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Aug 4, 2015

Chrome 45 beta for Android released with custom tabs, updated media playback controls, new bookmarks interface, and more

Rajesh Pandey

The Chrome team for Android today announced the first beta release of Chrome 45 for Android. The latest beta version of the browser comes with a multitude of new features, including a new interface for

APPS

Jul 30, 2015

Angry Birds 2 lands on Google Play for free

Rajesh Pandey

Rovio today released the sequel to the original Angry Birds, appropriately being called Angry Birds 2. While Rovio has launched multiple flavours of the original Angry Birds since their release in 2009, none of them

APPS

Jul 29, 2015

Google Translate updated to support 27 languages for instant visual translation and faster real-time voice translations

Evan Selleck

Up until this point, Google Translate was already a very powerful tool for providing information in a foreign land whenever it was needed. But now it's becoming even better. Via the official Google blog,

APPS

Jul 22, 2015

Google Maps update introduces a Timeline view and custom names for starred locations

Rajesh Pandey

Google today rolled out the v9.12.0 of Google Maps that brings with it two brand new features: a timeline view that provides a history of all the places you have been to; and

APPS

Jul 7, 2015

Action Launcher’s ‘Quickbar’ allows you to add shortcuts to the search bar on your home screen

Rajesh Pandey

Action Launcher, one of the most popular and unique launchers available on Google Play, today received an update to v3.5 that adds a new feature to it: Quickbar. Quickbar builds on the search bar

ANDROID LOLLIPOP

Jul 3, 2015

ProShot, a popular camera app for iOS, comes to Android

Rajesh Pandey

Android has always lagged behind iOS in terms of quality camera apps. This was primarily due to the lack of proper APIs from Google, which made it impossible for developers to build great camera apps

APPS

Jun 30, 2015

Hangouts for iOS gets a major update; Android update ‘coming soon’

Rajesh Pandey

In a move that is sure to anger a lot of Android users, Google today started rolling out a major update for the Hangouts app for iOS. The v4.0 update to the app brings

APPS

Jun 29, 2015

Top 5 root apps for Android

Rajesh Pandey

Many people argue that rooting an Android device nowadays is unneeded and irrelevant because OEMs have toned down their UIs. While it might be true to a certain extent that OEMs have improved their UI

APPS

Jun 29, 2015

This app allows you to assign any shortcut to the Volume Up key on the LG G4, G3 and other LG devices

Rajesh Pandey

One of the handy little features that LG has started adding to its phone is the ability to quickly launch the camera by holding down the rear-placed Volume down button on some of its

APPS

Jun 28, 2015

Google app teardown reveals offline ‘OK Google’ functionality, more voice commands to control device settings, and more

Rajesh Pandey

Earlier this week, Google updated the Google app to v4.8, which did not bring with it any major changes or enhancements. As per the teardown done by the folks over at Android Police though,

APPS

Jun 26, 2015

BBM update for Android brings Material Design, Private Chat, and more

Rajesh Pandey

BlackBerry today has started rolling out an update for the BlackBerry Messenger app for Android that brings with it a complete Material Design makeover and a number of new privacy related settings. The app has

APPS

Jun 25, 2015

Amazon offering Monument Valley, The Bard’s Tale and other popular Android apps for free

Rajesh Pandey

Amazon is known to give away apps worth hundred of dollars for free through its App Store every once in a while. This time around, the company is giving away apps worth more than $50

APPS

Jun 24, 2015

Facebook Messenger no longer requires a Facebook account to sign up

Evan Selleck

At the beginning of June, Facebook announced that its messaging app, Messenger, had crossed the one billion downloads milestone in the Play Store. Obviously, Messenger is at least a little bit popular, and now a

APPS

Jun 24, 2015

Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint for Android smartphones now available to all

Rajesh Pandey

Just over a month after Microsoft updated the preview version of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint to support Android handsets, it has released the final version of the apps on the Google Play Store for

APPS

Jun 23, 2015

Todoist for Android gets a complete Material Design makeover

Rajesh Pandey

Todoist, one of the most popular task management apps for Android, has received a major Material Design makeover today. The update brings about a complete overhaul of the app that greatly enhances its usability and

APPS

Jun 18, 2015

Google’s Clock app is now available in the Play Store

Evan Selleck

Google has a plethora of apps available in the Play Store, as one might expect, and now the list grows by one more. On Thursday, June 18, Google officially released its own Clock app into

APPS

Jun 17, 2015

Portal is a new app from the developers of Pushbullet for quickly transferring large files over Wi-Fi

Rajesh Pandey

The developers of Pushbullet, an app used for quickly sharing and transferring notes, links and more between Android devices and computers, have released their new app today on Google Play today: Portal. Portal follows an

APPS

Jun 16, 2015

Microsoft’s Cortana beta launches this July for Android smartphones

Evan Selleck

At the end of May, Microsoft initially said that its digital personal assistant, Cortana, would be making its grand debut, in beta form, on Android beginning in late June. That timeframe has changed a bit,