Google is officially introducing a new 3D logo for Android. The overall goal of this rebrand is to “help merge Android with Google” and follows a previous rebrand in 2019. First, Google changed the spelling of the word Android in the logo. Previously, only lowercase letters were used for this,...
Google has made an important update for mobile devices running on the Android operating system. The update significantly affects the speed of launching applications on smartphones and tablets. We are talking about updating the Android Runtime (ART), the application runtime environment in the Android OS. Moreover, the receipt and speed...
A BBC Newsnight investigation found that the earthquake alert system that Google integrated into Android a few years ago completely failed in the earthquake situation in Turkey earlier this year. In Turkey, this system was launched in 2021. Google says that on the same day, February 6, an earthquake alert...
The Google team has begun to distribute to some users a new design of the Google Maps (Google Maps) application for the Android Auto car platform. The updated application received a sidebar with controls for working with maps on the car’s media system. Previously, map controls were only displayed when...
Google in its official blog announced the emergence of a new feature in the Android OS, which is already becoming available on mobile devices starting with version 6.0. We are talking about the search for Bluetooth trackers that can be used to spy on a person without his knowledge. So,...
Google has announced that the Google Play service no longer supports the Android 4.4 KitKat operating system. This version of the OS was released 10 years ago and now, according to Google itself, it is used on less than 1% of all active Android devices. The last time Google disconnected...
Satellite communication is already implemented in Apple and Huawei smartphones, and its global release will soon take place – as soon as Android 14 is released. According to the latest data, satellite communication support will be integrated into the new version of the OS, but proper hardware will be required...
Google has officially announced the massive launch of a new feature that makes it easy to share images, videos, and other content between Android phones and Windows PCs. The Nearby Share feature has been built directly into Android for many years, but until recently it could only be used between...
Google has begun distributing the latest version of the Android Auto automotive platform to users. The release of Android Auto 10.0 was not accompanied by any announcements and was very quiet. The Android Auto update brings a new user interface to the digital assistant Google Assistant (Google Assistant). Google Assistant...
There was a strange limitation in the Android Auto car platform – you cannot use Google Maps (Google Maps) on your phone and in Android Auto at the same time. However, now this restriction is finally lifted. At the very least, netizens started bragging that they were able to use...
More than a decade after its first launch, Google is about to permanently shut down the Google Play Movies & TV service (Movies and TV shows on Google Play), while Android TV has replaced it with a new Shop tab. Image: GoogleGoogle Play Movies & TV first launched in 2011....
Google has significantly expanded the functionality of its Google Wallet application (Google Wallet), designed for payments and storing a variety of financial data – from payment cards and loyalty cards, to plane tickets or concert tickets. If earlier payments were available only for NFC-enabled smartphones, now there will be support...
Google has unveiled a new logo for its Android operating system. The developers have redesigned both the image of the iconic robot head and the wordmark next to it. Left: 2008; Mid: 2019; Right: 2014The new wordmark starts with a capital “A” after the Android logo started with a lowercase...
Google has released for developers the first test version of its proprietary platform for smart TVs – Android TV 14 beta 1. It brings interesting innovations to users. For example, with Android TV 14, users will be able to receive incoming call notifications and even receive calls from supported apps...
To date, Bitdefender has found 60,000 completely different samples (unique apps) containing adware, and we suspect many more exist in the wild. Generated by the Midjourney neural networkAccording to experts, this campaign began in October 2022. Malware is distributed under the guise of security apps, game hacks, cheats, VPNs, as...
Users of the Android Auto car platform have started complaining about crashes after installing recent updates. The problems come down to the fact that the system either cannot connect or accidentally disconnects. Based on posts on social media and Google support forums over the past two weeks, Android Auto connectivity...