Users of the Android Auto automotive platform began to complain about a nasty system crash. We are talking about a hardware rotary control, which is used in automotive systems without a touch screen. This is especially unpleasant in the management of Google Maps (Google Maps). The fact is that the...
Google announced a major design update for Android Auto back in May at the Google I/O conference. And now the first users can join the new interface on the multimedia systems of their cars. At the moment, the new Android Auto interface has begun rolling out to members of the...
WhatsApp messenger may soon be able to work on an Android tablet using an existing account, without the need for an additional phone number. This is reported by the WABetaInfo resource, which periodically contains information about the functions of beta versions that are not yet available to a wide range...
One of the creators of the Android operating system, Rich Miner, posted on Twitter images of the prototype of the first Android smartphone in the folded and unfolded state. It was planned that the screen of the device would shift to provide access to the physical QWERTY keyboard. At the...
Google has confirmed that its Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro smartphones are the first in the world to only support 64-bit Android apps. A couple of weeks ago, users noticed that Google’s new products do not run old 32-bit applications, and now the company has published a little material...
Microsoft has not officially announced this, but according to the roadmap published on GitHub, the company is already working on translating the Android subsystem integrated into Windows 11 (Windows Subsystem for Android, WSA) to Android 13. Along with this, other expected features will appear in the WSA. For example, picture-in-picture...
About two months after the release of Android 13, Google introduced its “little sister” – Android 13 Go Edition. This simplified version of the OS is designed to be installed on inexpensive phones. However, the new version has several important differences. If in the previous version of Go the company...
The developers have announced preparations for the release of the legendary custom firmware Paranoid Android based on the latest version of the Android 13 operating system. According to the developers, the project based on Android 13 is called Topaz”, and preview builds are already available for Nothing Phone 1, Google...
Google has announced a new step towards a password-free future by introducing support for signing in for Android and Chrome using what it calls a Passkey, a passkey. Passkeys allow you to use your smartphone or computer’s built-in authentication systems instead of a traditional password, such as a fingerprint scanner....
The Pixel 7 and 7 Pro smartphones that have gone on sale seem to be the first devices on the Android market that have completely switched to a 64-bit version of the system. Google itself did not say anything about this, but some owners of new products have already encountered...
It seems that mobile operating systems turned out to be rather weakly protected, and this applies to both actual operating systems today. Security researchers Tommy Maysk and Talal Haj Bakri found that when VPN is enabled on iOS 16, all traffic is not encrypted. It is noted that most connections,...
Google announced the closure of one of its services for drivers – a special Driving Mode in the Google Assistant voice assistant (Google Assistant). The feature was an interface adapted for driving on a smartphone and effectively replaced the Android Auto smartphone app, which was discontinued last year. Google has...
Android 13 has a new feature called Clear Calling. It was discovered in Android 13 QPR1 Beta. In this mode, the system activates noise reduction technology for calls. Unlike similar technologies in inexpensive headphones, the function is based on AI. At the same time, Android assures that the content of...
The Android 12L operating system was once presented as a solution for devices with large screens. Despite this, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 was the company’s first smartphone with this OS, and other manufacturers often do not use this version at all. And now we understand why. As it turned...
Google in its new Android 14 OS will get rid of the Android Beam feature, which appeared back in Android 4 and allowed data to be transferred via near-field communication (NFC). I must say that work on Android Beam has stopped since the release of Android 10, however, software developers...
SpaceX and T-Mobile announced last week that they will bring direct satellite connectivity to smartphones, and Google said the next version of Android 14 will “support partners to deliver all of this.” This was reported by Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google’s senior vice president of platforms and ecosystems, who described how “it...
