Android

Google’s White Framed Adaptive Icons Sure are Pissing Off Galaxy S8 Owners Who Just Got Oreo

Kellen March 20, 2018 82

Now that Oreo is rolling out to most Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ units in the US, we're seeing in real-time as one of the biggest groups of Android users on the planet finally gets a taste of Google's newest stable mobile OS. That means they are finding...

PUBG Now Available on Android in US

Kellen March 19, 2018

UPDATE 3/19: PUBG is now live for all Android users in the US! PUBG, short for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, is one of if not the biggest battle royale game in the world right now. Yes, I know, Fortnite is also popular, but I'm not here to discuss Steam...

IKEA Place App Comes to Android, Powered by ARCore

Kellen March 19, 2018 7

Google's ARCore has allowed IKEA Place to make its way to Android. IKEA announced the move today, giving IKEA fans with supported phones the ability to place pieces of IKEA furniture in spaces to see how they might look. It's a bit of a test drive app. IKEA...

Google Introduces Instant Apps for Games, Branding It as Google Play Instant

Kellen March 19, 2018 4

Google announced today that it has advanced its instant apps framework by allowing games to take advantage of the tech too. That means you can now almost instantly try out select games before having to download the entire experience. We first learned about...

Sprint, T-Mobile Galaxy S8 and S8+ Pick Up Oreo Update Too

Kellen March 19, 2018 17

Verizon may have been first to update the Galaxy S8 an Galaxy S8+ to Oreo last week, but T-Mobile and Sprint weren't far behind. As the weekend kicked off, both carriers began pushing the same update to their variants of Samsung's 2017 flagships. Both updates...

FuboTV Picks Up 4.0 Update With Complete Redesign, New Startover Feature

Kellen March 15, 2018 4

FuboTV, which is the best streaming TV service for soccer fans, has always had trash apps. I know that sounds harsh, but the fuboTV Android TV app currently sits with a rating of 1.5 stars, while the regular Android app sits hardly higher at 3.3 stars. These...

Swiftkey 7.0 Brings New Toolbar, Editable Stickers

Kellen March 15, 2018 11

Swiftkey, the second most popular keyboard on Android behind Google's Gboard, received a big update today. In fact, Swiftkey is calling this the biggest update since they were bought by Microsoft. That's a weird way to announce an update, but let's move on....

Google Opens Up the Maps API to Game Developers

Tim March 14, 2018 6

We may soon see an explosion of real-world based games using augmented reality, thanks to the opening up of the Google Maps API to game developers. With this, developers will be able to create new worlds on top of our existing one, using all of the data found...