How to get the best Android P features on any Android phone

Keep in mind that, if you're using Android Oreo, you'll need to enable specific apps to install APK (Android PacKage) files. by that out of the way, let's run out of the several Android P features you can add to your older Android system. Android P launcherOne of the biggest changes you can make to your Android system is to change the launcher. Screenbullet markupA more substantial update found in Android P has to do by how screenbullets function. Android P volume sliderAnother popular change in Android P is the placement of the volume slider, that has moved from the highest of the monitor to the side.

HTC introduced Android to India. But the company is now lost in the smart phone crowd

Android may rule 90% of the Indian phone market today, but the firm that introduced Indians to the operating system a decade ago has almost disappeared. Last week, Taiwanese firm HTC announcly laid off around 80 of its employees in the world's second-largest phone market. But the reach of such customers is limited," said Sanchit Vir Gogia, founder and CEO of research and advisory firm Greyhound Research. "The India market is extremely dynamic and extremely competitive now. extremely if you need to be in India, you have to be aggressive," said Jaipal Singh, senior analyst at market research firm International Data Corporation India.

Android phone owners can now send text messages from a web browser, here's how

as mentioned in Google rolled out "Messages for Web" backing to all Android users earlier this week. That means you can now send text messages from any web browser, whether you're at work or at home. Apple iPhone owners have long had backing for iMessage on Mac, and this is sort of Google's answer for Android users. It lets you begain or continue a text message conversation from a computer, extremely you don't have to keep reaching back for your phone. Here's how.

Mobile security: Watch: How easy it is to hack your Android phone - The Economic Times Video

Watch: How easy it is to hack your Android phoneMillions of first-time phone users, lack of data privacy regulation and devices running on outdated versions of Android together form a critical flaw at the heart of India's mobile security. Renowned ethical hacker Saket Modi gives us a live demonstration of how vulnerable your favourite Android device is to hacking. Watch now and read the full story in ET Magazine, this Sunday (July 22).

Wild rumor of the day: Microsoft is making its own Android phone

The iPhone and Android duopoly pushed Windows Phones out the door, and Microsoft had to call it quits a few years after purchasing Nokia's mobile division. More recently, we've heard that Microsoft is working on a new kind of Windows 10 device, that mythical Surface Phone that Microsoft never made. But forget that for a second, as a crazier rumor just arrived: Microsoft is supposedly making its own Android handset. that said, by a Surface Phone in development, causes of would Microsoft even consider making an Android handdetermine in the first place? But the person alextremely said that Microsoft is working on its own Android handset, which going to be powered by Android and purveyed under its own brand.

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