The latest in Android, tools, releases and more…
ne of the reasons Google’s Nexus devices were so popular with enthusiasts was their development-friendly nature, which made installing and flashing custom recoveries like TWRP, custom ROMs, and kernels relatively easy.
Google has announced a bunch of new updates coming to Assistant today that should make it possible for developers to make more functional applications that better integrate with your Google Assistant devices.
The SDK is called Resonance Audio and aims to simulate the perception of sound in the real world. This includes simulating direction as well as volume drops as you move away from virtual objects projecting sound.
It is a set of tools that can be easily installed and configured by any developer, and has become a massive project containing more than 650 functions to ease general Android development, as well as ADB, Git and Gerrit usage.
Apple users are quickly growing accustomed to effortless wireless pairing between the iPhone (or Mac computers) and AirPods, but Google has been working on something that should remove at least some frustration from connecting Bluetooth gadgets to Android phones.
The malicious deployment of in-browser JavaScript-based cryptocurrency mining scripts has continued the past week, and we’ve seen them reach Android applications on the official Google Play Store, but we’ve also seen the first mass-deployment as part of a botnet of hacked WordPress sites.
The last update released by the Paranoid Android team was 21 Comments and fixes including a new camera app, more launcher customization options, and the latest September security patches to name a few.
Google said that it’ll now deliver search results relevant to your current location no matter which domain you visit. So if you’re in New York and visit google.ru, you’ll still get results relevant to New York City.
The company is about to introduce a new TV set-top box that’s based on Google’s Android TV platform and ditches satellite connectivity for over-the-top streaming, according to a new FCC filing.
Having just launched the Pixel 2 & 2 XL, Google has announced the developer preview of Android Oreo version 8.1, which comes with some improvements over the initial release of Android Oreo.
