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Android everywhere: If it has a screen, it will probably run Android soon
Kiosks, cars, ATMs—we take a look at the wide world of Android.
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Sometimes, figuring out if something runs Android is a challenge. Many of these products are created without Google's involvement and don't ship with the Google apps. In some cases, you aren't even allowed to call them "Android."
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http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/...droid-devices/

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Android Challenges Windows as World’s Most Popular Operating System

So there you have it. This is presumably why Microsoft has been so worried, and has been so heavy handed in trying to force people into its ecosystem, rather than just trying to rely on a traditional operating system model. If current trends continue Q1 -Q2 some time of 2017 will be when Android dethrones Windows as the top operating system used for web browsing.



http://www.hardocp.com/news/2017/03/...erating_system

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StatCounter: Android dethrones Windows as the most used operating system



https://www.neowin.net/news/statcoun...erating-system

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Op-ed: It’s time for Google to take responsibility for Android’s security updates
Carriers and OEMs should be cut out of this part of the process.
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Let’s not mince words: Google created Android’s update problem. The company's response to the threat of iOS was to cede a lot of control over the operating systems to carriers and phone makers in the name of amassing as much market share as possible. But times have changed—every competing first- and third-party smartphone operating system from anyone other than Apple is either stalled or dead, giving Google political leverage it didn’t have a few years ago. Plus, Project Treble makes it more technically feasible for Google to update Android directly without fear of bricking the underlying hardware.
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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017...urity-updates/

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More Android apps from dangerous Ztorg family sneak into Google Play
Almost 100 such apps, with >1 million downloads, found so far (but not by Google).

https://arstechnica.com/security/201...o-google-play/

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Here comes Treble: A modular base for Android
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One thing we've consistently heard from our device-maker partners is that updating existing devices to a new version of Android is incredibly time consuming and costly.

With Android O, we've been working very closely with device makers and silicon manufacturers to take steps toward solving this problem, and we're excited to give you a sneak peek at Project Treble, the biggest change to the low-level system architecture of Android to date.
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https://android-developers.googleblo...-base-for.html

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Spyware backdoor prompts Google to pull 500 apps with >100m downloads
Google killed secret plugin download capability after being alerted by researchers.

https://arstechnica.com/information-...ware-backdoor/

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Don’t Use Windows 10 to Move Data on Your Android Phone

Windows 10 reportedly has an MTP problem with Android devices: if you use the OS to move data on a USB-attached Android phone or tablet, you may lose your files. According to this author, users cannot move files between folders in Android memory, as it will cause data loss, and copied files do not arrive in the destination folder.

https://www.hardocp.com/news/2017/08..._android_phone

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Android 8.0 Oreo, thoroughly reviewed
We take a 20,000 word deep-dive on Android's "foundational" upgrades.
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Table of Contents

Project Treble—Finally, real progress on the fragmentation problem
HAL versioning and deprecation
Working with SoC vendors
A ROM revolution
Isolating the media stack
Android's biggest re-architecture, ever
Notifications—Android's best feature gets better
The new layout—and its awesome “By the Way” section
The new colors and media notifications
Snoozing notifications
Notification Channels: Great for apps that have it, terrible for apps that don't
Icon badges and shortcuts
The new ambient notification display
The Great Background Processing Lockdown
Mandatory JobScheduler
RIP Implicit Broadcasts
No more wakelocks, no silent background services
(Somewhat) gracefully declining on older OSes
Limiting scans for location and Wi-Fi
A real API for floating apps
Security
Google Play Protect—Google says "please don't install antivirus apps"
Sideloading changes
Security grab bag
Emoji: New glyphs and an all-new design
EmojiCompat and Downloadable fonts—updating emojis without a system update
System UI improvements
Adaptive icons—Shape shifting, animated icons
A new widget picker
Picture-in-Picture for phones and tablets
Smart text selection and TensorFlow Lite
AutoFill
Settings—A new theme, a new layout
Streaming OS Updates—never fail an update due to storage space again
Rescue Party
Android Go—Scaling Android for the next billion users
The OS in "Go" mode
Google Play Services gets chopped up
Apps get special "Go" versions and features
Color management
Physics-based animation and the new Easter Egg
The new "SDCardFS" file system wrapper
Grab Bag
"Foundational" improvements address updates, security, speed, and battery life
The Good
The Bad
The Ugly

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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017...ghly-reviewed/

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Xiaomi junta-se ao programa Android One:
http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_a1...news-27119.php

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Não percebi essa do Android one

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Programa da Google para telemóveis, que não Nexus ou Pixel, com o Android puro ou com ligeiras alterações.
https://www.android.com/one/

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Android Oreo Prefers Mobile Data Even When WiFi Is Activated

According to reports, Android Oreo is consuming mobile data even when WiFi is enabled. Redditor Unusual_Sauce first reported this issue saying that they noticed a spike in data usage and had to turn off mobile data to make sure it wasn’t being used. Google is reportedly already working on a fix.

http://wccftech.com/android-oreo-prefers-mobile-data/

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Android One edition of Moto X4 leaks

http://www.gsmarena.com/android_one_...news-27189.php

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Bill Gates has made the move to Android, has no love for an iPhone

https://www.neowin.net/news/bill-gat...-for-an-iphone

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Google’s New Earbuds Can Instantly Translate 40 Different Languages

Many are saying that Google's Pixel Buds translation will change the world: you can simply tap the right earpiece and issue a command to Google Assistant on the Pixel 2. If you tell it to "Help me speak Japanese" and then start speaking in English, the phone's speakers will output your translated words as you speak them. The other party's reply ( presumably in Japanese, because otherwise, what exactly are you playing at? ) will then play into your ear through the Pixel Buds.

https://www.hardocp.com/news/2017/10...rent_languages

Exclusive first look at the Google Pixel 2 and 2 XL
A pragmatic design and a promising camera

https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/4/1...video-hands-on

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Google Collects Android Users’ Locations Even When Location Services Are Disabled

A Quartz investigation has revealed that even if you actively turn off location services, haven’t used any apps, and haven’t even inserted a carrier SIM card, phones running Android software gather data about your location and send it back to Google when they’re connected to the internet. Since the beginning of 2017, Android phones have been collecting the addresses of nearby cellular towers and sending that data back to Google.

https://www.hardocp.com/news/2017/11...s_are_disabled

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Google has learned the proper way to make a cheeseburger in Android 8.1



https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/28/...ix-android-8-1

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Eu estou com problemas no meu one plus 3 desde da ultima versão. Não recebo mensagens. Nada mesmo. Até agora tinha estado tudo ok, mas esta versão veio com bugs.

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Google fights fragmentation: New Android features to be forced on apps in 2018
New Play Store rules give developers one year to adopt any new Android changes.
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The Play Store's biggest change is coming in 2018, though. Recently Google announced it will start setting a minimum API level that new and updated apps will be required to use. This is a technical change but a massive one. Basically, Google will stop accepting old app code from developers. The move won't harm support for devices running old versions of Android, but it will require developers to adopt new Android features and restrictions as they come out.
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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017...-apps-in-2018/

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What’s New in Android P: The Really Good Stuff

https://wccftech.com/whats-new-in-an...ly-good-stuff/

What’s new in Android P: The Bad Stuff

https://wccftech.com/whats-new-in-an...the-bad-stuff/