Microsoft phased out its Windows-powered smartphones in 2017 after they failed to take off with consumers.

Google’s getting out of the tablet hardware business, canceling two different tablets it was building and reassigning those employees to other projects. And as it did with the Pixel 4 rumors, the company decided to break the usual script of “we don’t comment on future products” by just up and telling Computer World and Business Insider that it planned on focusing on laptops like the Pixelbook going forward.

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If Android becomes more fragmented, Google thinks everybody loses

If the world’s second biggest manufacturer has to fork its own Android OS and app ecosystem, Google may be in trouble in the long run.

The U.S. has blacklisted Huawei and Google has pulled its Android license, but the company has a backup plan years in the making.

Google has unveiled a new version of its Glass Enterprise Edition with longer battery life and a platform built on Android.

Back with the launch of Android Lollipop, Google decided to make everything across the Android system white. That included not only the system settings, quick tile panels and more but also all of the first party, Google-made apps that come with your device as well. As we have seen the proliferation of AMOLED panels which can display true black colors, device manufacturers and app developers have started to incorporate dark themes into their UI elements that turns everything dark or entirely black.

Android Q has a lot of exciting UX additions and improvements, like Dark Mode, but it also has some under-the-hood additions to help usher in the era of 5G phones. Chief among them, we learned at Google IO 2019, are new capabilities for app developers to detect user data download speed and latency, as well as whether their connections are metered by carriers.

After various leaks, Motorola today finally announced its Moto Z4 handset. Indeed, there are no surprises left with the device. It's powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 chipset, a 2GHz octa-core SoC. Motorola opted for a single-lens camera this time around, which means you lose features like Selective Black & White and Selective Focus. It does have a 48-megapixel sensor though, which uses quad pixel technology. In other words, it combines four pixels into one for better low-light photography, so you'll end up with a 12-megapixel image.

Google has long maintained an optional link between Google Drive and Google Photos, but it appears that feature is going away. According to Google, many... by Ryan Whitwam in Google, News

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Dark mode has stealthily rolled out to the Android version of Google Chrome as a part of the app’s most recent updates. Finally, we can all stare at our phones a little more comfortably, especially at night, without having to enable night-time reader modes or other settings... and I suppose it’s helpful for battery life, too.

In observation of Distracted Driving Month this April, The Zebra, an insurance comparison site, surveyed 2,107 Americans to uncover what activities are distracting them on the road. The survey revealed that 78% of Americans admit to engaging in activities other than concentrating on the road, even though the majority of them (66%) feel guilty while doing so. And iPhone users are twice as likely to text and drive as Android users.

The age of the foldable device is upon us! Or at least it will be very soon, pending a slight delay. Either way, a lot of industry analysts are of the opinion that folding smartphones are the future. That means the apps of the future also need to be foldable. Consumers are clamouring at the bit to get a taste of this new hardware direction. But as for us developers? It’s just one more form factor to target — the Android landscape is becoming even more fragmented! Yay!

Android Q introduces a bunch of new features, while putting protections in place to provide even more transparency and control over your data.

The last day of Google’s developer conference tends not to have any news, but this year was a little overloaded. Google announced today that it’s working on bringing Electronic IDs to Android. Separately, the company also confirmed that all new Android Q devices will be required to encrypt user data.

A buffer-overflow vulnerability in WhatsApp is being exploited by NSO Group to remotely take over victims’ iOS and Android devices.

So here are some of the limited BLU G9 case covers available for purchase online. These BLU G9 cases provides ultimate protection.

App devs: Don’t be tempted to follow suit; make sure third-parties aren’t using these sort of obnoxious practices. IT: Got MDM yet?

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Obscuring the display with physical watch hands sounds like a great idea, right? Android smartwatches may be about as dead of a form factor as Android tablets, but that isn't stopping OEMs from continuing to pump out these little packages of wrist-mounted sadness. The latest is LG's "hybrid" smartwatch, the Watch W7, which one-ups the usual Wear OS hardware package by slapping physical, analog watch hands on top of the display.

Android apps generally have a long shelf life. While most apps these days require Android 5.0+, it’s not uncommon to see apps that still support Android 4.1-4.3 Jelly Bean. One such app is Google Chrome, which is an immensely popular app that is used on all sorts of devices. Soon, however, Chrome will no longer support Android Jelly Bean.

It’s like a really bad version of the iPhone X interface

A BuzzFeed News investigation uncovered a sophisticated ad fraud scheme involving more than 125 Android apps and websites, some of which were targeted at kids.

Xiaomi has announced the Mi Mix 3, the latest entry in its series of full-screen flagship phones. It’s yet another high-end Chinese device with a huge screen-to-body ratio achieved by hiding the front-facing cameras on a sliding mechanism — no notch required. Unlike the Vivo Nex or Oppo Find X, however, the slider isn’t powered by motors. CEO Lei Jun compares the design to older sliding phones and suggests that it’ll be relaxing just to play with.

Android is possibly the most popular smartphone OS that is used by more than 2 billion users. So these are some of the best apps for android that you must try now!

Last year, LG launched a Software Upgrade division and said it would be “investing significant resources toward extending smartphone lifespan” with consistent, stable updates. Many were hopeful that this concentrated focus on software would mean customers would receive major new versions of Android in a more timely manner; LG has never been particularly quick at delivering the latest features to its devices — even with the company’s flagship Android phones.

A newly disclosed vulnerability in Skype for Android could be exploited by miscreants to bypass an Android phone's passcode screen to view photos, contacts, and even launch browser windows. Bug-hunter Florian Kunushevci today told The Register the security flaw, which has been reported to Microsoft, allows the person in possession of someone's phone to receive a Skype call...

A security flaw meant many private messages were readable for years said Twitter.

Google has removed dozens of popular fake photo apps meant to hurt its users. Security firm Trend Micro discovered 29 malicious apps that were listed on the official Google Play store, all advertised as “beauty camera” applications. The apps have since been removed by Google.

Android users are being told to patch their Android OS Nougat (7.0), Oreo (8.0) and Pie (9.0) as soon as updates are available after a bug related to PNG images was found.

Here’s a good reason to update to your latest version of Google Play Services: Android devices running version 7.0 and later can now log you into apps and websites without requiring you to type in a password. Using FIDO2, an open standard developed by the FIDO Alliance, the update instead uses your fingerprint or PIN to log you into various services.