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Android 5.0 “Lollipop” Feature Recap – The Best New Features

Kellen November 25, 2014 137

Android 5.0 "Lollipop" is without a doubt one of the biggest (if not the) Android releases to date. There are 5,000 new APIs for developers to take advantage of, a brand new design language that will re-shape the way we look at and use apps going forward, and...

Android 5.0 Feature: Tap & Go Restore and Restore From Specific Devices

Kellen November 25, 2014 49

I would hope that I am not in the minority when I say that pre-Lollipop, the Android setup and restore process was terrible. In fact, I don't know if we can even consider the previous process to be much of a restore process. In the past, you input your Google...

Android 5.0 Feature: Google Updates Smart Lock on Lollipop to Include Trusted Places

Kellen November 18, 2014 92

When Android 5.0 "Lollipop" went into a final preview build shortly after being announced by Google, we ran through a series of features to make sure you knew all about the awesomeness that was about to grace your phone or tablet. One of those features was...

How to: Store Music on Android Wear for Offline Playback

Kellen October 24, 2014 83

With an update to Android 4.4W.2, Android Wear now supports music playback while offline, which is a fancy way of saying that it is not connected to your phone. This is a pretty useful new feature, as you can pair your watch with a Bluetooth headset, leave...

Video: Android 5.0 Feature – Chrome Tabs Become a Part of the App Switcher

Kellen October 22, 2014 41

When you first boot a device running Android 5.0 "Lollipop" and open Chrome Beta, a pop-up will introduce you to the idea that your Chrome Beta tabs will now be a part of the app switcher UI. That might sound cool on the surface, but unfortunately, the...

Google has a Guide to Help You Move From Your iPhone to Android

Kellen October 20, 2014 91

Shortly after Apple announced the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the company opened an official set of instructions through their support site that was focused on helping Android users migrate over to iOS. Apple news outlets (and heavily Apple-influenced general...

Android 5.0 Feature: Printing UI Completely Re-Done, Print Preview Added

Kellen October 20, 2014 13

In Android 5.0 "Lollipop," Google included a brand new printing UI that now shows you a print preview before you either print a document to your local printer, save as a PDF to your device, or save to the cloud. You can manually select and de-select individual...

Video: Android 5.0 Feature – Power of Android Beam in the Share Menu

Kellen October 20, 2014 58

Back when the Android L preview was first released, we told you how excited we were that Android Beam was now included in the share menu. With Android 5.0 "Lollipop" official and up and running on our Nexus 5, we wanted to show you exactly why it is that we...