Beginning with Android 8.0 Oreo, Google implemented a major fundamental change to how Android interacts with your hardware.
Project Treble aims to make OTA updates come quicker and more often, as well as make it far less difficult for manufacturers to implement. (more…)
For many users one of the most frustrating things about Chinese phones from Xiaomi and Miuzu and other Chinese brands catering mostly to the China market is that they don’t support dynamic notifications. We echo this sentiment, and while Xiaomi etc… have gone to great lengths to make what they feel is a more functional Android, lack of interactive notifications is a huge gap between AOSP (vanilla) Android and OS such as MIUI. (more…)
Android Marshmallow 6.0 was first announced 28-MAY-2015. It wasn’t until OCT-2015 that the final build was released.
As of MAR-2016, 2.3% of devices on Play Store are running Android 6.0, and it’s estimated that 24% of the those devices are CM / CyanogenMod. (more…)
“What will Google name the next Android version?”, one of the biggest questions of the year in the mobile world as we all know has traditionally been the name of a desert or snack.
With ‘N’, we have a couple of possibilities including Nutella and Nougat. According to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, he will be asking his mom for advice on this one, or it may go to the fans for a vote.
Sundar being of Indian descent may have us seeing an Indian dessert name, especially as he may be giving sway towards his mother’s vote, a sweet son indeed. Some Indian dessert possibilities are Narikol Laru, Narali Bhaat, Neyyapam, Nan Khatai, and Narkeler Naru.
We won’t know for at least several more months. Nutella is the strong betting favorite at the moment, but perhaps it’s time for Android to put a little culture into the name, especially since we see huge support of Android coming from India.
As those who often flash ROMs, and anyone who’s done an OTA or factory reset know, one of the most frustrating things with Android is waiting for it to compile our apps on first boot. (more…)