Microsoft began shipping the Surface Go tablet this week, and it’s the smallest, cheapest, and lowest-performance device in the company’s current line of Surface products. It’s also the first Surface tablet with a USB Type-C port and the thinnest Surface device to date. But it’s what’s inside that counts… and the folks at iFixit tore […]
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Android P is almost here, final beta is available today
Google has released the fourth and final beta of Android P… or the fifth developer preview, depending on how you want to look at it. Android P brings a bunch of new features including native support for phones with notches in the display and/or multiple cameras, gesture-based navigation (and a new mulltitasking window), and a […]
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Google releases Android P Beta 3
Google is on track to release the next major version of Android in the third quarter of 2018, and today the company has released Android P Beta 3, also known as Developer Preview 4 (because naming has never been Google’s strong suit). The latest factory images are now available for Pixel and Pixel 2 smartphones, […]
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Google releases Android P Developer Preview 3
The road to the next major release of Google Android is paved with five developer previews… but it’s the first three that count the most, since DP4 and DP5 are basically release candidates (which means the only significant changes are likely to be bug fixes). With that in mind, Google has released Android P DP3, […]
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What’s new in Android P Beta?
The next version of Google Android is coming later this year, and while we got a first developer preview earlier this year, Google is launching a beta program today with a bunch of new features. One of the key themes in those new features? Intelligence. Android P uses on-device machine learning to help save battery […]
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Report: Android P will bring a whole new multitasking UI
Google is set to launch the next major version of Android in the third quarter of 2018. Code-named Android P (for now), the update is expected to bring more notification changes, native support for phones with dual cameras and/or notches in the display, and much more. One new feature Google hasn’t publicly disclosed is a […]
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Developers port some Android P features to run on older Android versions
The first developer preview of Android P was released yesterday, but it’s only available for Google Pixel phones and Google describes it as an early, buggy build that you probably don’t want to use on your primary smartphone. But if you want to get a taste of some upcoming Android P features without actually installing […]
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Google Nexus devices won’t get Android P (at least not officially)
The first developer preview of Android P is now available for the Google Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, and Pixel 2 XL. Notice anything missing from that list? While google will continue to offer security updates for its 2015 phone lineup for at least another year, the company has no plans to bring Android P […]
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What’s new in Android P? (Developer Preview 1 is now available)
The next major version of Google Android is coming later this year, but developers and early adopters will be able to get an early look starting today. Google is releasing the first developer preview of Google Android P and, among other things, it adds native support for phones with camera cut-outs in the screen (notches), […]
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Android P may let you use a phone as a Bluetooth mouse or keyboard
Most Android smartphones support Bluetooth, allowing you to connect wireless headphones, mice, keyboards, and other accessories or to transfer contacts or files between devices without wires. But according to xda-developers, it looks like Google may be adding another Bluetooth feature: the ability to use your phone as a mouse or keyboard for an external device. […]