of Android M. Google promised monthly updates and while they're...
Motorola announces the Moto X (2013) should now be receiving Android 5.1 in Australia
Motorola's first phone produced fully in co-operation with Google, the Moto X 2013, began receiving its Android 5.1 update last week in Canada, the US and Brazil. But today, Senior Director, SW Product Management, Motorola Mobility David Schuster has...
Android M: Three weeks later
A couple of weeks ago we posted an article explaining how to load Android M on your Nexus device which seemed quite well received judging by some of the tweets and emails received. After a couple of weeks, it's...
Nexus 7 2013 WiFi gets an updated Factory Image, OTA coming soon
The Nexus 7 2013 was a fantastic tablet and continues to be the tablet of choice for many with its great size and, even today fairly good specs. The fact that Google is still seeding updates for it adds...
Google warns Android Developers to migrate to Android Studio – ADT in Eclipse support...
In a blog post on the Android Developers blog, Reto Meier has announced that support and development for the Android Developer Tools in Eclipse will be ceasing at the end of the year.
As part of the announcement, developers are...
CyanogenMod rolling out another CM11.0 build as well as 12.0 Final
CyanogenMod has begun rolling out two releases, announcing a new build of CM11.0, as well as a CM12.0 Final build are hitting the servers now.
The CM11.0 release is based on the Android 4.4 KitKat release, while the CM12.0 build...
Have a recent-ish Sony handset? You can now try out Android M.
Last year, Google's Android L preview was basically limited to its own line of Nexus devices. This year, Sony has decided to get in on the action, making the Android M preview available to users of most of its...