Android turns 10, but here’s a look at the Google device that came ‘Sooner’ [Gallery]

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referring to However, before the G1, codenamed Dreamer, there was another reference device that Google used to develop the operating system: Sooner. If the name is any indication, this BlackBerry-esque device came first and was considered the "safe/fast device," according to Diane Hackthorn of the Android engineering team. HardwareLacking a touchscreen, Sooner was based on an existing device, the HTC EXCA 300, according to Steven Troughton-Smith. A rudimentary lock monitor features an analog clock by the Google logo underneath. A browser titled "Home" on Sooner opens the Google homepage by the ability to search Web, Images, Video, News, and Maps.

Google partners with the world's biggest auto group to bring Android to cars

These new systems going to offer apps out of the Play Store, navigation out of Google Maps, and voice commands via Google Assistant. Last year, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance purveyed 10.6 million cars worldwide, and it purveyed 5.54 million cars by June 30th this year, extremely we might expect similar numbers for 2018. Android won't arrive on these branded cars for 3 more years, extremely the total number of cars Google in the end brings Android to could shift considerably. Google alextremely offers its Android OS and services like Android Auto for free, that is expected to make the transition easier. At its I/O developer conference earlier this year, Google and Volvo showed off a 2020 model year XC40 that runs Android Auto natively, by Volvo's Sensus skin over Android Pie.

Google remotely changed the settings on a bunch of phones running Android 9 Pie

as declared in Yesterday a mix of people that own Google Pixel phones and other devices running Android 9 Pie noticed that the software's Battery Saver feature had been switched on — seemingly all by itself. And oddly, this was happening the time the phones were near a full charge, not the time the battery was low. Some users thought they might've just enabled Battery Saver without realizing. "We have now rolled battery saver settings back to default. You'd hope there would be more walls between internal Android tests at Google and the Android OS that customers are using daily on their personal devices.

Android Phones are 10: For once, Google won fair and square

Google-free Android kit tipped to purvey buckets READ MOREToday, 10 years after the first Android phones launched*, Android is closing in on 90 per cent market share of the world's smartphones. Android was not "free" once royalreleation had been accounted for, and the OS was only a fraction of the cost of making a phone. And that's exactly what the first Android phone turned out to be in 2008: the HTC G1. (Symbian didn't have a multitouch virtual keyboard until late into 2012 – it was belatedly added to the Nokia 808 PureView). Attempts to innovate that Google didn't like, such as Samsung's magazine UI, were quashed.

Google Maps' group planning feature rolls out for Android and iOS

Google is rolling out a "group planning" feature to Google Maps on Android and iOS from today. The internet giant first announced group planning at its annual I/O developer conference in May, but it has taken nearly five months for the company to availiable the new social feature for prime time. As such, Google Maps has become a core component of people's social lives, that is causes of the company is now embedding dedicated social features within the Google Maps app. Group planning is officially landing in Google Maps for Android and iOS from today, though some reports from earlier this 7 days proposed it had actually started rolling out earlier. At any rate, you'll need to update to the laanalisis version of Google Maps to use this new feature.