The month's security update is out with patches to combat KRACK and system vulnerabilities. The Pixel 2 XL is the biggest beneficiary.
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Factory resetting in Android 8.1 Developer Preview can brick device
If you have a problem and happen to have forgotten your unlock code for some reason, you better hope you don't need a factory reset.
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Duo integrated as a video call feature in Google call and messaging apps
Google's Phone, Contacts and Android Messages apps will link video calls to the Duo app on Pixel, Nexus and Android One phones.
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Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P security update guarantees extend through to November 2018
The new November 2018 guarantee gives the two 2015-era devices an extra two months of security patch support from Google. No reason why we can tell.
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Android Oreo images finally out for Nexus and Pixel devices
New build names and the last major update, potentially, for phones named Nexus. Android 8.0 is out on the Google devices.
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Is the Moto Z2 Force a true show of force? | #PNWeekly 263
This week on our show, we talk with Digital Trends's Julian Chokkattu about what we saw at the #HelloMotoWorld event. Also, more screens for Meizu!
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Nexus 5X and 6P losing out on Bluetooth aptX
The aptX and aptX HD codecs aren't supported on the 2015 Nexus phones. They feature the same audio chip as the LG G4, though, which has aptX.
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Android security patches for July are up for Nexus, Pixel devices
Right after HMD Global updated its Nokia 6 devices in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The big fixes in this set of patches include a major media framework hole.
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With no Nexus phones in its lineup, Project Fi is aching for a budget device
Its current and prospective customers are, too. And Google's telling them to wait for later this year to see that budget phone come to life.
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Walleye and Taimen will be 5-inch and 6-inch Pixel 2 devices
There's some more corroboration around the rumors that LG will provide OLED displays for the larger so-called Pixel XL 2 model.
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Android O Developer Preview 3 out with final APIs
Android app developers are being urged to work on their products and implement new APIs in time for Android O's final launch in mere months.
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Nexus and Pixel security update for June patches major Qualcomm holes
Qualcomm is fixing some major security holes with this late update, but Android stays at the general 7.1 level and on Nougat.
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Nexus lawsuit update: 5X dropped, 6P pushed on
While there are some ongoing class actions concerning, at least one affecting the Nexus 5X has been voluntarily dropped. Others go on.
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Did Android 7.1.2 brick fingerprints for you? Maybe flash the update…
Users of the Pixel and applicable Nexus devices are reporting that the update has crippled the usability of their fingerprint sensors.
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Did Android 7.1.2 brick fingerprints for you? Maybe flash the update…
Users of the Pixel and applicable Nexus devices are reporting that the update has crippled the usability of their fingerprint sensors.
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