If Android becomes more fragmented, Google thinks everybody loses

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?

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Huawei's phones are set to lose access to Android and all Google services, effective immediately.

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

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.

In this video tutorial, we'll show you how to set up a LAN messaging application for secure communication over a company network. You can get Windows, Android and Mac versions of the messenger. First of all, install the LAN messenger to every device connected to your office network. The chat app automatically detects all other users available. Click any name and start sending messages, transfer files or even get remote access to co-worker PC. It's simple to understand the program interface.

If comments from Samsung’s mobile boss DJ Koh are anything to go by, the company will soon confirm when the Galaxy Fold is going to be launched. It had to delay the initial launch scheduled for April 26 in the United States due to some issues with review units. We have already discussed those issues in detail

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.

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

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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!

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.

Google is preparing to enter the "affordable" market with the launch of the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL, which is hinted to be happening at Google I/O on May 7. With the rise of devices aimed at the mid-range, Google is attempting to replicate the success of Android smartphones like the OnePlus 6T, with a slimmed down version of the Pixel 3 launched last year. However, with the current state of the Android market as well as what we know about the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL, here's why the devices will be DOA.

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.