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Did pictures of a Sony Nexus X just leak?
We have been speculating on the existence of multiple Nexus devices since the Wall Street Journal posted an article in May saying that up to five manufacturers would be releasing Nexus class devices this...
Rumour: Is the LG Nexus 4 going to be announced on October 29th?
According to the French Newspaper LeFigaro the next Nexus is indeed from LG, will be called the Nexus 4 and will be announced on the 29th of October with the device hitting French carriers...
Android 4.1.2 Factory Images for Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 now available
With the release of Android 4.1.2 to AOSP there was a flurry of activity yesterday as the Nexus 7 started receiving OTA updates to 4.1.2. Google has also just released factory images for both...
LG’s Nexus device to be called the LG Nexus 4? Will come in black...
The Verge has been sent a photo from Carphone Warehouse's inventory which clearly shows a device going by the name "LG Nexus 4" -- a seemingly obvious name given the next Nexus from LG...
Native Facebook for Android App is in final stages of testing
If you've ever actually used it then you know the Facebook App for Android sucks. Mark Zuckerberg apparenly knows it too and was making staff at Facebook use the app to highlight the fact....
Google aiming at tablet-optimised apps for Android
For a long time now we've been hearing from a variety of sources about how Android Apps are not tablet optimised. Whilst the Nexus 7 has bought some manner of relief to Google on...
Rumour: LG and Google to launch Nexus device next month
Whilst the name may not be decided yet, Paul Obrien from Modaco is posting that he has had the rumour of a Nexus phone from LG confirmed by a source he trusts '101%' not...
Rumour: Nexus Phones coming from Sony, Samsung, LG and HTC
It's been pretty well accepted but not confirmed that Google is working with multiple manufacturers to bring about a range of Nexus Phones for their next release, now Digitimes is reporting leaks from industry...
Google+ for Android Commercial hits Google Youtube page
A new commercial for Google+ has hit the Google Youtube channel and it shows off some of the cool functions which we all know about but may not be known outside of the Android...
Google releases Field Trip a location aware guidebook for your Android
Google's Niantic Labs has released a new app for Android called Field Trip, it's an app that runs in the background and pops up cards of information based on your location. The app allows...
Google Play 25 Billion downloads sale -Apps, Books and Movies
The 25 cent app promotion has now gone live on Google Play so which apps are on-sale? You can head across to the Google Play page and check the list of 15 apps that...
Google Play hits 25 Billion Downloads and celebrates with a $0.25 app sale
Google has announced over on the OfficialAndroid blog that they not only have over 675,000 apps and games on Google Play and they have have now had over 25 billion downloads from Google Play....
Google Play Books app updated -Maps, Dictionary, Translations and Notes
Google has just added some updates to the Play Books app to add some extra help when reading. From today the app now contains Places and dictionary cards which popup when you select either...
Was this photo taken by the next Nexus device?
Remember the Samsung GT-i9250? Y'know, the Galaxy Nexus? Well its possible successor, the GT-i9260, has been floating around the blogosphere for almost a month now, but for the first time we have something that...
Matias Duarte feels he’s only a third of the way done with Android’s polish,...
Android's lead designer, Matias Duarte, has commented on a Google+ post which celebrated his recognition as being one of the 50 designers shaping the future. He stated (as shown above) that he feels as...