With a design change to the homepage of Android site, it seems that Google is about to drop the factory images for Android 7.0 Nougat for Nexus devices dating back to the Nexus 6 and 9 as well as the General Mobile 4G Android One phone. The Nexus Player and Pixel C are also in on the action.Regardless of whether your device(s) is on the Android Beta Program or not, you should receive your OTA within a ...
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It was last week that Nexus 6 phones around the world dropped away from the internet for seemingly no good reason whatsoever. It took many complaints, engineer tweaks and questions asked to find out what was going on with the devices on T-Mobile and many other international carriers.A Nexus engineer pointed the data cut-out to activating the GPS antenna. Apparently, a lot of complaints were lodged while users were on the geolocation-intensive games
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Why? Something went wrong. No one knows what went wrong, and worse yet, it’s international.It started with reports stretching through the past 48 hours of Nexus 6 devices not being able to connect with the “best in the country” T-Mobile data network. Down Detector tracked multiple reports from Nexus 6 owners and ...
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For the first time ever, it would seem that the new version of Android will not be released at the same time as the latest Nexus hardware is announced. In fact, it might come earlier.It’s only part of the story that tech leaks reporter Evan Blass is tweeting about.Android 7.0 releases next month, with the 8/5 security patch. Sorry Nexus 5 owners, no Nougat for you — Evan Blass (@evleaks) July 30, 2016We ...
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Want to know what’s hot? The sun. Fire. Takes. Hot takes.What else seems to be hot for the Chinese developers behind benchmarking app AnTuTu are smartphones and plenty of them. So, the team over there has decided to compile a list of the ten most popular smartphones benchmarked on its app in the first half of the year.Here’s the big view for some major geographies:PopularityGlobalChinaKoreaUS1Samsung Galaxy Note 5Redmi ...
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Surely getting a Google Nexus device is a sure guarantee to getting the latest and greatest version of Android, but ever since the launch of the old Galaxy Nexus back in the day, we know that won’t last for ever. Google doesn’t really guarantee that all its legacy Nexus devices will receive the latest version for ever, and today we learn just how close you are to being pushed out.Google’s support website has now begun listing the dates for end-of-life of its Nexus devices, and the picture is not really pretty. Yes, you’ll be entitled to at least three years of ...
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If you’re just a friendly neighborhood Nexus owner with a slight curiosity about what Android N might offer you, the Android Beta Program was made for you — you could just download the latest OTA package made available at Google’s discretion and enjoy.But if you’re a developer that needs to hop between different preview versions and you hate flashing the full image on and reconfiguring your ...
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It’s been a while since we’ve talked about Google’s stock camera app that has been relegated to the realms of Nexus. Those of you on the Android Beta Program have been able to peek into some new features as carried in the app through the
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In a marketplace where custom-printed cases (or skins) for pretty much any mainstream smartphone are quite accessible, Google has only just seemed to catch on that it would be a great idea to make this happen as well. Maybe certain circumstances prevented the revenues behemoth from doing this, but hey, at least now you can make your very own Live Case. Yep, those unique little things that
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The past couple of weeks have brought many software changes to Nexus devices, starting with the now traditional monthly security patches, then a long overdue bundle of stability and performance improvements designed specifically for the 5X and 6P.Unfortunately,
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You might’ve seen our Android expert Joe Levi tackle some of the minutia of what’s going on in the latest beta edition of the OS. You’ve surely seen a fair share of news, screenshots and commentary. You might be tempted to even hit up ...
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Earlier today, the Pocketnow crew was talking about some of our theories for Android N – and specifically, what tasty treat might end up lending its name to the upcoming release. That all seemed wildly speculative and forward-looking; after all, we’re still in the early days of March, and Google I/O is another two months away. Historically,
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The original Nexus 6 is not that old, and it’s certainly not obsolete as far as both its software and hardware are concerned, but in order to make room for the new, Huawei-manufactured Nexus 6P, Google decided to halt direct sales more than a month ago.Of course, that doesn’t mean the stock Marshmallow-running phablet is dead and buried already, with a number of third-party retailers ...
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Have you been hoping to grab an old-model Nexus device to get that pure Android swag without dealing with this model year’s bag? Maybe you could find a better price for the Nexus 6 on the Google Store. We doubt it, though. At least in the US, as it was selling for $499 when sites like ...
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Last week, a heads-up arrived that Android emoji fans were in for a big treat, with support for a bunch of new symbols about to hit Nexus devices. Google told us it was nearly ready to land, but kept us in the dark as to a precise date. It turns out that today’s the day, as Google flips the switch on Android 6.0.1, making the release available to all Nexus devices currently on Marshmallow.That’s right: Android 6.0.1 factory images are available for download now for the Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus ...
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