Tag Archives: Update

There has been some interesting developments as of late in the custom launcher scene. Today Aussie developer and friend of Ausdroid Chris Lacy has dropped the latest update to Action Launcher. The updated brings a host of new features and bug fixes as well as a new look as the …

With Halloween only a few days away, Nintendo and the Pokemon company have announced that from today, 26th October until the 31st October, users will receive additional candies and that there will be more spooky Pokémon available to catch! The additional Halloween treats will see Pokémon Go users receive six …

SwiftKey has brought out a big update to its Beta users which brings a number of big things, such as incognito mode so you type away private things without it remembering, along with support for for text expansion, which can save you a whole lot of keystrokes plus much more. …

Pocket Casts is a favourite app of the Ausdroid team for a variety of reasons but in short – it’s pretty awesome, has cool features, doesn’t cost the earth and the developers are really cool guys. One of the other big drivers is that its not a static app, they’ve …

The latest Android Wear app update has brought back the watch battery stats that Google removed a while ago. The battery stats feature in the Android Wear app was borderline useless in its previous incarnation and it’s not clear exactly how useful it is now. Still, the update has brought …

Optus and Telstra have been testing their Stagefright fixes for the newly launched Samsung Galaxy Note 5, and they’ve begun rolling out the update to users on their network. The Optus rollout is listed as completed on their website and we’ve captured a screenshot of the Over The Air update …

Sony has begun rolling out their previously announced Marshmallow concept for the Xperia Z3 series to residents of Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany and of course Sweden today, launching the Xperia Z3 Concept on Google Play. The Sony Xperia Concept for Android Marshmallow firmware …

Skype has announced via their blog that it latest update includes Android Wear support, enabling users to now use its app directly from your wrist. The latest update, which brings the version of its messaging app to version 6.4, enables you to not only read but also reply to new …

Google has slowly been updating many of its apps and services with Material Design and that latest to get this update is Google Fit’s website, which originally wasn’t was a bare bones affair to begin with. The update, brings a most distinctively Material Design flair to the site, such as …

HTC Vice President of Product Management, Mo Versi, has taken to twitter to confirm that the HTC One M8 will get an update to Sense 7, which currently runs on the HTC One M9 mobile phone only when the phone is updated to Android M. The statement was made after …

Google has overnight announced an update to their messaging service Hangouts for Android, moving to the big 4.0 version release with a much needed improvements such as speed, as well as a fresh new look and additional features. The updated and refreshed Material Design Hangouts app will bring with it …

VSCO Cam has today begun rolling out a new update which brings a feature that allows you to curate photos from other users into a collection. The new feature is an update to their social photo sharing feature Grid, is called Collections. Collections allows you to curate your favorite photos …

Instagram seems to be rolling out a new quick edit screen to its Android users which squeezes things into a single, simpler page that lets you add comments, tag people and apply filters. Droid-Life writer Kellex, discovered the new feature and screen when he was taking and uploading his pictures …

When Meerkat was the first live streaming app to launch on Android (having been available on iOS much longer), the app has a points system and a leaderboard to help track quality content creators. With the rise and rise of Periscope, the company has taken to its blog to remind …

Snapchat has begun a roll out update of its app to users which brings a couple of new interesting features. The biggest new feature involves the inclusion of 2-Factor Authentication, which at this time involves sending an SMS to verify your login to a device. Once enabled, you are sent …