Android Archive
09 Mar 2015
Gmail for iOS updated with lock screen replies and Share Sheet extension
Gmail for iOS updated with lock screen replies and Share Sheet extension The Gmail app got a whole lot friendlier with iOS 8 today. The updated app now supports notification replies and archiving of messages from the lock screen, has an Open In extension and a new attachment viewer. The Open In extension lets users send
09 Mar 2015
How to speed up the Nexus 5 for fast performance
How to speed up the Nexus 5 for fast performance The Nexus 5 is a great phone, and upgrading it to Android Lollipop makes it greater still. Unfortunately, however, you might find that after the upgrade it feels slower rather than slicker. If that sounds like your phone, read on to discover how to speed
09 Mar 2015
Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge receive record-breaking pre-orders
Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge receive record-breaking pre-orders The Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge have already broken Samsung’s previous pre-order record by receiving a combined 20 million pre-orders. A “top executive” at a leading mobile carrier in Europe told the Korea Times that there had been “15 million [pre-orders] of the S6 and five million of the S6
09 Mar 2015
HTC One (M7) Android Lollipop update news updated: T-Mobile announces March 10 rollout
HTC One (M7) Android Lollipop update news updated: T-Mobile announces March 10 rollout The HTC One (M7) is getting the Android 5.0 Lollipop update continues to roll out across the US. T-Mobile has just joined the Lollipop update party with the announcement that the T-Mobile HTC One M7 update will begin on March 10. Meanwhile, owners of
07 Mar 2015
Facebook releases Stetho, a powerful debugging tool for Android
Facebook releases Stetho, a powerful debugging tool for Android Developers often struggle with quickly discovering problems in large native code bases and figuring out how to fix them, particularly when developing for Android. Facebook might have a solution. Today, the company announced a new tool for debugging Android code called Stetho. Developers can use Stetho to get
07 Mar 2015
Permanent WhatsApp ban: what you need to know and how to avoid it
Permanent WhatsApp ban: what you need to know and how to avoid it Some of you may have seen the stories floating around that, following the temporary bans imposed by WhatsApp on those making use of unauthorized WhatsApp clients like WhatsAppMD and WhatsApp+, permanent bans for the lifetime of a phone number are now being
06 Mar 2015
Nexus 5 2015 (2nd generation) reportedly coming this year, Huawei to build it
Nexus 5 2015 (2nd generation) reportedly coming this year, Huawei to build it The news arrives via Gizmochina, which claims that Kevin Ynah, director of a market research firm, has confirmed that Google will be teaming up with Huawei for a second stab at the Nexus 5 success. Gizmochina speculates that Google could partner with Huawei has
06 Mar 2015
Google Hangouts gets 3.0 update, brings minor tweaks and Google+ content
Google Hangouts gets 3.0 update, brings minor tweaks and Google+ content Normally when the version number before the decimal point changes, you’d expect a big update, but Google has for the most part kept things as they were. The most notable change is the contact profile page, which now uses posts, photos and interactions from Google
06 Mar 2015
Best free Android games in 2015: 27 of our favorite freebies
Best free Android games in 2015: 27 of our favorite freebies It can be a minefield trying to find the best free apps the Play Store has to offer. Ever since the Play Store changed its policy so that games with in-app purchases can no longer label themselves as ‘Free’, it’s turned out that there really
06 Mar 2015
Turn your Galaxy S4 into a Galaxy S6 Edge with colored sidebar calls
Turn your Galaxy S4 into a Galaxy S6 Edge with colored sidebar calls The Galaxy S6 Edge was recently revealed at Mobile World Congress and quickly became the center of attention with its unique dual-sided display. One of the highlights of the S6 Edge’s sloping sides is their strobe lighting effect when receiving notifications, and now there’s an app which can do