Press image reveals Android’s new clock
While checking out the press releases for the new Nexus devices, and Android 4.2 more generally, I noticed this image. It appears that Google have given Android's clock application a much needed overhaul. The lack of a world clock...
Android 4.4.2 hits AOSP and Factory images now available from Google
With the rollout of Android 4.4.14.4.2 now merrily underway, with a large proportion of users seeing the update on their phones and tablets receiving the Over The Air(OTA) update already, but for those who require a complete factory restore,...
Android Nougat is version 7.0
The announcement of the name of the next version of Android as Nougat of course brought about the question of which version number Android it will be. Thankfully the video released by Google on how they decided on the...
Getting your Nexus 4? Here’s how to root it
Those of you who were fortunate enough to order your Nexus 4 before the Play Store sold out last week will probably be receiving your devices from today onwards — in fact, we've heard that some people received them...
Android 4.2.2 appears on wild Nexus 4s
Yet another reason to bemoan the lack of Nexus 4s in Australia — Android Community are reporting that brand new Nexus 4s in Brazil and Malaysia are coming out with an unannounced version of Jelly Bean — 4.2.2. There...
Android 4.3 with Sense 5.5 rolling out to international HTC One in Europe
If you have an international, unlocked version of the HTC One, then an update to Android 4.3 which includes Sense 5.5 could be rolling out to you shortly.
Several sites are reporting that the 675MB update is now hitting...
Google is beta testing a new app for developers called ‘The Playbook’ to help...
Google has already launched a number of new tools and apps for Google Play this morning to help before launching your app, but what about once it's ready to launch? Google has created a new app that is all...
Sony Mobile is already looking at updating some Xperia devices to Android 4.3
With the announcement of Android 4.3 not yet 24 hours old, Sony Mobile has updated their blog to advise their plans for Android 4.3 updates to their Xperia range of handsets.
So far they can confirm some models will definitely...
Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition also receiving Android 4.4.2
So, just moments after we post about the HTC One Google Play Edition receiving the Android 4.4.2 update, we're bringing the expected counterpart for the Samsung Galaxy S4 GPE as well. Samsung released a new set of kernel source...
Sony maintenance update for certain Xperia devices coming, new features added
Sony have confirmed via their blog, that a maintenance update for the Xperia S, Xperia SL and Xperia Arco S is coming soon and based on feedback, they have added some new features along with the usual performance and...
Optus now, too, rolling out Android 4.3 to HTC One users
Optus has commenced the rollout of Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) to its users of the HTC One handset, just shy of two weeks after Vodafone users started to receive the update on their handsets.
Users, such as Ausdroid reader Myles...
ASUS begins rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich to the original Transformer
Looks like ASUS is doing it again, they`ve been consistently fast with updates to all their devices and have now started rolling out Firmware update v.9.2.1.11 to the original Transformer(TF101), starting with units in Taiwan they then expect to...
Android Studio 1.3 hits the stable channel with their biggest feature release to date
It's all about the developers today, with Google announcing that version 1.3 of Android Studio, which was previewed at Google I/O has hit the stable channel for general release.
Android Studio 1.3 is Google's biggest release yet in terms of...
Next Maintenance Release for Android set to arrive in March
Google's next update for Android, leaked recently as Android 5.1 on their Android One phones could be arriving next month, at least according to HTC's Mo Versi who has advised the date to a customer on Twitter.
While we've seen...
Reported HTC Sense 5.5 screenshots leaked
If you're a HTC fan, then you may be quite interested in an update to the Sense version of Android that is coming soon to some HTC handsets. From the Android-Revolution site, mike1986 has posted screenshots as well as...