Android

Android 11 Likely to Bring Super Useful “Quick Controls” Shortcut for Power Menu

Tim March 18, 2020

It appears that Google is working on a way to make the Pixel phone's power menu a lot more useful. Detailed by a developer on XDA, an app they created that can tap in an in-development API from Google accesses a new UI for the Pixel's power menu when running...

Here is Android 11’s New Notification History Page

Kellen March 18, 2020

We're only beginning to dive into Android 11 Developer Preview 2 to see what other elements beyond the technical stuff that Google included and noticed right away that a new "Notification history" page is here. We can finally jump into a dedicated page for the...

Google’s Advanced Protection Starts Blocking App Sideloading

Kellen March 18, 2020

Google has this service called Advanced Protection that you can enroll in today if you want an extra level of security on your Android device and Google account. It's still a somewhat-new service, but I feel like it is a lesser-known Google service that more...

OnePlus 7T Series Gets First Open Beta, Includes Live Caption

Tim March 12, 2020

OnePlus has announced the first open beta for the OnePlus 7T series. If you own a OnePlus 7T or 7T Pro, and you enjoy flashing early software, let's have some fun. According to the changelog, users can look forward to Live Caption (detects speech in media and...

Moment Pulls Plug on Its Android App Because…Android

Kellen February 28, 2020

Moment, the camera accessory store that has grown in popularity thanks to their attachable camera lenses for phones, announced a bit of sad news today. The company doesn't plan to continue developing its Moment Pro camera app going forward on Android. The app,...

Spotify’s Android App Soon to Get Refreshed UI With Fancy New Actionable Icons

Tim February 27, 2020

Spotify unveiled an interface refresh this morning, rolling out first to iOS users. Quick note, as Android folk, we appreciate Spotify using iOS as the guinea pig platform. The less jank we have to deal with, the better. Moving on, there aren't too many...

What’s New in Android 11? (Updated)

Kellen February 19, 2020

The first Android 11 Developer Preview was released today as a build only meant for developers. This is not a build for most of us, but it still gives us a preview about the types of new goodies we could see later in the year from this next version of Android...

First Android 11 Developer Preview is Now Available!

Kellen February 19, 2020

Google just released the Android 11 Developer Preview! You can download it on your Pixel 2, Pixel 3, Pixel 3a, or Pixel 4. The Android 11 Developer Preview beta will be available at some point "in the next several weeks." This is the first build, so that...