Just because your Android screen is protected by a password doesn’t mean is as safe as you thought it would be. In fact, if you chose a password instead of a PIN or pattern unlock to protect your Lollipop device, then anyone can get into your phone with a trivial hack that was just discovered …
Google on Thursday unveiled Android M, a new version of Android that focuses on improving overall user experience. It also packs quite a few interesting new features, including hidden functionality that Google didn’t thoroughly explain. One of the secret Android M features involves a better way to manage passwords across Google products, and it might evolve into a full-fledged …
The Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge will both receive a an update to a new Lollipop version, a Canadian carrier has revealed, just as recent rumors suggested.
Google’s Lollipop is the best version of Android to date, one that many users have yet to receive on their Android devices. But there’s already excitement in the air surrounding Google’s upcoming plans for the popular mobile operating system. With Google I/O conference closing in, some Android fans are already imagining ways to improve their favorite OS when …
After announcing that it was working on its own Android OS to replace Cyanogen OS on its affordable flagship handset, OnePlus has finally rolled out the OxygenOS update for the OnePlus One, even though it missed an earlier release target.
One of the best built-in features of Android 5.0 Lollipop focuses on security and privacy, even though it comes with one unwelcome side effect: a hit to overall performance. However, in its most recent Lollipop update, Google has disabled the feature – default device encryption – in order to increase the speed of smartphones and tablets already running Android …
There is plenty to like in Google’s latest major Android release, Lollipop. It’s faster, lighter and more battery efficient than ever before. The biggest in-your-face change found in Android 5.0 was the new look of the operating system, which Google calls “Material Design.” Material Design brings a sleek and sophisticated look to Android, modernizing the …
Even though some Android device makers have already rolled out devices with embedded fingerprint sensors that offer users added security features, Google has yet to make it a core security feature for Android. But Google is still working on its own interesting solutions for temporarily killing the need for a PIN on smartphones, as the company has just added …
Coincidentally or not, Google released its first major update for Lollipop on the evening of the same day Apple announced a variety of new products. Android 5.1 is supposed to bring bug fixes and improvements, but also a slew of cool new features that users will appreciate.
Finally? Too little too late? The smartphone market has never been as crowded as it is right now, but it will soon have one more new entrant that will be a familiar name to just about everyone in the developed (and developing) world: Nokia. When then-CEO Stephen Elop made the decision to adopt Windows Phone instead …
