Android Wear watches receive basic Google Play Music browsing
Android 5.1.1 for Android Wear is slowly making its way to our wrists, but at the time of writing, it's only on your wrist if you're the owner of an LG Watch Urbane of ASUS ZenWatch. If you've got it,...
Google Engineer Dan Sandler explains why Android 4.4 connectivity indicators have changed
We know there have been a lot of changes in Android 4.4, and a lot of them visual. One of the more obvious changes, which you can see in the image above, is that stock Android now features white...
TWRP For Google Pixel Phones Released. Warning though, it is VERY Alpha
Back in mid-late October I reported on the progress of root access and a custom recovery for the Google Pixel phones. We have since seen root access arrive for them but due to the complexity of the new File...
LG Nexus 5X Factory image now available to download
LG's Nexus 5X went on-sale in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, India, Korea, and Japan from US$379 just yesterday. Carphone Warehouse in the UK began selling the phones on Friday last week, and day one pre-orders from the Google...
LG Australia confirms Ice Cream Sandwich update is coming to some Optimus phones
After last night`s info sourced from LG Italy came to light I asked LG Australia to confirm this would be happening on the phones in the Australian market and they issued this statement :
“LG confirms today that the...
Google release the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL factory images along with the...
One of the best things about owning a Pixel device is the quick updates you get from Google: not only is your phone updated quickly but you have access to the factory image for the device going forwards. ...
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 12: Developer Preview – the delight is in the little details
A bit over a week ago we got our first glimpse of what Android 12 could be. Each year the developer preview comes out ready for devs to test the OS and their apps in the platform. ...
Vodafone TV gets a software update to look much more like Google TV
Vodafone TV isn't the newest or greatest Google TV device, but it has to be one of my favourite streaming boxes around - it was cheap to buy, has been updated a number of times since it was released,...
Google reflects on a year of Android Security bounties – $550,000 paid out already...
It's been a year now since Google announced they would extend their Vulnerability Rewards Program to Android, promising to pay up to $38,000 for reports on security issues in Android. Today the Google Security PR team has reflected on...
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...
Samsung picks up CyanogenMod’s head honcho, now a Samsung employee
It wasn't that long ago that we reported on CyanogenMod devs being sent a few of Samsung's golden children, in the form of Galaxy S IIs, the goal was to develop for this amazing handset. It seems to have...
OPPO outline the ColorOS 7 and Android 10 updates for their Australian devices
It has been nearly three months since Google released Android 10 to the world and we are starting to see manufacturers list the release timeframes for their devices. Last week OPPO announced the timeframe for their Chinese devices...
Further ‘confirmation’ that the HTC made Pixel and Pixel LS will ship with Android...
The impending release of the HTC built Pixel phones are the talk of the Android world, there's already pretty solid rumours pointing to the devices launching with Maintenance Release 1 (MR1) of Android 7.0, and now another reputable source...
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc on Optus receiving Android 4.0 ICS update
Sony have begun rolling out the Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" update for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc globally. Included in that roll-out is the Pearl Blue version (1246–2425) from Optus -- the update was officially pushed out last...