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Android O Developer Preview Released and Now Available!

Kellen March 21, 2017 48

Google just released the first Android O Developer Preview! For real, though, it's here! Android O will introduce new features by way of background limits on apps (think battery life boost), notification channels (more control over notifications), picture-in-...

Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview 5 Released, Adds NFC HCE Support for Payments

Kellen January 24, 2017 25

In the final Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview that was just released, Google is preparing the wearable OS for its stable release in early February. This is preview 5 and it includes iOS support, along with NFC Host Card Emulation to prepare it for users to...

Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview 4 Drops With Authentication, In-App Billing, More

Kellen December 13, 2016 21

With Android Wear 2.0 delayed until next year, Google is continuing to push updates to the developer preview program for it. Today, Developer Preview 4 is out with a number of new goodies, like authentication for apps, in-app billing from the watch, and more....

Android 7.1.1 Developer Preview 2 is Live for Nexus 6P, 5X, and Pixel C (Updated)

Kellen November 22, 2016 74

Google just posted the Android 7.1.1 Developer Preview 2 files for the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, and Pixel C! EDIT: Nexus 9 now too! There are three ways to get the update to Android 7.1.1 developer preview 2 at this time. The first is through the Android Beta...

Android 7.1.1 Developer Preview is Live for Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, and Pixel C!

Kellen October 19, 2016 140

Google just posted the Android 7.1.1 Developer Preview files for the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, and Pixel C! The timing is perfect, since the Pixel and Pixel XL are arriving in Verizon stores as early as tomorrow with 7.1. Google did tell us to expect it before the...

Android 7.1 Announced, Coming as Developer Preview “This Month”

Kellen October 11, 2016 50

Google just announced Android 7.1 Nougat, while also revealing further details about how 7.1 will get to your phone, including the current Nexus devices that have yet to be retired. According to Google, it should be here as a Developer Preview "later this...

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...

There is More to This Android N DP5 Easter Egg and It Involves Catching Cats (Updated)

Kellen July 18, 2016 46

Earlier today, the Android N Developer Preview 5 dropped and brought with it a new Easter Egg, if you can call it that. At first glance, we brushed it off as being nothing more than a Nougat colored "N" set atop an emoji line-up that evoked Hodor and his name...