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Android L Features: Battery Saver Tries to Extend Battery Life

Kellen June 30, 2014 29

One of the many new features introduced with Android L is Battery Saver, a setting that attempts to lengthen the single-charge life of your phone when a charger or outlet is nowhere near. Other manufacturers like Samsung and HTC (Extreme Power Saving Mode)...

Google Voice Transcriptions to Improve With Your Help

Kellen June 30, 2014 41

Google I/O may have come and gone without a single mention of the status of Hangouts and Google Voice merging together, but on Friday, we learned from a Google Voice team member that the service isn't dead just yet. In fact, Google plans on improving it, at...

Android L Features: Keyboard Switching Now Happens in the Navigation Bar

Kellen June 30, 2014 41

If you have ever installed a third party keyboard on an Android device, like the new Android L keyboard, then you have probably seen the input menu that appears in the notification area that allows you to change keyboards on the fly. This menu shows as a...

Android L Developer Preview Keyboard Available on Google Play

Kellen June 30, 2014 50

Don't own a Nexus 5 or Nexus 7 (2013) but still want to taste some of the Android L Developer Preview? Feel free to start with the keyboard that has been pulled from the preview and repackaged as a stand-alone app that can be installed via Google Play. This is...

YouTube Intros Creator Studio, Announces 60 FPS Video, Viewer Donation, and More

Kyle June 27, 2014 32

YouTube chose VidCon as the venue to drop a few bombshells. In addition to a Creator Studio app for video makers to manage their content and view analytics, the Google-owned company also announced a few big additions to the website: high-framerate video, fan...

Google Maps Update Brings Android Wear Support

Kellen June 27, 2014 33

Google Maps received an update yesterday to bring support for Google's brand new Android Wear platform, along with bug fixes. The update doesn't specifically say what "support for Android Wear devices" means, but we are able to initiate turn-by-turn navigation...

Android L Features: Interacting With the New Lock Screen

Kellen June 26, 2014 57

Up next in our tour of new features in Android L is a detailed, on-video look at the revamped lock screen experience. If you have used Android at all over the years, a lot of the new concepts will make sense once you see them in action. There are quick swipes...

Android L Features: Do Not Disturb Mode

Kellen June 26, 2014 68

Our series on new Android L features kicked off moments ago with Battery Predictor, but now it's time to move on to an addition that probably should have been built into Android long ago. This is Do Not Disturb mode. For those not familiar with a feature like...