How many times have you heard about an update for your Android phone — finally, FINALLY — that you just wanted immediately, but had no way of downloading and installing other than an over-the-air update? How many times have you mashed that “Check For Update” button?Those presses seem to be numbered now, especially if you have a late Nexus device.Pixel users and
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Hi, I’m Joe “the Android Guy”. Perhaps you’ve heard of me. I’m that guy who says Android is the best mobile operating system out there, and that “Pure Android” is the best of the best. If you want a “Pure Android” phone, you own a Nexus. Notice I said you “own” a Nexus, not you “buy” a Nexus or you “use” a Nexus. You own a Nexus.Nexus phones and tablets are (were?) devices commissioned by Google, sold directly to consumers (and occasionally through select carriers). They generally got timely updates ...
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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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Android’s next incremental upgrade has officially been outed. It will still be called Nougat, but it will move up a point to 7.1.So, what’s going on in this API of APIs (#25)?Well, for one, developers have a new app shortcuts API that lets users go to up ...
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After so many years of a largely cohesive, even predictable software support strategy for Nexus products, Google’s new two-brand policies might take some getting used to.The Pixel and Pixel XL aren’t merely N5X and N6P sequels with altered names, or phones “made by Google” which the search giant intends to advertise more aggressively, better distribute around the world, and generally bring closer to a mainstream audience.The Snapdragon 821-powered handhelds are also designed to make superior use of exciting new ...
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October 4, 2016 was supposed to be a day to remember for Google fans and fanatics as the birth of an exciting albeit pricey new line of stock Android-powered smartphones. But purists and, well, geeks may actually commemorate it eight years from yesterday as the untimely death of the beloved Nexus brand.No, there’s almost definitely no Huawei Nexus 7P with Andromeda ...
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Every single product announced at today’s event in San Francisco has been placed up on the Google Store today. That includes the Pixel phones, Google Home, the Daydream View VR headset, the Chromecast Ultra and
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The world’s third most popular smartphone vendor is obviously pretty big in China, from where it hails, as well as a few other Asian markets, and even Western Europe. But despite great ambitions and substantial recent efforts of gaining a US foothold, Huawei still has a long way to go.At least that’s what credible inside sources claim, describing among others the MateBook as an “absolute flop” in the land of the free, local Honor 5X sales as just ...
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While we’re probably mere days away from Apple flaunting new record numbers for early adoption of a major iOS makeover, 7.0 Nougat is yet to break the 0.1 percent barrier in worldwide Android distribution.That’s because Google hasn’t done a great job spreading the N love for even
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Whatever mysterious issue Huawei had to resolve at the eleventh twelfth hour, it’s probably fixed (about darn time), with the Nexus 6P now added to the still unusually short list of Google-backed devices able to officially and widely score Nougat goodies.All you need to do is visit the search giant’s developer webpages, locate your ...
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While it’s definitely no big surprise to see the latest Android flavor kept exclusive to Nexus devices several weeks after its public, out-of-beta debut, as third-party OEMs need extra optimization, i.e. bloatification, time, it’s completely unacceptable that ...
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As we post, Google is updating its Nexus Files for Developers page with links to the NRD90M builds of Android 7.0 Nougat. Developers and users alike with ADB knowledge can flash them to applicable Nexus devices.The Pixel C, the Nexus Player and the Wi-Fi version of the Nexus 9 are available for download at this hour. You can also continue to attempt a pull-down of the OTA.The countdown for OEM partners to get updates out continues.Source:
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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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Today might just be the big day for owners of the two latest (and greatest, until Marlin and Sailfish swim up to shore) Nexus devices, at least according to one of Canada’s three ...
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Still waiting for Android Nougat to happen? That August 5 security patch level update just not there yet? It won’t be for another weekend.Canadian carrier Telus, interested in transparency, has updated its Software Update Schedule for devices and has just listed both the Nexus 6P and 5X for an Android Nougat update targeted for August 22.Barring acts of God or ...
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