Posts Tagged: features
Google now requires OEMs to leave Android’s notification bundling features alone
Google updated its Android documentation to require that device manufacturers not block or obstruct how notifications work. The news should help keep Android consistent across different devices.
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Read all about it! Google Play Newsstand 4.0 brings major redesign, new features
Google Play Newsstand has been updated to version 4.0, bringing with it a number of major changes to the the design of the app, as well as a few great new features that should help you get your news as soon as you need it.
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How to get Google’s Pixel features on your Android phone
Envious of the many new software features on Google’s Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones? Don’t fret. With a little bit of tinkering, you can get many of the same flagship features on your current Android device.
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Pebble 4.0 update brings new health features and quick actions
Pebble’s latest software update is here, bringing the smartwatch up to version 4.0. The update tweaks and reworks the health features that Pebble has been polishing up for the past few months, but there are some new UI changes, too. The Pebble app itself has been cleaned up a bit to make it easier to […]
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Google to ax Together watch face, retain some features in Android Wear 2.0
Google has announced that it is shutting down Android Wear’s Together watch face, which is the company’s version of Apple’s Digital Touch. Some of the features of the Together watch face will be integrated into Android Wear 2.0.
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The Oculus Rift can use some of Valve’s Chaperone features
It often feels like there's a fundamental break in how Oculus and Valve see the future of VR: While Oculus' Rift focuses mostly on seated experiences, Valve wants you to stand up and walk around an area. However, the gap between the two won't be as l…
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Ashton Kutcher shares his favourite Motorola smartphone features
Ashton Kutcher has been a Product Engineer for Lenovo for over two-years and during that time he’s helped develop the Yoga family of Android-powered tablets. Now, however, he’s focusing his attention on smartphones. Earlier today, Kutcher published a post on Motorola’s official blog in which he explained that the company has been at the forefront of emerging handheld technology for the past 3o-years, and that he will be spending most of 2016 in the Moto Labs, listening to consumer feedback, to aid future handset enhancement.
The actor also took the opportunity to share three videos from the Moto Labs, highlighting the capabilities of the company’s latest Verizon-exclusive smartphone, the Droid Turbo 2. The first clip showcases the device’s famous shatterproof display, the second video exhibits the firm’s innovative hands-free mode that comes preloaded on all Moto X handsets, and the final movie demonstrates the sheer speed of Motorola’s Turbo Charging feature.
Check them out below:
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Samsung’s removal of certain S Pen features might mean Android N will get stylus support
With both Apple and Microsoft now supporting a stylus, it seems to be a no-brainer that Google will do the same with Android. Samsung’s developer page seems to indicate that it’s more of a reality than sheer speculation.
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Instagram on Android gets features for ‘3D Touch’
Pressing a photo a little longer on Instagram for Android now gives users the previously Apple exclusive Force Touch features.
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Instagram adding several new features to Instagram Direct
Instagram Direct is the social media site’s way of directly sharing content with friends and family, and it’s been a success for the site since it launched a few years back. Today, Direct is getting some new features to make it even better, including threaded messaging and a way to share photos and videos on your feed straight to specific people.
The threaded messaging feature makes Instagram Direct work pretty similarly to text messaging and group messaging. The threads will follow conversations depending on which people are in the conversation, and you can name groups and quickly share things through a dedicated camera button and emoji sticker button.
Instagram is also pushing the sharing aspect of the site, adding a share button directly to posts next to the comment and like button. This will let you send content to direct messages and groups, and is designed to skip the step of mentioning someone in an Instagram comment.
Privacy hasn’t changed with these new features, so anything you share directly will only be seen by whoever you specify, and the photos and videos will only be visible to people that could already see the content normally, so you won’t be able to circumvent private accounts this way.
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Android M Hands-On: A first look at the biggest new features
We take a quick look at the recently released Android M developer preview. Highlights are a new app drawer, improved permissions management, and tweaked volume controls.
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