We pretty much knew it had to be coming, but now it's okay to be excited: Google has officially launched their rival to Apple's CarPlay with their own Android Auto! Serving as a redesigned car-specific interface for Android, the software is contextually aware so it knows the moment you enter your car and then presents you with a simplified (read: less distractions) version of … [Read more...] about Android Auto Brings Google Now Functionality To Your Vehicle
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Android One Aims to Put a Smartphone in Every Hand
Smartphones have always faced two primary complaints: they are expensive and (at least when it comes to the hardware diversity Android enjoys) there are no standards to adhere to --meaning no two phones are necessarily created equal. With the announcement today that Google has created Android One, neither is a problem any longer. Created to be a reference platform, OEMs can now … [Read more...] about Android One Aims to Put a Smartphone in Every Hand
Google Launches Android TV Rival
Anybody who is surprised that Google launched Android TV, raise your hands... even considering the fact that I can't see any of you, I feel safe in assuming that no hands were just raised. In the least surprising (but exciting all the same) news coming out of Google I/O this morning, Android TV is a really real reality. Google has been in this place before with a flopped … [Read more...] about Google Launches Android TV Rival
Android Boasts 1B Active Users in the Past 30 Days
We have come to expect a certain amount of boasting at these keynote addresses (and I am including Apple in that comment), and so not to be outdone, we heard from Sundar Pichai that over a 30-day period, 1 billion people actively use Android devices (which is up from 900 million reported at last year's I/O conference). Pichai also revealed that according to their latest … [Read more...] about Android Boasts 1B Active Users in the Past 30 Days
Android Lollipop Release to Bring Performance and Interface Changes
It is hard to resist making statements that compare my excitement over Google I/O 2014 to feeling like a kid in a candy shop, when you learn that the next version of Android will be called 'Lollipop' (and if you notice, I just did it anyway). Just as we expected, Google took the opportunity to introduce their next generation operating system at their annual conference... and it … [Read more...] about Android Lollipop Release to Bring Performance and Interface Changes
New Android Feature “Nearby” Expected at Google I/O 2014
With all of the hype and excitement surrounding Apple's WWDC 2014 conference, it may have been easy to forget that Google's I/O 2014 conference is right around the corner and happening later this month. One of the features expected to be announced is an extension to Location Services called Nearby, which would make it easier for Android devices to interact with others in close … [Read more...] about New Android Feature “Nearby” Expected at Google I/O 2014