Android 8.0 Oreo is already available for Pixel and Nexus devices
Google pulled off one of the best marketing stunts in history on Monday, by taking advantage of the solar eclipse to announce a cool name …
When you can actually expect Android Oreo on your phone
In a ritualistic ceremony conducted while out of sight of the sun, Google officially named the eighth version of Android “Oreo” today. At the same …
Android Oreo is finally here
After months and months of betas and previews, Android’s latest evolution is finally ready for the main stage. Hijacking the hype from today’s total solar …
How to watch the Android O reveal live stream today
At long last, Google is finally ready to tell us everything we’ve been dying to know about Android O. The first developer preview rolled out …
Android Oreo or Android Orellete?
Later today, Google will finally tell us what the “O” in Android O stands for. It’s not a coincidence that it’s all happening on the …
Digital rights group warns that Google’s stance on neo-Nazis is ‘dangerous’
The Electronic Frontier Foundation warns the decision by Google, GoDaddy and Cloudflare to expel white supremacist site the Daily Stormer from their services has worrying …
Instant Apps, Android’s best new feature in years, isn’t just for new phones
One of the best new Android features Google imagined was launched last year, on paper. The company unveiled Instant Apps at Google I/O 2016, a …
Google might have accidentally confirmed Android O’s name
This week, following several rumors regarding the reveal of Android O, Google put up a page on its Android site counting down to August 21st, …
You can now make free phone calls with your Google Home
Google’s smart speaker just learned a new trick. On Wednesday, Google Assistant product manager Deniz Binay announced in a blog post that Google Home owners …
Google’s Pixel 2 is copying the wrong phone
Thanks to the entirely expected Google Pixel 2 leak we saw earlier this week, we have confirmations for several of the Pixel 2 rumors out there. …
Google’s Allo chat app now available on your computer, but you’re still not going to use it
Weeks after closing the book on Google Talk — better known as Gchat — for good, Google is bringing a new chat application to the …
Google’s worst-kept secret was just leaked by the FCC
By now, it’s fair to say that we have a really good idea that Google is releasing the Pixel 2 soon. We’ve seen renders, live …
How Google unwittingly created a men’s rights martyr
A week ago, nobody knew who James Damore was. Being an engineer at Google might be a solid gig, but it doesn’t exactly come with …
Android O launch reportedly delayed, but we should finally get a name soon
Google was supposed to release the Android 8.0 update for Pixel phones by mid-August, various reports from trustworthy sources claimed, but it appears that the …
Google’s Pixel has an awesome storage trick the iPhone lacks
Google will soon roll out Android 8.0 to compatible Pixel and Nexus devices, and that’s when the Pixels will receive a pretty neat storage trick …
Pixel 2 leak: Google’s 2017 flagship phone belongs in 2016
When HTC announced the U11 back in May, BGR had a chat with the company about one of the worst aspects of the phone’s design. …
Google Pixel 2 mockups offer a better look at the leaked design
Last Friday, we got a glimpse of what is expected to be the final design of Google’s Pixel 2. Leaked by Evan Blass of VentureBeat, …
Google Pixel 2 live photos confirm all of our greatest fears about the phone
The Galaxy Note 8 and the iPhone 8 have been dominating headlines for months, but the floodgates finally opened for Google’s Pixel 2 over the …
Google just slashed the prices of its Pixel and Pixel XL by $200
It’s mid-August which means Google’s Android 8.0 update is right around the corner for Pixel and Nexus devices. It also means we have to wait …
New Google Pixel 2 leak shows off a phone that looks nothing like its flagship rivals
If you were expecting Google to follow industry trends with its next flagship smartphone, you might be disappointed in the latest Pixel 2 leak. On …
Android O could finally arrive for everyone next week
It’s already August, which means we’re nearing the release date of the final version of Android O. Google did say it’ll launch the finalized Android …
If companies were countries, here’s what our currency would look like
This week’s Apple earnings call revealed that the company has an absolutely mind-boggling cash hoard of over $261 billion. If Apple were a country, its …
Google and MIT just invented a way to improve your photos before you even take them
Apps like Camera+, Instagram and Snapchat have made it fairly easy to turn decent mobile photos into something a bit more appealing to the eye, …
This is probably what the Pixel 2 will look like
The Pixel 2 is one of the most exciting phones launching in the second half of the year, although it’ll hit stores much later than …
The Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus just got a massive VR upgrade
As the first tech giant to embrace truly affordable mobile VR with Cardboard, Google is a leader in the space, and its Daydream virtual reality …
App-downloading app breaks app-downloading record on app store
The Google Play services app, a back-end Android app that makes the Google magic happen on your phone, has broken five billion downloads on the …
Leak: Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL cases on Amazon may show Google’s new designs
They might not be destined to sell quite as well as Apple’s upcoming iPhone 8 or even the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, but Google’s new …
YouTube Red and Google Play Music are being merged into a single service
When Google initially announced YouTube Red — a paid service that would allow YouTube users to watch ad-free videos, access a library of original shows …
Google’s Pixel 2 will ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack and nobody seems to care
The iPhone 7 wasn’t even the only 2016 handset to ditch the headphone jack — or the first. But it’s only Apple that had to …
Google is putting autoplay videos in Search results because hey, why not
In an effort to out-do the FCC in this month’s “who can ruin the internet” competition, Google is testing auto-playing videos in search results. Search …
