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Mar 17, 2014

Play Games new key features accidentally revealed in a premature announcement

Valerie Richardson

A new update to the Google Play Games app was accidentally announced by Google, before being taken down for some reason. Perhaps Google wants to wait until the GDC (Game Developers Conference) which kicks off

APPS

Mar 14, 2014

Download: Google Play Store v4.6.16 brings password protection for all transactions, tweaked UI and more

Rajesh Pandey

Google has started rolling out a new version of Play Store with some minor UI tweaks and security related changes. The APK of the v4.6.16 update is also available, which you can grab

GOOGLE

Mar 13, 2014

Specs of Google’s upcoming smartwatch leak

Rajesh Pandey

Rumors have long been floating around that Google is working on its own wearable smartwatch, which will be manufactured by LG. Today, thanks to @evleaks, we now have a bit of information about the specs

CHINESE PLAYERS

Mar 13, 2014

Huawei reportedly launching a dual booting Android and Windows Phone device by Q2 2014

Valerie Richardson

Speaking to a website, the CMO of Huawei, Shao Yang has confirmed that the company is working on its own dual-booting Windows/Android smartphone soon. He said - "With Windows Phone, one direction for us –

GOOGLE

Mar 10, 2014

Google to bring Android wearable SDK in a couple of weeks

Valerie Richardson

Google has confirmed that its own smartwatch could be in the making with the announcement of a dedicated Android wearable SDK. The company will make this development kit available to manufacturers in a couple of

GOOGLE

Mar 7, 2014

Google hosting a sale on Play Store to celebrate its second anniversary

Rajesh Pandey

Google is celebrating the second birthday of its digital store for apps, games, book and movies -- the Play Store -- by offering exclusive offers across them. The offers vary from country to country and are not

GOOGLE

Feb 27, 2014

Project Ara devices arriving in early 2015 with a price tag as low as $50

Valerie Richardson

The Project Ara modular concept was announced in October last year by Motorola and Google. However, with Motorola being sold to Lenovo, there was a some uncertainty over the future of this project. Google has

GOOGLE

Feb 25, 2014

Rumor: Google could launch its own smartwatch OS in June

Valerie Richardson

Reports are indicating that Google could launch its own smartwatch OS at the Google I/O event this June. Details are scarce at the moment, but it is being claimed that this new operating system

GOOGLE

Feb 20, 2014

Google unveils Project Tango, an Android smartphone to map the 3D world

Kelly Hodgkins

Google today took the wraps off Project Tango, a prototype smartphone from the Motorola's Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group. ATAP, now under the oversight of Google's Android group, has developed a sensor-

GOOGLE

Feb 20, 2014

Google I/O 2014 to be held June 25 – June 26

Kelly Hodgkins

Mark your calendars for June 25th and June 26th as that is when Google will be holding its I/O developers conference at San Francisco's Moscone West conference hall. The initial event details were

FEATURED

Feb 19, 2014

Is Google’s dominance over Android starting to push everyone away?

Rita El Khoury

Google's control over Android is often cited, criticized yet barely ever challenged. For a long time, every major player in the mobile industry except Nokia and Apple was flocking toward Google and willing to

GOOGLE

Feb 17, 2014

Samsung could have bought Android before Google, brushed it aside with a scoff

Adrian Diaconescu

Most people probably date back Android’s origin story to late 2008, when HTC’s Dream (also known as the T-Mobile G1) came out. Or maybe 2007, when the Open Handset Alliance was formed,

FEATURED

Feb 13, 2014

Android is Open, Google’s certified Android isn’t but didn’t we know that already?

Rita El Khoury

The debate over the open nature of the Android ecosystem gets re-ignited every couple of months thanks to a "new" piece of information surfacing with details of Google's iron fist on the operating

GOOGLE

Feb 7, 2014

Report: ASUS and Google working on Nexus 8 for April launch

Abhijeet Mishra

Before Google made the LG G Pad 8.3 available as a Google Play edition device, there were rumors that the search giant was working on an 8-inch Nexus tablet, with an unknown tablet'

APPS

Feb 6, 2014

Android Search app updated with TV provider and on-demand customization

Charles West

Google just released update to its Android Search app that houses some pretty interesting features under the hood. Now users will be able to choose their own TV provider and on-demand options.Android Police

GOOGLE

Feb 6, 2014

Motorola schedules February 25th event at MWC, will talk ‘business updates’

Abhijeet Mishra

Not deterred by the impending switch of its ownership from Google to Lenovo, Motorola has scheduled a press event for Mobile World Congress on February 25th, with the invite simply saying "You Are Invited." That'

ANDROID PHONES

Feb 4, 2014

Red Nexus 5 now available on Google Play in 16 and 32 GB variants

Abhijeet Mishra

It's time to say goodbye to the tradition of Google's Nexus smartphones being available in only black and white color options, as the search giant has launched the red Nexus 5 on Google

GOOGLE

Feb 3, 2014

Google finally releases Chromecast SDK to all devs — yes, more apps please!

Charles West

Google finally gave the news every developer has been waiting for by announcing availability of the long-awaited Chromecast SDK, also known as the Google Cast Software Development Kit. Today new and old app developers