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Google unveils Android Go: optimized for entry-level smartphones

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Google has been working with smartphone makers over the past few years to offer entry-level devices with decent performance and updates delivered straight from Google. The initiative is called Android One… and it’s been a bit of a mixed bag, since Android One phones have had to compete with cheap phones that aren’t part of the program. […]

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Smart text selection might be one of Android O’s best features

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Google’s Android O update is coming later this year, but you can sign up to join the public beta program today. Google already outlined some of the key new features earlier this year, but at the Google I/O developer conference the company is giving us a better look at some of the changes coming to […]

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Google launches Android O beta program (for recent Nexus, Pixel devices)

by Brad Linder Comments Off on Google launches Android O beta program (for recent Nexus, Pixel devices)

Google Android O will bring a number of new features to smartphones, tablets, and other devices when it launches this fall, including support for picture-in-picture mode, a new autofill framework, and adaptive icons. Following the launch of a developer preview in March, Google has launched an Android O beta program that lets you sign up […]

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Google’s Project Treble makes Android updates easier for phone makers… starting with Android O

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When Apple releases a new version of iOS, it rolls out to millions of iPhones and iPads almost immediately. When Google releases a new version of Android, it’s a crap shoot to figure out whether you’ll ever get it at all, unless you’re using a Nexus or Pixel device. That’s because after Google releases a […]

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Preliminary root released for Android O developer preview (Nexus 5X and 6P)

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Just two days after Google released the first developer preview of Android O, it’s been rooted. Well, sort of. Developer Chainfire has found a way to root the Google Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P when they’re running the developer preview, but this method does not work with the Pixel or Pixel XL smartphones… at least […]