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Google Has Taken Lid off its Pixel Smartphones

On 4th October 2016 at Google’s “Made by Google” event, the company showcased how the search engine giant, which is generally associated with software, is now turning into crafting its own hardware devices. It was evident from the event that in coming year, more and more Android-powered devices will be seen with Google branding on the back. As to base the foundation of its future hardware world, Google has finally launched the long awaited two Pure Google Smartphones named Pixel and Pixel XL. As expected, the Pixel Smartphones will be available in two sizes, the standard 5-inch (having a 441ppi) and the 5.5-inch Pixel XL (with 534ppi). Both are encased with Gorilla Glass 4.

List of Things that Turn Down the Google Play Store

The official app store of Android, Google play is getting huge day after day. The number of apps downloaded has soared from 1 billion in August 2010 to whooping 65 billion till the first half of 2016. This success should surely be credited to the relentless effort of every Android mobile app development company and their dedicated developers.

Google’s Pixel to be Launched on October 4, 2016

On 4^th October 2016, when Google will reveal its Google’s Pixel and Pixel XL Smartphones, there will certain thing that you won’t find in the Google’s latest offering. This includes vanilla Android experience, Nexus brand name, and much more. Recent leaks of Pixel uncovered almost everything which one likes to know about the new Google phones. While certain things are going to be omitted from Pixel, there are certain things that will be added in it. And, it seems one of the additions is in its software part.

Say Goodbye to Google Now

This not only imply to Pixel Smartphone. In fact, it seems that Google has given up on Google Now and Google Now on Tap feature. In its latest version, you can see that “Google Now cards” have been renamed as “Feed,” and “Now on Tap” as “Screen search.”

Can Google’s New Messaging App Compete With Facebook and WhatsApp?

After the recent release of end-to-end encrypted video calling application Google Duo, today Google launched Allo.

Allo is a mobile-only messaging application available for Android and iOS devices. But does Allo have what it needs to beat competition from other already popular messaging applications – Facebook and WhatsApp?

Well, we can say “Yes” as Allo’s main feature is a Google assistant which is inbuilt right in.

Google has Announced Android Wear 2.0

Google on Wednesday announced Android Wear 2.0, the next version of its Android OS for smartphones. It will come with three new messaging features- a full keyboard, handwriting recognition and smart replies. The release will also have the fitness focused activity recognition API that will identify what the user body is doing and launch appropriate apps to track their activity.