Microsoft has announced that its experts have discovered a serious vulnerability affecting many Android phones, and also helped to fix it. The vulnerability was discovered in a framework from Israeli developer MCE Systems, which provides a self-diagnostic mechanism for identifying and fixing problems on Android devices. The framework is used...
The e Foundation has been offering an alternative /e/OS platform for five years now. In the past few years, in Europe and America, it was possible to buy smartphones with /e/OS pre-installed. However, these were third-party smartphones, on which the original software was replaced with /e/OS. Now the e Foundation...
In early May, Google announced that the Lite version of YouTube would be discontinued by the end of the year, and now the company has taken another step towards the Android Go platform, optimized for the most budget smartphones. Lightweight “gallery” – Gallery Go has been suddenly renamed, deleting the...
Google is testing a feature for Android that will be responsible for detecting snoring and coughing. Google Health Studies released a new version this week to support the launch of a new study. This update also includes the “Sleep Audio Collection” study, available only to Google employees. To participate in...
Recently, Google announced that it will focus on tablets again and bring various software improvements to Android 13. The company also announced that it will release about 20 apps optimized for tablets. The company released an updated calculator app for tablets this week. The Google Calculator preinstalled on various phones...
Google has released a small update to the second beta version of its Android 13 mobile operating system. Beta 2.1 is already available to Pixel smartphone users (Pixel 4 and younger) as an over-the-air update. The second beta version of Android 13 was more stable than the first, but still...
Microsoft continues to develop the idea of combining Windows and Android. Recently, the company announced the release of an update to the Windows Subsystem for Android subsystem for its current OS. One of the main innovations is the transition to Android 12.1 (12L). The current public version is based on...
Google has long ceased to publish statistics on the distribution of a particular version of Android, but updates it every six months in the Android Studio section. Due to the peculiarities of the data, Android 12 is not included in the statistics. The share of Android 11 also cannot be...
In early May, Google released a system update for the Google Play online app store. As it turned out, this update contains much more interesting innovations than originally announced by Google. Recently, Google updated the note for the May update of Google Play, adding to it some additional innovations that...
At the end of April, Apple launched the “update the app or it will be removed from the App Store” initiative, and now Google is planning to do the same with its Google Play app catalog. However, if Apple took on a pencil about 650,000 applications, then Google can remove...
At this year’s I/O conference, Google detailed the new version of Android Auto that will be available to all users later this summer. The big change is that the user interface will now adapt to different screen sizes and orientations, which will be split by default. The goal is to...
Yesterday, Google introduced the second beta version of Android 13 and officially announced the public beta testing program for the new OS. Traditionally, it has been supported by about a dozen brands, each with one or more top devices. The following devices are participating in the Android 13 Official Public...
Google has released the first Android 13 beta for the Google TV and Android TV platforms. Android TV 13 Beta 1 has already been seen by enthusiasts of the XDA Developers community. In terms of visual changes, at the moment Android 13 TV is not much different from Android 12...
Google Duplex technology, which debuted in 2018 as an addition to the Google Assistant AI voice assistant, has gained a new and rather interesting feature: it automatically checks passwords in the Chrome browser on an Android device for theft, after which it offers to replace them. If the password the...
Google has released a May update to the Android operating system for its smartphones, which not only includes the usual security fixes, but also contains some device-specific improvements. The most important of these have to do with the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro devices and their haptics. After last...
Some Android users are having a problem with the back gesture. Often they go back a page or back to the home screen when all they want to do is swipe the image. Google is working on improving this gesture and a new solution will be presented at Google I/O....
