It gains praise from Expert Imaging and Sound Association for best consumer smartphone and gets a timeline for real Android Pie.
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Android 8.1 Oreo gets second and final developer preview
The maintenance review update is coming next month, but the beta goes on for another month. This time around, optimizations for low-spec devices.
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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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Android 7.1.2 beta 2: Pixel C gets new launcher, Nexus 6P gets fingerprint gestures
The Pixel C finally gets a launcher of its namesake while the Nexus 6P finally gains something its lesser sibling could do since a while back.
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Android 7.1.1 Nougat launches
The images are ready and out there and so will be the over-the-air updates in a few weeks’ time.
Android 7.1.1 Nougat, the first iterative software update for the new Google Pixel and Pixel XL, has been released to the devices and is being distributed to eligible devices over what we believe to be the next several days via general OTA or Android Beta Program OTA, if applicable — in addition to the Pixels, those are the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 6, both Wi-Fi and LTE versions of the Nexus 9, the Pixel C and the General Mobile 4G on Android One.
The update brings the API level to 25 and standardizes bottom-paradigm navigation menus in apps, robust support for image keyboards, app shortcuts and more.
Images are available to be flashed from the Google developers file bay. Excluded at this point are Nexus 6P users on Verizon and the Nexus 6, but we suppose proper updates for those devices will come in time.
Verizon has also listed Android 7.1.1 availability on its site. A full list of fixes and improvements can be found here, but major changes have to do with voicemail, corrupted text and call medium preferences (Wi-Fi versus cellular).
Build names are different per device category:
- For most Nexus devices, it is NMF26F
- The Nexus Player’s build is called NMF26J
- The Pixel C’s build is NMF26H
- The Pixel phones’ builds are NMF26O
Android Maintenance Previews continue to be built and devices enrolled in the Android Beta Program will be updated when they are released.
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Android 7.1 Developer Preview 2 out in beta program, image farm
If you’d like for your Nexus device to be a little more like those Pixel devices, jump on the Android Beta Program or flash the latest images available from the Android Developers site.
Google dropped the second Developer Preview of Android 7.1 for the latest Nexus devices today. Only the Nexus Player, the Nexus 6 and the General Mobile 4G are missing from the image load, so we presume that those devices have yet to receive the OTA on the beta program just yet.
This is the “final update” for the preview, so as soon as we’ll get to whatever date in December, we’ll be seeing the official release of Android 7.1.1. In the meantime, developers can now work with new Android Studio tools and emulate API Level 25. User interface is near-final, though we aren’t completely sure if we will see the two new Moves that some Canadian Pixel units got today.
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Android 7.1 Developer Preview out to Android Beta Program users
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A beta update came in from Apple today, now it’s Google’s turn for one.The Nexus 5X and 6P as well as the Pixel C have received a beta level Developer Preview of Android 7.1, the version of the mobile OS that ships with the Google Pixel. Since 7.1 is already final on the Pixel phones, this preview will serve mostly as a weed-whacker mission per device as well as a …
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Final version of Android 7.0 Nougat goes public
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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Poll: Do you feel comfortable using a beta as your daily driver?
Conferences like Google I/O and WWDC always give me a sense of mixed feelings. Because we’re all about to see some really neat new things for the platforms – even if they’re not “new” new – and that’s a really great thing. But then, we’re all about see a lot of interesting features that may not work so well, at least for several months anyway. Oh sure, you can have those features if you want them, but they’ll be in beta which is frankly a scary concept.Now, for those of us that have a ...
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Google providing Nexus OTA packages for ADB sideloading
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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Priorities, plusses and pinches in Android N Developer Preview 2
Incremental improvements between big steps in developer preview software are important to us, especially when it comes to mobile — remember that these improvements are supposed to make our lives a tad easier, wherever we are. So, if you’re on the Android Beta Program and use your phone for quick interactions on the go, you might have some fun with these new features adds in Developer Preview 2 of
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Priorities, plusses and pinches in Android N Developer Preview 2
Incremental improvements between big steps in developer preview software are important to us, especially when it comes to mobile — remember that these improvements are supposed to make our lives a tad easier, wherever we are. So, if you’re on the Android Beta Program and use your phone for quick interactions on the go, you might have some fun with these new features adds in Developer Preview 2 of
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Google finally embraces OTA sideloading with Android Beta Program
When it comes time to instal a new version of Android on your Nexus device how do you get your software? If you’ve just got to have that update ASAP, Google always makes available factory images users are free to download and flash, but if you haven’t already unlocked the bootloader on your hardware, installing one of those can involve data loss. On the opposite end of the spectrum, if you’re patient you can always just wait for your OTA notification to arrive and install your update that ...
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Android N Developer Preview OTA on the roll for some devices
Well, Google promised and Google delivers, though with a caveat.Those who signed up their Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 9 (Wi-Fi or LTE) or Nexus Player for the Android Beta Program are getting their first over-the-air update for the Android N Developer Preview. The build number has been updated from NCP56P to NCP56W for the phones, NCP56X for the tablet and NCP56R for the Player. The Nexus smartphones’ update package ...
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Android N Beta Overview: 6 Features in 60 Seconds (Video)
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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