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With Android Nougat Google Introduces Scheduled Maintenance Releases, First Arrives This Fall as a Preview

Kellen August 22, 2016 23

Buried inside today's announcement that Android 7.0 Nougat (feature list) was rolling out to Nexus devices, Google also subtly announced that they are introducing a new maintenance release program "over the coming quarters." This new maintenance schedule will...

Here’s Everything That’s New in Android 7.0 “Nougat”

Tim August 22, 2016 122

It's official, Android 7.0 "Nougat" arrives today. With the announcement, we already have a fantastic sense of what the latest major update to Android offers, thanks to Developer Previews, but now we have the official changelog straight from Google. Inside...

Official Android 7.0 Nougat Site Goes Live! (Updated)

Kellen August 22, 2016 121

The Android 7.0 Nougat site just went live! That's a thing that we care about, because well, we also think that Google may push out stable Nougat today to Nexus phones. Also note, at the bottom, that Google confirms that the LG V20 will be the first to run...

Samsung S Health Updates to V5.0, Gets More Social

Kellen August 22, 2016 9

In the last update to Samsung's S Health, the company pushed out leaderboards and challenges, hoping to make the fitness app more robust and social. Today, the update to v5.0 is taking social to another level by reorganizing the app to some degree and putting...

Google’s Instant Native Notification Warnings for New Device Logins are Live

Kellen August 18, 2016 9

At the beginning of August, Google introduced a new security feature to Android that should help users catch unwanted logins from other devices. While Google has always sent out email confirmations or warnings about new device logins, this new feature was...

Verizon Wanted to Charge Companies $1-$2 Per Install to Get Bloatware on Your Home Screen

Kellen August 17, 2016 70

A headshake-worthy but not necessarily surprising story about Verizon looking to flood your phone with even more bloatware is making the rounds this week, and yes, we've been keeping an eye on it. The report comes from Ad Age, who claims that as recent as late...

Opinion: F*ck Android Software Updates

Kellen August 16, 2016 370

The year is 2016 and I'm officially sick of talking about Android software updates because the whole system is still broken. I've just had enough of the lack thereof, the slowness and inconsistency of them, the bugginess when they arrive, and the number of...

Hangouts Will Get a Business Focus Going Forward as Allo Becomes the Consumer Star

Kellen August 16, 2016 88

At Google I/O in May, Google introduced the world to new messaging and video apps called Allo and Duo that left many of us wondering what the future of Hangouts would be. After all, Hangouts was originally released as the do-all messaging app of the future,...