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Android Oreo Developer Preview was there for Google Nexus and Pixel devices since the Google I/O 2017 event. Today while the USA was witnessing the Total Solar Eclipse, Google has unveiled the Android Oreo public release. The Android Oreo for Nexus/Pixel devices are already available. But what about your device?? How to get Android Oreo The post Android Oreo is here: See how to get Android Oreo for your phone appeared first on Android Custom ROMs . Source

Every year there is a new Android version comes up and hence a new Lineage OS update for almost all latest and few older devices. With this many devices do not get the latest Lineage OS as those lose to attract developers. This makes it quite difficult for users to keep track of different Lineage The post Lineage OS: List of All Versions for All Devices appeared first on Lineage OS | Lineage ROM (UNOFFICIAL) . Source

ARCore made a significant public debut with AR Stickers rolling out to the Pixel and Pixel 2 earlier this week. However, Google’s platform for Android-based augmented reality is still a developer preview for several more months, with the latest version rolling out today . Nintendo Switch Announced in August, ARCore brings augmented reality to existing Android devices without the need of special hardware . However, it does build on Tango’s fundamental technology and is focussed on motion tracking, environmental understanding, and light estimation. Developer Preview 2 today adds several technical and functional improvements to the SDK: A new C API for use with the Android NDK that complements our existing Java, Unity, and Unreal SDKs; Functionality that lets AR apps pause and resume AR sessions, for example to let a user return to an AR app after taking a phone call; Improved accuracy and runtime efficiency across our anchor, plane finding, and point cloud APIs. The

In a teardown last month, we spotted Allo preparing a transcription feature for voice messages. With version 25 rolling out now, that functionality is beginning to go live for users, while Google continues work on camera effects and a Reply feature that quotes previously sent messages. Nintendo Switch About APK Teardowns : In this ‘APK teardown,’ we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that was uploaded to the Play Store. When an app (or an APK, to be specific, in the case of Android apps) is decompiled, we’re able to see various lines of code within that hint at possible future features. Keep in mind that Google may or may not ever ship these features, and our interpretation of what they are may be imperfect. With that in mind, read on. Voice message transcriptions rolling out With version 25, users are beginning to see the new transcription feature for audio messages go live. Under Chat settings, there is a new “Voice message transcripts” option that ha

Augmented reality is a powerful way to bring the physical and digital worlds together. AR places digital objects and useful information into the real world around us, which creates a huge opportunity to make our phones more intuitive, more helpful and a whole lot more fun. We’ve been working on augmented reality since 2014, with our earliest investments in Project Tango. We’ve taken everything we learned from that to build ARCore, which launched in preview earlier this year. Whereas Tango required special hardware, ARCore is a fast, performant, Android-scale SDK that enables high-quality augmented reality across millions of qualified mobile devices. Developers can experiment with ARCore now, and we’ve seen some amazing creations from the community . ARCore also powers AR Stickers on the Pixel camera , which launched earlier this week and lets you add interactive AR characters and playful emojis directly into photos and videos to bring your favorite stories to life. Today, we’re re

YouTube is one of the best places to find content, and that includes virtual reality media. 360-degree content is all over Google’s platform, and now, those with VR headsets connected to PCs will be able to access that properly. The best gifts for Android users This week, Google officially opened up early access to an official YouTube VR app for Steam. The app works exclusively with HTC’s Vive headset, or at least it would if it actually worked properly. Reviews of the app on Steam so far are mostly negative with many users not even being able to open the app. Of course, this app is in early access, meaning bugs are still going to be around for a while, but needless to say, it’s a bit annoying that there are problems for what should be a simple app. Google is no stranger to good VR apps , though, so the company will likely sort out these problems in the coming weeks with updates. If you want to try the app out for yourself, it’s free and available on Steam right now .

Google constantly changes up minor UI aspects of its various products, and often those changes aren’t received well by users. Currently, it appears that Google is testing a new change to the Pixel Launcher which adds text to the search bar, and it’s…bad. The best gifts for Android users First spotted by a few  Android Police readers, this new change tosses a bit of text to the search bar which appears at the bottom of the screen on the Pixel Launcher . This text varies from user to user, but the general idea is to prompt searches on the web and apps on your phone. Samples that have surfaced so far include just a simple “Search…” text where others say something along the lines of “Search apps and web…” As far as we can tell this is simply an A/B test, as there’s no reason why a specific text pops up or who gets it. Personally, I’m not a big fan of this change at all as it feels like unnecessary clutter. Adding text like this just takes away from Google’s clean design, a

We recently introduced the new Google Calendar experience on the web, including the ability to add more structured data about your buildings and resources. We’re now making it easier to add and edit that information with updates to the existing Calendar Resources API, as well as adding two new APIs: Buildings and Features. G Suite admins can also use these APIs to keep resource and building information in Google Calendar up to date and in sync with other systems used for facility management. For more information on the Calendar Resources APIs, check out the API documentation and Help Center links below. Launch Details Release track: Launching to both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release Editions : Available to all G Suite editions Rollout pace: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) Impact: Admins only Action: Admin action suggested/FYI More Information Help Center: Create buildings, features, and resources The Keyword: Time for a refresh: meet the new G

Google’s innovations lab, Alphabet X, is switching to a new approach to bring the Internet to people in developing countries. Instead of floating Wi-Fi hotspots in balloons , it is now using laser beam links which it has described as ‘just like fibre optic cable, but without the cable’ … Reuters reports that one of India’s states has agreed to buy 2,000 of the boxes which can be installed on roofs and posts as far as 12 miles apart. Alphabet Inc’s X research division said on Thursday that India’s Andhra Pradesh state government would buy its newly developed technology that has the potential to provide high-speed wireless internet to millions of people without laying cable. The approach is known as free space optical technology, which has proven difficult to implement in the past, but Alphabet seems confident it has solved the problems. Free space optical technology transmits data through light beams at up to 20 gigabits per second between the rooftop boxes […] But the tech

Siti Arofa teaches a first grade class at SD Negeri Sidorukan in Gresik, East Java. Many of her students start the school year without foundational reading skills or even an awareness of how fun books can be. But she noticed that whenever she read out loud using different expressions and voices, the kids would sit up and their faces would light up with excitement. One 6-year-old student, Keyla, loves repeating the stories with a full imitation of Siti’s expressions. Developing this love for stories and storytelling has helped Keyla and her classmates improve their reading and speaking skills. She’s just one child. Imagine the impact that the availability of books and skilled teachers can have on generations of schoolchildren. In Indonesia today, it's estimated that for every 100 children who enter school, only 25 exit meeting minimum international standards of literacy and numeracy. This poses a range of challenges for a relatively young country, where nearly one-third of the

The Dev channel has been updated to 64.0.3282.24 (Platform version: 10176.13.1) for most Chrome OS devices. This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates and feature enhancements.     A list of changes can be found   here . If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our  forum  or  filing a bug . Interested in switching channels?   Find out how . You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 vertical dots in the upper right corner of the browser).  Kevin Bleicher Google Chrome

Besides offering a host of cloud applications, one of G Suite’s key features is the ability to manage a fleet of employee devices. Today, the service is adding new protections to ensure enterprise data isn’t compromised on insecure Android and iOS devices . Nintendo Switch Administrators can set security policies, like strong passwords, on devices that are signed into work accounts and have access to corporate data. On Android, phones and tablets that don’t adhere to an organization policies will be locked out of non-critical applications. With that in mind, the Device Policy app will now disable access to non-critical apps* on any work profile or company-owned Android device that it determines is non-compliant. Users will see a notification informing them that their device violated a security policy and some apps may be disabled. Those apps will be re-enabled when their device complies with all of the organization’s security policies. This disabling of apps like Gma

With the Google Home Max  being delivered to customers now, we figured it would be a good time to walk you through how to set up and get started with your new smart speaker. Thankfully, most of the set up process takes place within the Home app, which means the entire process just takes a few minutes. UAG Cases How to set up the Google Home Max | Unbox your Google Home Max, taking out the unit itself and its power cable Plug the Home Max into the wall and wait for it to play a chime and say that it’s ready to be set up Download the Google Home application from the Play Store Open the  Home application and sign in with your Google account Select the  Devices icon in the top right corner of the display that looks like a television and speaker You should see your Google Home Max at the top of the menu, offering to let you set it up. Tap on  Set Up Follow the on-screen steps which will walk you through connecting the smart speaker to your Wi-Fi network, telling the

The Google Apps Device Policy app enforces your organization’s security policies on employees’ managed Android devices, protecting them and making them safer. If a security policy is violated, it’s especially important to ensure that corporate data isn’t accessible on that device until it’s once again compliant. With that in mind, the Device Policy app will now disable access to non-critical apps* on any work profile or company-owned Android device that it determines is non-compliant. Users will see a notification informing them that their device violated a security policy and some apps may be disabled. Those apps will be re-enabled when their device complies with all of the organization’s security policies. *Non-critical apps are any apps that aren’t required for a device to function. For example, Dialer is a critical app, but Gmail is a non-critical app. Launch Details Release track: Launching to both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release Editions: Available to all G Su

Google Mobile Management allows G Suite admins to control access to company data on managed devices directly from the Admin console. With this launch, we’re giving admins increased power to protect their organizations’ data by preventing their users from syncing corporate data on jailbroken iOS devices . Admins can enable this feature in the Admin console under Device Management > Advanced Settings > Security . Note that this feature is off by default and requires an organization to have Advanced Mobile Management for iOS enabled in order to turn on. For this setting to work, users need to have the Google Device Policy app installed. Once the feature is turned on, users who don’t have the Device Policy app on their device will be prompted to install it. Once installed, the app will check if the device is jailbroken regularly, and notify the user if they pass or fail that check. This setting should help G Suite admins and end users keep their organization’s data secu

We’re making some changes to the menus and toolbars in Google Docs and Slides on the web. These changes will make it easier to find certain items and increase consistency across Docs and Slides. Among other things, you’ll notice the following: In Docs and Slides, “Lists” in the Format menu has been renamed “Bullets and numbering.” In Docs and Slides, “Show spelling suggestions” has been renamed “Spelling” and moved from the View menu to the Tools menu. In Docs, “Document outline” has been renamed “Show document outline” and moved from the Tools menu to the View menu. In Slides, “Import slides” has been removed from the Insert menu. See below for some examples of the revamped toolbars and menus. Launch Details Release track:  Launching to Rapid Release, with Scheduled Release coming on January 4th, 2018 Editions: Available to all G Suite editions Rollout pace: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) Impact: All end users Actio