Android

Google Brings Back Blob Emoji, Available as Stickers for Gboard and Android Messages

Tim July 17, 2018

Google killed off its blob emoji as the native emoji for Android last year, but to celebrate World Emoji Day, the company has announced that its bringing them back to live inside of Gboard and Android Messages. If you want to be technical, you could still...

Wednesday Poll: Still Care About Android Tablets?

Kellen July 11, 2018

Few companies make Android tablets these days. We know that Samsung does, including this new Tab S4, and that Huawei and Lenovo dabble in the field here and there, but that's about it. NVIDIA hasn't released one for a couple of years, nor has Sony. Even Google...

Netflix App Offers Smart Downloads for Quickly Refilling Downloaded Shows on Your Phone

Tim July 10, 2018

Netflix introduced Smart Downloads this week, a feature that will keep you mobile watchers happy when you're done binging the latest episode of whatever program you're into right now. To explain, when Smart Downloads is enabled (and yes, you can disable it),...

NVIDIA Bringing Improved GeForce NOW to SHIELD TV, Which Means Fortnite for Android TV!

Tim July 10, 2018

Back at CES, NVIDIA announced the GeForce NOW beta for PC and Mac, allowing even the most budget of desktop and laptop computers to run high-end AAA game titles. Maybe most importantly, it allowed basically anyone to access Fortnite through NVIDIA's own...

If You Couldn’t Pull July Security Patch on Your Pixel or Pixel 2, It Should be Live Today

Kellen July 9, 2018

I don't know why that July's security patch wasn't made available right away to all Pixel and Pixel 2 owners, but it should be as of today. A number of our readers pinged us to say that the update was now live after not having been available to pull. The...

July Android Security Update Goes Live for Nexus, Pixel Devices

Kellen July 2, 2018

Google just dropped the July 2018 security patch for Nexus and Pixel devices on us. At this time, we already have both factory image and OTA files, so choose whichever works best for you if you don’t feel like waiting for the update to show up on your device....

Your Google Account Page Just Got Way More Comprehensive and Useful

Tim June 21, 2018

Each person with a Google account has a dedicated Google Account page. According to Google, 20 million people visit their Google Account page each day. I am not one of that 20 million. On this page, you can find all of the information that is tied to your...

Gmail for Android is Finally Going to Let You Customize Swipe Actions

Kellen June 8, 2018

The change appears to be slowly rolling out, but Google is finally going to let you customize the swipe actions within Gmail on Android. You know the little swipe left or right shortcuts that previously only let you archive or delete? Yep, you are getting more...