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ARM has officially announced three new products that surely will make their way into next-generation mobile devices. The company presented its new products right before the COMPUTEX event that will be held in Taipei between May 30 to June 3.
Usually, there are two ways of playing music on Android device. You can either use your headphones or a speaker. But how about a third option?
Stock kernels simply do not provide the advanced features that we love. Smartphone vendors pack stable but bare solutions that give little room for customization and general improvement.
Modern IM apps like WhatsApp or Messenger allow file sharing with your contacts. Supported file types are very limited, though, and often you need to use e-mails to send attachments.
The Android Auto program is constantly growing, with more and more cars taking advantage of it. Due to its limitations, though, Auto is compatible with only a handful of apps -- leaving many awesome music apps out.
The LG G6 is one of the best devices released this year. With every new flagship phone comes a new version of the LG UX - this time version 6.0.
It's really hard to imagine XDA without SuperSU. The most popular and essential root application has been providing root access and management on Android devices for years. Unfortunately, the latest versions weren't working entirely properly, so XDA Senior Recognized Developer Chainfire made a statement to shed some light on the problem.
What we at XDA once envisioned as a proof of concept security vulnerability has now been confirmed by computer scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. The team details what they call "cloak and dagger" exploits which can take over the UI of most versions of Android (including 7.1.2). Given it's nature, it is difficult to fix and also difficult to detect.
IFTTT Is Now Offering A Free Way For Developers To Publish Applets
The IFTTT is now offering a free way of publishing the applets. Developers can use the free tier to share their best projects.
Over the last few years, IFTTT has become known for its ever-growing automation that allows users to create and use "applets" linking independent services together. Anyone can create their own applets for personal use (we at XDA love IFTTT for integrating with Slack). IFTTT is also available for Android and iOS devices with many device-specific triggers available.
The LG G6 comes with a much enhanced camera application over the previous iteration. Thanks to XDA Recognized Developer and Contributor xpirt, you can use it today on the LG G5.
Google is working on an emulator that will allow developers to test their applications on large screens without an actual Chrome OS device. This plan was announced during Google I/O 2017.
During the Android Fireside Chat that took place at Google I/O 2017, a nice new feature was discussed. It was revealed that users of Android O will be able to update their graphics drivers through the Play Store. This might be one of the most exciting features of the upcoming Android.
The most famous custom recovery for Android, the TeamWin Recovery Project (or simply TWRP), received an update to version 3.1.1. The new release does not bring many new features, but fixes the most annoying flaws of version 3.1.
Greenify is one of the most popular battery-saving tools available on our forums. If your device has the Xposed Framework installed, then Greenify has even more tools available for it to help kill resource-hungry processes in the background to save your juice.
In order to make Android boot on most devices, developers have to mix the open source code with proprietary files delivered by the vendor. For those users who value a truly free operating system, Android is actually not as free as they would like it to be. Developers have no access to the source code for many hardware components and have to ship their custom software with so-called proprietary blobs.
One of the most anticipated events of the year is over: at Build, Microsoft presented its newest ideas and features, all of which should soon hit personal computers, tablets and phones, with the bulk of new functionality included in the fall Fall Creators Update.
Meizu Releases Flyme 6 For Third Party Devices
Meizu has officially announced the availability of Flyme 6 for several third-party devices such as the OnePlus 3T, Nexus 6, and Nexus 6P.
Flyme OS is one of the most popular Android-based operating systems in China. Produced by Meizu, Flyme is officially available on all of its own smartphone offerings, but recently the company has started to port Flyme 6 for other smartphones.
The Android Nougat Beta Program is officially shut down. Google decided that all users of the current Beta Program will get an update notification to the latest version of Android N. Finally, the program's site website has been closed as well. The closure is a part of Google's bigger update plan, as the Android O Developer Preview 2 is expected to be released soon.
We have some pretty good news for Honor 6X users. This smartphone is now receiving an update to Android Nougat with EMUI 5.0 on board. Some devices should already get a notification about the available update, but the update should hit all of devices by late May.
One of the world's smallest, yet still usable smartphone has just been announced on Kickstarter. Jelly is a smartphone with a 2.45" display size running Android 7.0. Compare that to flagship devices with 6" or larger screens that only a small group of people can hold one-handed. A modern smartphone in the body of a Nokia 8210 from 1999? Sounds interesting.