Tag: Google

It's Marshmallow day. And that can mean only one thing: a stampede to Google's Android images pages. There us eager early adopters can find links to download Android 6.0, aka "Marshmallow." Long-time Nexus users know the drill. Those new to Nexus should follow these instructions before attempting to upgrade your phone...

Google today announced a pair of two Nexus phones in San Francisco. The event, as is increasingly common, was also live-streamed (replay on YouTube). The smaller Nexus 5X is made by LG, features a 5.2-inch 1080p screen. Starts at $379 (16GB). The Nexus 6P is made by Huawei (a first), features...

BlackBerry chief John Chen explains why he's turning to Android operating system for new "Priv" phone.

WatchOS 2 is here, and improves significantly upon the Apple Watch, a wearable that if not necessarily a smash hit, at least gets the idea of a smartwatch mostly right. There's a lot to like with WatchOS 2, especially native apps, and I'll have more soon after I've spent...

Apple users upgrade their phone software faster. But many suggest that Android's so-called fragmentation actually works in Google's favor.

Welcome to unlocked Android la la land.

First a corporate shuffle -- which saw all of Google's vast entities moved under a new umbrella holding company called Alphabet. Now, a new logo. Google has been very busy these last few weeks. As The Verge reports, Google has unveiled a new logo today. This is how it looks: Colors remain...

This is a bit of a surprise announcement (though, we were tipped last week by an inadvertent reveal by Huawei). Google has announced today that Android Wear -- its smartwatch operating system -- will now work on the iPhone. Previously, to pair a Wear-based smartwatch you needed to have...

If you're in the market for a new Android phone or upgrade, this, my friends, is your time. In my six years of covering Android and the mobile space I've never seen such incredible phones on offer, at prices that, in many cases, simply seem too low to be...

The problem with cards on Android Wear is that once you dismiss them they're gone forever. Google should look to Apple glances to give users persistent, on-demand access to information on their smartwatches.