Lenovo teams up with Google for first consumer Project Tango mobile device
Remember Project Tango? The first run with the Project Tango platform was with a tablet. The tablet would use 3D motion tracking with depth sensing to help your...
Nexus 6P in Matte Gold now available for US buyers
When the Nexus 6P was announced in September last year, it was said to be available in four colours: Aluminium, Graphite, Frost and Gold. For whatever...
January Android security patch is now available, Nexus factory images posted
Google has so far been making good on its promise to release monthly security patches for the Android mobile operating system, which at the very least...
Facebook has a contingency plan ready in case it’s ever dropped from the Play Store
In the land of search and ad networks, two of the biggest players are Google and Facebook. As you can imagine, Facebook has thought about the...
New Google messaging service will be smarter than its competitors
Everybody is currently playing on a level playing field in the instant messaging space and it’s going to take something pretty innovative to stand out from...
Sundar Pichai teases Indian crowd with vote for Android N naming
One of our favourite past-times here at AndroidStory is guessing the name of the next version of Android. Since we’re currently on Android Marshmallow, that logically...
Android 6.1 Marshmallow allegedly coming in June 2016 with split-screen support
In the two months since Android Marshmallow has been available to the world, we’ve already had two versions of it – Android 6.0 and more recently...
Hangouts for Android may lose SMS and MMS capability in the future
For the longest time, people were crying out for the Hangouts app to have SMS and MMS functionality added to it, and after some waiting, Google...
Google Play Books has been updated with “Night Light” feature that reduces blue light
We’ve all heard various health experts tell us that reading on smart devices immediately bed is bad for sleeping habits, but for many of us, it’s...
Project Fi now available on tablets and other data-only devices
A new Project Fi support page has gone up on Google’s website, and it allows Fi users to add a tablet or other data-only device for...
Google is gifting employees with a Nexus 5X for the holidays
The holidays are a great time to be a Google employee, and 2015 is just as merry as years past. According to a post on reddit,...
Google releases Pixel C Android 6.0.1 factory image
In case you were wondering whether Google would be treating its new Pixel C tablet as it would one of its Nexus devices, wonder no longer....
Rumour suggests Huawei Nexus with a Snapdragon 820 is coming in 2016
While some of the companies Google has worked with have been quite vocal about how good their working relationship is with Google (ahem, LG and ASUS),...
Expect split screen functionality to be in Android N, says Pixel C team
After Google officially made the Pixel C tablet available for sale, the team behind the new device took to Reddit to answer some questions about the...
The Google Pixel C is now available on the Google Store starting at $499 USD
We’re a bit slow, but in case you’re as slow as we are, the Google Pixel C is now available on the Google Store after being announced...
Google Play Music family plan launches today in 6 countries
The Google Play Music family plan was announced at the end of September and promised to bring a package that would allow 6 family members to get...
Adios, mi amor: the Nexus 6 is no longer available from the Google Store
Honestly, it’s surprising that the Motorola-manufactured Nexus 6 has lasted so long – we thought the Nexus 6’s days were numbered once the Nexus 6P was released...
Android Marshmallow increases its Android Distribution share to 0.5%
Google has released its Android Distribution numbers for this month, and Android Marshmallow has shown some sizeable growth. After recording a population of 0.3% last month,...
Google Authenticator finally gets its Material Design makeover and Android Wear support
You might have assumed that by now all of Google‘s Android apps would have been updated according to the Material Design guidelines that were brought in...
Factory images for Android 6.0.1 update have been released
We’ve had the Android 6.0.1 update on our radar for some time now and it seems Google has decided today is the day – Google has...