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Google cancels this year's I/O Annual Developers Conference over Coronavirus fears


Google have announced that the company will not be holding an I/O Annual Developers Conference event in any capacity this year, even calling-off the possible online conference as well. Earlier this month, we heard from the American technology giant that they have cancelled the in-person I/O Developers Conference due to the concerns over the continuing widespread of novel Coronavirus across United States as well as in most parts around the world. In a recent update provided by Google's official Twitter handle, we learn that the company is calling off all possibilities to hold the event this year considering the safety of their developers, employees and local communities, also in regard to focus their attention on helping people and the communities to stay safe, informed, and connected during this unprecedented time as the deadly COVID-19 is affecting thousands of people globally.
"Out of concern for the health and safety of our developers, employees, and local communities — and in line with “shelter in place” requirements by the local Bay Area government — we sadly will not be holding an I/O event in any capacity this year."

 Source: Google Developers (Twitter)

Google employee from Bangalore, India tests positive for Coronavirus


After an employee from their Zurich office was tested positive for the Coronavirus back in February, this Friday morning we have news coming in from India, where a Google staff working at their Bangalore office tests positive for COVID-19. Google's Director of Engineering and Bangalore Site Lead have asked all employees to work from home starting today until further notice, as they conduct sanitization at the facility.
We are sorry to report that we have one confirmed case of a Bangalore-Based Googler testing positive for COVID-19. The Googler contracted the virus after traveling overseas, and was in the RMZ office on Monday, 9th March having not displayed any symptoms and passed the temperature screening. A few hours later, the Googler felt unwell and decided to return home. They were subsequently screened at a government-authorized hospital, placed in government quarantine and today confirmed as being infected by COVID-19, said Anand Rangarajan, Director of Engineering and Bangalore Site Lead for Google in an email sent to Bangalore employees.
Source: CNBC

Google is asking it's employees in other regions to work from home as well


After asking all employees in the North American region to work from home, Google is now recommending it's staffs from United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, and Africa to work from home as well, beginning today, Thursday, March 12. Also according to the Google spokesperson, the only normal running business point for Google at this time is their offices in the Latin America, which is also subject to change if the current situation of Coronavirus outbreak progresses. Just hours back, we saw the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring the COVID-19 as a pandemic, which has been spreading across countries at a rapid pace, killing more than 4291 people and infecting over 119470 people globally.

 Source: CNBC

Newly leaked billboard ad design for Pixel 4a suggests $399 price tag for the next Google smartphone


Thanks to Evan Blass, the reliable and notorious tipster from Twitter, today we are treated to the designs of billboard advertisements planned for Google's upcoming Pixel 4a smartphone. However we understand that, these are not real images and just edited pictures from a graphics editing software for future advertising, we still get a glance of the smartphone's overall design, colors as well as price tag for the forthcoming device from the American technology company, Google. The handset follows the draft from it's recent leaks and is expected to arrive in the United States for a price starting at $399, showing justice to the speculated middle-ranged internals on board.

 Source: Evan Blass

Google urges all employees in North America to work from home


As the Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19 is spreading around the world at rapid speeds, killing more than 4200 people and infecting at least 118000 people globally, Google has issued orders for all employees working the North American region (United States and Canada) to work from home if roles allow. There are more than 100000 employees working for the technology giant in this region, who have now been asked to continue their work from home at least until April 10 due to the outbreak and ongoing situation across the world. Yesterday we reported you about Google restricting visitors to their headquarters in Mountain View, California and to their offices New York and San Francisco Bay Area, considering the safety and health of their staffs.
Our goal is to reduce the density of people in offices, which expert advice suggests may slow down the spread of COVID-19 and reduce the burden on the local community and health resources, said Google's Spokesperson to CNBC.
Source: CNBC

Google Pixel 4a is here in a new Spanish hands-on video from YouTube


Shortly after showing up in some live images caught in the wild, the next affordable smartphone from Google have managed to get in hands of a United States-based Spanish YouTuber named TecnoLike Plus, who recently shared a small hands-on video on the purported Pixel 4a smartphone, once again showing off the device featuring the same punch hole display on the front and a large single camera bump on the back. However we can confirm at this point of time that, this model is not final product or commercial retail unit as the phone from the video tots unusual logo and wording on it's rear side. We have attached the new video below for you.

Google is restricting visitors to their offices and asks more employees to work from home


According to a spokesperson from the company, Google is currently restricting all visitors to their headquarters in Mountain View, California and to their other offices New York and San Francisco Bay Area due to the continuing widespread of Coronavirus across countries around the world, with 5 news cases reported in San Francisco alone, bringing a total of 13 infected patients in the city. The technology giant have also urged their staffs working in Japan and South Korea to work from home keeping themselves at a distance, without coming in physical contact with fellow workers. We also understand that, Google have cancelled all in-person job interviews for the foreseeable future in order to protect their candidates as well as interviewers from the potential risk of getting infected by the rapidly spreading COVID-19.
We know this is a very unsettling time for everyone, said Alphabet's CEO Sundar Pichai in the memo shared with the employees.
Source: CNBC

Google Play now accepts donations to Coronavirus relief funds


As the world is fighting back the rapid widespread of Coronavirus also known as COVID-19, we see Google doing their part in helping and collecting relief funds for the people affected by virus outbreak across United States through their digital distribution service, Google Play on Android-powered devices by promoting a dedicated banner on top of the app, that allows users to make donations from as little as $5 to $100 without any additional transaction charges. Google assures that, all of your contribution goes to the nonprofit organisation, The Center for Disaster Philanthropy, which is a resource that help smaller donors make more thoughtful disaster-related giving decisions.

 Source: 9TO5Google

Real life images of upcoming Google Pixel 4a surfaces online, also revealing the fabric case


A new leak has been making rounds on the internet showing of the forthcoming and so-called Google Pixel 4a that was caught in the wild, showing off the smartphone in a few hand-on live images. The purported pictures of the next generation affordable middle-ranged Google smartphone gives us a clear look at the handset's front and rear sides, exposing it's primary camera module on the back and the punch hole style display on the front. In couple of pictures the phone looks to be wearing the new fabric case featuring Google's logo on the bottom as well. The device here falls in line with the previous renders we showed you back in December, and is expected to make it's official debut some time in May at Google's I/O Annual Developers Conference from Mountain View, California, United States.

 Source: TechDroider (Twitter) 1, 2

New leaked renders unveil the all new Google Pixel 4a's design


Google originally introduced the all new Pixel a series of affordable smartphone back in May for the budget friendly markets around the globe. We first saw the American multinational technology company launch the Google Pixel 3a and the Pixel 3a XL, and now we are possibly looking at a refresh, as the partnership between @91mobiles and the popular tipster from Twitter, Steve H.McFly also knows as @OnLeaks have brought us a new set of high definition 5K renders of the upcoming and purported Google Pixel 4a.

 The phone is likely to be introduced by Google in the first half of the forthcoming year, at their I/O 2020 annual developer conference. Google Pixel 4a will be the first smartphone from the company's Pixel fleet to arrive with a punch hole style front facing camera. Pouring lights on the new design we see here, from the front you are supposedly treated to a more flat display that may measure somewhere around 5.7" or 5.8" diagonally and also features a dedicated camera cutout on the top left corner to incorporate the secondary front facing sensor. The bezels looks conventional from any Pixel device, but going slightly narrow this time around and also features a decent earpiece on the top center. Turing the phone around we will see the handset carry a Pixel 4 like primary camera module that is reportedly coming with a single lens setup, but we also heard that more sensors are on the way accompanying the LED flash on the bump, according to the predictions made by Steve H.McFly. The back even features a round shaped fingerprint scanner positioned to the center of the unit as well as the Google "G" logo towards the bottom.

 The right side will tot an orange-colored power button along with the volume up and down buttons. The presence of an 3.5mm headphone jack on the top should make at least some of our readers smile and the USB Type-C port is paced on the bottom center alongside the speak grills and microphone arrangement. The newly surfaced smartphone from Google will measure around 144.2 x 69.5 x 8.2 mm in dimensions, but the protruding camera will bump the phone to 9 mm in thickness. Other rumors include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 or 765 processor on board with 4 gigabytes of RAM coupled with 64GB of internal space. A 12.2MP primary sensor is also suggested with professed 5G connectivity, as well as color options include the standard Black and White paint jobs along with Orange and Purple shades. We will keep you posted as we come across more details on this new handset from Google.



Source: Steve H.McFly (Twitter), 91mobiles

It seems like Google Shamu's prototype is caught on camera



From the past several weeks we have been hearing about Google's next flagship smartphone, the so-called Nexus 6 or Nexus X, also codenamed as Google Shamu, that is allegedly being manufactured by the Lenovo owned telecommunications equipment corporation Motorola Mobility. Couple of days back we even saw how the device is going to look like from the perspective of the folks at 9TO5Google.

 To provide addition reliability to the source, now we have an XDA-Developers member up with a real life purported image of a Nexus 6 handset, that's exactly matching the Press render we showed you the past day. The new phone here arrived with the label "Shamu", and sticker wordings reading, "DESIGNED BY MOTOROLA". The device in Black shade is kept aside facing back sided and being compared to an AT&T version of LG made G3 smartphone, where the newly surfaced handset or the proclaimed next generation Nexus smartphone looks pretty larger than the 5.5-inched LG front runner. We are not sure whether this is the final design of the phablet or the device here is an initial prototype. But what can confirm at the point is that, the next bellwether from Google will be a second generation Moto X lookalike, which will also carry out the soft-touch plastic on the back, which is similar to the current LG manufactured Nexus 5, also we see the metal frame construction around the phone as rumored earlier, which is adding more touch of premium feel to the device, as well as making it look like the new Moto X's larger sibling. We can again spot the primary camera lens around the back top side with their fresh depiction of ring LED flash light, with the Motorola branded hardware button positioned below it.

 As far as it's reportedly rumored and leaked internals are concerned, the upcoming Nexus X should go official with a Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor, speeding at 2.7GHz, an Adreno 420 Graphics Processing Unit, 5.92-inches of Quad High Definition or 2K (2560 x 1440) resolution screen of 498 pixels-per-inch display to be precise, 32 gigabytes of built-in storage option, three gigabytes of Random Access Memory, 13 megapixels primary camera on the back, that can record videos at 4K Ultra High Definition, a two megapixels front facing secondary snapper, 3,200mAh powered battery and running stock Android's latest L built based on 64-bit architecture out of the box.

 Source: XDA-Developers

Is this how Motorola made Nexus 6 or Google Shamu is going to look like?



As we had already written in our previous articles, allegedly Google and Motorola are closely developing and working on a new Nexus smartphone, reportedly named as the new Nexus X or the Nexus 6, that is internally codenamed as the Google Shamu. Yesterday we got to see a brand new Press render of the upcoming Motorola Google partnered smartphone, which is pretty identical to the new generation Moto X smartphone, announced earlier this month, thanks to the folks at 9TO5Google for providing us with a new mocked-up Press image, based on the device itself, along with some details on what's yet to go official from the American multinational companies, Google and Motorola, up next. The purported handset have already made it's rounds in a few leaks in the past, which came all the way from GFXBench, AnTuTu's benchmarking database, and we have also ran down our eyes over it's purportedly surfaced internals specifications. As reported by the source, we don't see any indication of Google's Nexus branding on the phone from the above scaled render, accordingly it's written to be a design, that's still yet to be finalized.

 Even though the smartphone we just saw exactly resembles the new Motorola made Moto X, we see some noticeable changes in the design of the handset. First and foremost, we see the the device having it's volume up and down rockers along with the power switch have been moved down towards more center of it's right side, when it's compared to an original Moto X. The re-position of these button are done in order to the easy handling the device with a larger display of 5.92-inch panel, unlike the 2014 Moto X which went official with a 5.2-inches screen size. Other than that, all the other interfaces like the microphone, headphone jack, SIM card slot and the camera with the ring flash LED are all positioned in the very same place as before. It is also read that, the forthcoming Nexus device will be featuring the same aluminum frame construction around the unit chassis alike the new aforementioned Motorola phone, attributing more premiumness.

 Now for it's fresh list of internals, as far as we have understood, the impending Nexus X of the Google Shamu will come down the hill with a Quad-Core Qualcomm APQ8084 Snapdragon 805 processor running at 2.7GHz, with an Adreno 420 Graphics Processing Unit, an above mentioned 5.92-inches of Quad High Definition or 2K (2560 x 1440) resolution screen of 498 pixels-per-inches display, 32 gigabytes of built-in storage option, three gigabytes of Random Access Memory, 13 megapixels primary camera on the back, that can shoot 4K Ultra High Definition videos and a two megapixels front facing secondary snapper. There is going to be a 3,200mAh powered battery and runs Android's L release straight out of the box, based on 64-bit architecture, which will be more powerful in it's performance. Lastly, 9TO5Google hints us towards the month of October for an official announcement of the talked about smartphone and the device will be making it's retail appearance by the beginning of November. Anyways, what ever said or seen above is not just yet confirmed, so we recommend you to take this specific news with a pinch of salt.

 Source: 9TO5Google

Android One smartphones makes it's official debut in India



Google's Press Conference went all interesting this afternoon in New Delhi, India and as everyone expected, the company made it's official round of debut with their first set of smartphones from their newly announced Android One initiative, that was previously talked by Sundar Pichai, Senior Vice President of Android, Chrome and Apps, Google, at this year's I/O Developers Conference. The new Android One platform will be made available to the consumers in the country for the first time, where today three of their previously announced hardware partners have unveiled new smartphones that runs over the Android One based 4.4.4 KitKat operating system, straight out of the box.

 According to the man behind Android, over 1.75 Billion people around the world already have access to smartphones today, where else the remaining vast majority of population, which is well over five Billion in numbers, are not able to afford the highly priced smartphones from the market, which means they are only able to take advantage of voice calls, unlike people from the 1.75 Billion lot, who's rather connecting with their family and friends through live video conversations, social medias, making use of mobile mapping services from phone to find the closest locations and landmarks, even searching and surfing the web. So, in this regard,  the new Android One initiative will help smartphone manufacturers to make high quality devices, which will be accessible to as much as people as possible, basically dreaming the next five Billion people to have an Android smartphone in hands like anyone else.

 "Knowledge is a game changer. I've long been inspired by the Internet and how it opens the doors to opportunity. It provides access to knowledge, no matter who you are or where you are. For instance, it doesn't matter if you’re a Nobel Laureate at a world-class research center or a young student at a rural school in Indonesia, with Google Search, you have the same information at your fingertips as anyone else," said Sundar Pichai, Senor Vice President of Android, Chrome and Apps, Google.

 As mentioned in their latest blog post, people in countries like, India, Indonesia and Philippines are finding it hard to have a smartphone, due to three reasons mainly, that is hardware, software and lastly connectivity. With the announcement of the new Android One, Google aims working closely with phone manufacturers and chipset makers, by sharing reference designs and also by pre-selecting hardware components, which will help the companies lower the release price for their new smartphones. The first three smartphones launched today with Android One are from the native manufacturers, Micromax, Karbonn and Spice (as leaked yesterday). Accordingly, the new Micromax Canvas A1 will set you back for ₹ 6499, ($107), the Karbonn Sparkle V at ₹ 6399 ($105) and finally, the Spice Dream UNO, being the most affordable one from the team, at only ₹ 6299 ($103), available starting today through countryside e-commerce websites.

 As reported in their leaks yesterday, the three new smartphones official from Micromax, Karbonn and Spice will all share the same identical internals, expect the changes in the design construction, which will all put the fresh handsets in the list of middle ranged category, where each of coming out featuring a standard, Quad-Core MediaTek made MT6582 processor with 1.3GHz and four Cortex-A7 Central Processing Units and Mali 400 MP2 Graphics Processing Unit, a 4.5-inches screen of  854 x 480 resolution display with IPS technology, four gigabytes of on board mass storage (expandable via microSD card slot), one gigabyte of Random Access Memory, 5 megapixel primary camera on the back with a 2 megapixel front secondary snapper, dual-SIM 3G connectivity, built-in FM radio support, pre-installed Google applications and a removable 1,700mAh powered battery, running stock Android's version 4.4.4 KitKat. The company also promises us to continuously update the software on the devices directly from Google, for the next two years, consistently. These devices will be in line to receive Android L update first with the existing Nexus fleet, soon.

 Indian markets will be followed by the bazaars of Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, later this year with the Android One treatment and many more countries to follow the line-up soon next year. And as a serious bonus, Google is now offering free software update downloads for the first six months exclusively for the users of Bharti Airtel, in order to reduce the data costs, alongside you will also be able to download up to 200 megabytes per month worth of your favorite applications, about 50 apps from Google Play, all completely free of charge. The new hardware manufacturers joining Google to make Android One smartphones include, Acer, Alcatel, ASUS, HTC, Lenovo, Panasonic from abroad with Intex, Lava and Xolo from India. Chipmaker, Qualcomm from United States have also partnered the Mountain View firm for the new initiative. To learn more about Android One, click here.

 Source: Google

Spice's upcoming Android One smartphone leaks on Flipkart



Google's Press Conference is already scheduled in India for tomorrow, where we expect the American company to take a wrap off their newly introduced Android One initiative with their previously announced hardware partners in the country, which includes, Micromax, Karbonn and Spice. As of today, we have a Spice branded smartphone coming all the way leaking from the Indian online based e-commerce website Flipkart. The new smartphone that made it's short appearance on the domain earlier, was named as the Spice Android One Dream UNO Mi-498.

 The new device here looks, exactly middle ranged as mentioned in the past, which should help the OEM's offer better and affordable hardware at a budget friendly price tag, indeed this is all done by Google taking the initiative of releasing the best hardware and software reference platform for it's partnered manufacturers by pre-selecting components and pushing out consistent firmware updates. The new upcoming Android One devices will boot to stock Android experience alike the Nexus branded smartphones, shipping with more of Google applications pre-installed and less non-Google apps. The specific Spice handset here will cost you around ₹ 6999, which makes around 115 United States Dollars, already being teased to be a Flipkart exclusive smartphone in the country, by the phone maker. The Spice Android One Dream UNO Mi-498 will hold imprints of Android One around the bottom back side of the unit.

 The phone will feature a 1.3GHz Quad-Core MediaTek processor and a Mali-400 MP Graphics Processing Unit, a 4.5-inches FWVGA IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen of 854 x 480 resolution display, four gigabytes of on board mass storage (expandable via microSD card slot), one gigabyte of Random Access Memory, five megapixels primary shooter on the back with LED flash light and 5x digital zoom, capable of capturing Full High Definition videos at 1080p, a two megapixels secondary front facing snapper, Bluetooth 4.0, USB Tethering and Wi-Fi Hotspot, A-GPS with Google Maps and 3G HSDPA network connectivity options with dual-SIM standby support. There is a 1,700mAh powered battery with 10 hours of talk time on 3G and runs Android's version 4.4.4 KitKat straight out of the box. The unit measures around 67 x 132 x 9.15 millimeters in dimensions and weighs 107 grams on mass without the battery. Anyways, the phone should go back live on Flipkart's website soon after tomorrow's official unveiling from Google and Spice from New Delhi, India.


Source: AndroidOS.in

Forthcoming Motorola Shamu or Nexus X gets listed on India's import database



We all know that Google and Motorola are together developing a new smartphone, probably the next generation Google flagship phone from the current Nexus line-up of Androids. The phone, reportedly codenamed as the Google Shamu or the Nexus X from the latest reports. The handset has already made a number of appearances on the web through details of graphics benchmarking and from other sources including the AnTuTu's platform, clearing some of it's most anticipated internal specifications. And as of today, we receive more evidence of the existence of the smartphone of this sort from the American centered manufacturer, where an Indian based cargo import database, Zauba, seems to have got listed the looming talked about smartphone on their official website, shipping it from the United States to Bangalore, India on the dates of 20th August, 2014.

 Talking about the source's information reliability, Zauba has got a good track record in leaking certain devices that make it's way to the country in South Asia, in the past. So, we assume that we will soon see the companies take their step forward and announce the new addition of stock Android loaded, Nexus smartphone, somewhere in the winter, between the months of October and November. Accordingly as seen from the filing attached below, a couple of Motorola Shamu prototype devices were headed to India on the aforementioned dates for some kind of demo purposes. The new document listed also confirms the phone's model number to be like, XT1112. The price of the device shipped from the Stateside to India is written as ₹ 34982 per-unit, which makes around 578 United States Dollars. Does that make any sense on how the phone is going to price it's upcoming smartphone? You tell us in the comments below.


Finally, what all are the hardware specs rumored for the Motorola Shamu or the Nexus X? Well, we may see the phone make it out of the box rocking a Quad-Core powered Qualcomm APQ8084 Snapdragon 805 processor, clocked at 2.7GHz and an Adreno 420 Graphics Processing Unit, a alleged 5.2-inches Quad High Definition screen of 2560 x 1440 resolution pixels, 32 gigabytes of internal mass storage capacity, three gigabytes of Random Access Memory and 13 megapixels primary lens on the back with 4160 x 3120 picture element. Of course, without any doubts, the device should come running Android's latest version L or 5.0 straight away.

 Source: Zauba

Upcoming Nexus X goes detailed on AnTuTu's benchmarking application



Motorola is reportedly in responsible for manufacturing Google's next generation flagship smartphone, that is/was internally codenamed as Google Shamu. The impending new smartphone from the American based consumer electronics manufacturer and their present generation LG made Google Nexus 5 successor is now allegedly said to be named as the yet to go official Nexus X, which was previously written as Nexus 6. Earlier this month, we have seen the handset make it's way to the GFXBench and over AnTuTu's benchmarking database, where now people at TK TECH NEWS have got their hands on with a few screenshots of the talked about phone getting resulted on their mobile based application.

 First and foremost we see the benchmark scores it got on AnTuTu's platform, with 35430 numbers in total, which slightly disappoints us in person when compared to the ranking of a Samsung made Galaxy Alpha, Galaxy S5, HTC manufactured One M8, Oppo made Find 7 and an LG made G3, though it gained more than than the Galaxy Note 3. From the pictures, the brand name to read as Google, and model being dubbed as the new Nexus X. Matching our previous reports on this guy, the phone has got the same Quad-Core Qualcomm APQ8084 Snapdragon 805 processor on board, running at 2.6GHz 2.7GHz and an Adreno 420 Graphics Processing Unit, we doubt a 5.2-inches Quad High Definition screen, mentioned at 2560 x 1440 pixels or 2K resolution display, 32 gigabytes of internal mass storage, three gigabytes of Random Access Memory and a 13 megapixels primary shooter on the back with 4160 x 3120 picture element.

 Lastly, the purported phone will feature Google's most latest version of their Android mobile operating system, the Material Design enriched 5.0 or the L release, that made it's debut as a Developer Preview, back in June, which is now rumored to be called as the brand new Lemon Meringue Pie, once it becomes available for the public, later this fall. Don't believe what we just reported, take a look at the images that just leaked from the source link, below.

 Source: TK TECH NEWS

Next gen Nexus smartphone is up on AnTuTu's database, Google Shamu



Google's next generation smartphone is reportedly codenamed as Google Shamu, on which the developing team from the company is working on internally. It is a phablet smartphone, that is allegedly rumored as the company's next big flagship mobile hardware and the previously announced LG Google Nexus 5 successor. Accordingly, this time around the American search giant, Google have opted Lenovo owned phone maker, Motorola to manufacture their next smartphone, or purported Nexus 6 handset, which has been already been speculated with the codename, Motorola Shamu, as aforementioned.

 Following the leak on GFXBench, yesterday scoring 716 frames (11.6 fps), counting 13 frames less that the Samsung made Galaxy S5 and 9 frames less than the HTC One 2014 (M8) and parallel to OnePlus One smartphone, which will make it sit with other first-rate smartphones available in the markets. Check it out on their website, here.

 Today, AnTuTu's benchmarking service have got a new spec sheet listed on their web address, getting the new Google Shamu or supposed Nexus 6 on to their benchmark database. But, unlike the details came in from the previous sources on the web, the device we are talking about here have got a 2.6GHz Quad-Core Qualcomm APQ8084 Snapdragon 805 processor and Adreno 420 Graphics Processing Unit, than the Snapdragon 801 and Adreno 330 GPU as expected in the past. In term of the screen, the impending Google Shamu boasts a 5.2-inches Quad High Definition 2K panel with 1440 x 2560 resolution display, three gigabytes of Random Access Memory, 13 megapixels primary shooter and a 2.1 megapixels front facing secondary camera. The operating system phone is running presently is read as Android latest L release.

 Source: AnTuTu.com

You need to wait until Summer for a Moto 360



Google's I/O Annual Developers Conference, yesterday had brought a list of new updates and announcements, from San Francisco, California, United States. Out of which, attendees and other media personals were most interested on the company's new wearable platform, Android Wear.

 Head of Android, Chrome and Apps, Sundar Pichai had took the stage to talk a little about their new software platform, that was announced back in March with two multinational companies including LG and Motorola also unveiling their smartwatches, that runs the same platform, based on Android operating system. Last day we saw their third manufacturing partner, Samsung bringing-up their own wearable, well another smartwatch with Android Wear on board, named as Gear Live. In return, LG too disclosed their wearable G Watch's internal specifications and other details for the public, where Google is now having both the smartwatches listed on Google Play for a price of $199 for Samsung's Gear Live and $299 for LG's G Watch, respectively. But what about Motorola's Moto 360? Unfortunately, the company's new product is not yet ready for a consumer launch, and people from around here has let us know that, Motorola and Google will start selling the Moto 360 wearable device, after a few months from now, sometime soon in summer. The specification listings of the apparatus are too not confirmed at the moment, as Motorola hasn't let any information out, just yet. But, Pichai offered the attendees of the year's I/O event with a chance to experience the round face UI of Android Wear OS on the smartwatch, aforementioned.

Android One platfrom is official from Google



Alongside the new Android L release from the search giant at their Annual I/O Developers Conference from San Francisco, California, United States, the company has also announced a new program called, Android One. The new platform from the Google will make their mobile operating system available for more customers at a low price.

 Android One platform will help smartphone manufacturers build low-priced high-quality hardware for the emerging markets like China and India. Where Google will take the initiative of releasing hardware and software reference platform for OEM's by pre-selected components, running stock version of Android operating system and by receiving automatic updates for the system applications. Yesterday, the company had announced three manufacturing partners from India, that includes, Micromax, Karbonn and Spice. The new smartphone and tablets build with Android One will be priced under 100 United States Dollars. Google's Senior Vice President, Sundar Pichai also showed off a new smartphone from Micromax that packs an interesting design and the new talked about Android One, with 4.5-inches screen, dual-SIM and microSD card slots, accompanied by FM radio. Products with attributing Android One will be making their way to India, this fall. According to Pichai, he had been using the smartphone for a while now, and he's seriously impressed with the performance of the handset.

Google announces Android L, Developer Preview



Google's Annual I/O Developers Conference is on it's roll, and here we have the next version Android mobile operating system, unveiled by the Mountain View company, at the event. Google's Senior Vice President of Android, Chrome and Apps, Sundar Pichai and his team has officially announced next release of Android L in a Developer Preview, yesterday, as reported by BloombergBusinessweek, the day before.

 The new Android L version will come with lots of new improvements in the User Interface, performance updates and other brand new features. In this regard the company has also announced the fresh 'Material Design' aspect along with Android L, which is said to utilize the tactile surfaces on screen with new redesigned bold graphics and smooth motion, that will make beautiful and intuitive experiences, while using Android from so on. Also in the new Material Design, the surface and shadow on screen will play an important role in making things more complex and physical in motion.

 Google wants to bring the same user experience on all screen sizes, evenly, including, the smartwatch on your wrist to the largest TV at home. The American will use their design for their Android Wear powered smartwatches, as well as on the newly unveiled Android TV and for Android Auto. The main part will be, adding the new Material Design theme to the L-series of Android, of what we are taking about at the moment. The updated add-on will feature new system widgets, revamped screen transitions and animations with improved touch feedback, by pushing new style for the applications.

 Along with new Material Design, Google will also bring number of other UI changes to the system applications like Gmail and other Google applications, there comes the new refreshed navigation buttons, and status bar, redesigned phone dialer, keyboard, do-not-disturb mode and more. Android L will also pack modifications for the lockscreen, bringing enhanced notifications, where from now, users can read, open or just swipe-away the notifications to dismiss them at anytime from the lockscreen itself. There is also 'Heads-Up Notifications' which will let you look through an alert, even when you are involved in a different application, like for instance, while gaming or when watching a video.

 'Personal Unlocking' is another new feature coming with the updated lockscreen, that will use your phone's Bluetooth connection for unlocking the smartphone or tablet. If you have an Android Wear powered smartwatch anywhere near to your device, you can unlock the handset pretty easily without any authentication process.

 Google has kept their step to the fitness, announcing the new Google Fit. An application that will record and store all your health data like, the steps you take, distance covered, calories burned, sleep time and more from the sensors on the phone and other connected wearables like smartwatches. Google has showed us some of their partners that will make wearables supporting the application, later this year, which includes, Intel, LG, Motorola, HTC, Nike, Adidas, RunKeeper, Polar, etc.

 In term of performance upgrades, ART or Android Runtime has been made the default runtime, that supports ARM, x86, and MIPS for Android's new L-series, replacing Dalvik from the current running KitKat version, making the smartphones run more faster and responsively. Google has also introduced the 64-bit architecture, which can take advantage of more than 5,000 newly introduced API's for the OS. The GUI rendering on the platform have been tweaked at 60 frames-per-second, making the unit's all over scrolling feel reckless.

 Google has also revealed the new Project Volta, which will optimize the phone's battery life and enable 'Battery Saver' mode, that will be put into action automatically when needed. The new feature can also tune in the CPU, accordingly and can even turn off the device's radio signals to save more battery life. It is said that, this will save you 90 minutes of extra usage time on the LG Google Nexus 5 smartphone.

 Lastly, the company has announced that they will have factory images of developers preview for LG Nexus 5 and ASUS Nexus 7, available from today for developers. Google will be announcing the new Android L-release for the public, later in fall via an over-the-air update to supported devices.
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