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Android turns 15 years old
On November 5, 2007, the Open Handset Alliance and Android went online. The operating system was a startup at the time that Google later acquired. …
Google Pixel 7 Pro VS Pixel 6 Pro, What Has Google Done?
Google’s most anticipated launch event of the year dubbed ‘Made By Google’ was held on the 6th of October 2022. At the event, Google announced …
Android smartphones are targeted by spyware that spies on conversations
A malicious private surveillance firm sold access to nearly half a dozen major security holes in Chrome and Android last year to government-affiliated hackers, Google …
Android loses 8% of its global OS market share to the iPhone
In a new report, StockApps noted that Google’s Android mobile operating system’s market share has fallen from 77.32 percent in 2018 to 69.74 percent in …
Will Google stop naming versions after the Android Z?
There were times when Google followed the practice of giving all its versions of the Android operating system sweet names. Moreover, this concerned both the …
Android 6.0 & above devices will usher in the Android 11 automatic reset function
In the Android 11 system, Google added an automatic reset permission function for apps. This feature is for apps that have been dormant for several …
Android to get an app to find items – similar to Apple’s “Find My”
Google’s service recently updated the 21.24.13 Beta version. XDA developers found a paragraph of “mdm_find_device_network_description” in its code, which is described as “ allowing users …
Google announces six new functions for the Android system
Google announced some of the latest features for Pixel phones earlier this week. In the official blog post update today, Google announced more new features. …
Google releases Android September distribution numbers; no sign of Pie
A few weeks ago, Google released the Android distribution numbers for August and on that occasion the Android Pie was absent. This is explainable by …
Video: Hands-on at the ZTE Firefox OS booth at MWC
GizChina.es’ Eduardo had the chance to play around with ZTE’s Firfox OS based devices at the ongoing MWC, and here’s what he thinks.
Android-x86 4.4 release candidate allows you to run KitKat on your PC
With the sort of growth Google’s Android has seen in the past few years, it is only logical to try and have it running on devices other than smartphones and tablets. Android is designed to run on devices on the ARM architecture, but most desktops and laptops of today have x86 processors which aren’t natively compatible to run Android.
Chinese Android Fans Put Apple in Their Place!
There is always going to be the ongoing fanboy battle going on between Android users and those on the iOS darkside, but it is rare …
Google Losing Android To Baidu
Baidu already have more than 75% of the Chinese search engine market all to themselves and are beginning to eat away at Google rather slim …
Google Confirms Honeycomb WILL be Open Source
Google’s Andy Rubin has come to the rescue of all those expect consumers and developers confirming that Android 3.0 Honeycomb will in fact become once …
Playstation Games Now Available in the Android Store
Five Sony Playstation titles have launched on Google’s Android app store this week. The games including Syphon Filter, MediEvil and Cool Boarders 2, became available …