Showing posts with label android update. Show all posts
Showing posts with label android update. Show all posts

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Xbox looks to VR, Android gets Hearthstone, GTA 5 gets snowed under

Christmas is less than a week away, which means, friends, that this is the final Week in Gaming you'll read/endure in 2014 - please weep/rejoice as appropriate. There was probably a moment many years ago, around the time you first saw Back to the Future Part II, that you imagined what 2015 might look like. It was the year Marty McFly famously stepped on the hoverboard, and maybe you hoped we'd all be playing games with our minds and eating pills instead of meals. Now take a look out the window. Disappointing, isn't it? Ours cars can't even...

Google Just Gave Photographers A Big Reason To Choose Android Over The iPhone

Google's new Android software comes with an important feature for photography enthusiasts: the ability to shoot raw images. This means users will be able to see what photos look like before the phone's camera processes it and translates it to a JPEG file. The ability to shoot in raw is common on high-end DSLR cameras, but hasn't made its way to mobile until now. So why does this matter? The average person probably doesn't care much about shooting photos in raw. In fact, it would probably be more of an inconvenience than an improvement. The...

“Android M” to support use as a car infotainment OS

Sources at Reuters claim that the next major version of Android, which it calls "Android M," will support being used as an in-car infotainment OS. The outlet says the OS would be built right into the car's hardware and would have the full suite of standard infotainment features. The move also sounds similar to Android Auto, Google's currently announced car interface, but Android Auto isn't an operating system. Like Apple's CarPlay, it requires a smartphone plugged into a compatible vehicle, and then it takes over the car infotainment...

Unified Remote Android Wear Support Graduates From Beta To Full Version

Unified Remote is a remarkably powerful app for remotely controlling the functions of your PC. (Not your TV, unless you have an IR port.) The last beta release of the app, which used the frustrating Google Groups testing system, implemented remote control support via an Android Wear app. Now you can get that Wear support in the standard Play Store version, no beta opt-in necessary. You'll need the full version, a $4 add-on, to access the Wear app.Using the customization tool in the phone version of Unified Remote, simple commands from...

Google Already Rolling Out Android 5.0.2 to 2012 Nexus 7

It’s been less than two months since Android 5.0 made its public debut, and already Google is rolling out its second patch. An Android 5.0.2 factory image has just been made available for the 2012 Nexus 7, fixing a number of issues that have been plaguing users since Lollipop first arrived. The new release comes with the “LRX22G” build number, and it replaces the Android 5.0.1 patch for the 2012 Nexus 7 (Wi-Fi). It includes both the changes made in that release, as well as some other welcome bug fixes. “Most of these are adjustments...

Nexus 7 (2012) Wi-Fi: Android 5.0.2 update now available to download

When it rains, it pours, and such is the collection of confectionery confetti that is flowing down from the Mountain View candy land. Released in October, Android 5.0 landed with the Nexus 9, yet just a few weeks later 5.0.1 was already on its way, a small update to address bugs, but which also included fast and slow-motion video recording. LRX22G has just been released by Google, which brings the hard candy’s teeth-talking tally to 5.0.2. The update is currently only available for the Nexus 7 (2012) Wi-Fi version. Google has since...