Category: Android
Android Wear notifications come to Pebble
Pebble has just released updated software for its smartwatch to add in support for Android Wear notification - supercharging the watch in the process. Despite being the young upstarts, it was perhaps easy to assume that Pebble was under threat by the rise of the Apple Watch and Android Wear, which offer deeper integration with…
Google Drive can now be voice searched on Android, and import any file on iPhone
Google has been busy at work on some important updates to Google Drive, which have the potential to make the suite of office apps even more useful. First off, for Android users Google Drive has now been even more tightly integrated with Google's mobile operating system - you can now search its files as part…
Will the Galaxy S6 be made official in early January?
It's safe to assume that Samsung is currently hard at working figuring out what its next flagship smartphone will be - but can we expect the handset, which we expect to be called the Galaxy S6, to be announced in January? According to Know Your Mobile, citing Korean sources, the handset could be announced as…
Netflix adds social features and smartwatch features to Android
Netflix has made a couple of cool additions to its Android app - including the ability to add greater control to your playback from the notifications screen, or even your Android Wear watch. In a blog post, the company said that is has also added social recommendation functionality - with the ability for users to…
Google ceases production of Nexus 5
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Google has confirmed that it won't making any more new Nexus 5 handsets. The news comes just weeks after the release of the Nexus 6 - which has a massive 5.9" screen, so if you want the (slightly) more diminutive Nexus 5, you better get on it quickly. According to TechRadar, only the…
Google forces Amazon’s app store from Google Play
Competition between Google and Amazon over their Android app stores is hotting up - it has emerged that Google has kicked Amazon's store off of Google Play. The official reason is a change in Google Play's terms of service, which states that: "4.5 Alternative Stores. You may not use the Store to distribute or make…
YouTube adds offline viewing on Android… for some people, anyway.
Google has announced that it is adding the ability to view videos offline on the Android YouTube app - but currently only for users in India, Indonesia and the Philippines. The new functionality will apparently let users download and cache videos for up to 48 hours without needing an internet connection. The reason for the…
Quick! Here’s how to buy a OnePlus One phone without an invite!
Just in time for Christmas, OnePlus has started selling its much sought-after phone, the OnePlus One without the need for an invite to do so. The Chinese company claims that the all orders should arrive in time for Christmas too - which means you can conceivably pick up an impressively high-spec phone for only £229.…
Karbonn announces the “A5S” phone. Let’s not start calling it the “Ass Phone”
Karbonn mobile has announced its new budget Android handset is now available on Amazon in the UK. The A5S is a dual-SIM, KitKat device with a 4" screen and 5MP camera. So far, so standard - but what, sticks out to us is the name. Phone companies often give products "serial number" sounding names to…
Polaroid CEO Scott Hardy speaks to Tech Digest about the Cube, tablets and more
Polaroid has long one of the most iconic brands in sunglasses, photography and consumer electronics. Founded in 1937, Polaroid is most famous for its polarised sunglasses and its instant film cameras, which reached the market in 1948., and continued to be the company's flagship product line until the February 2008 decision to cease all production…
