Last October, Google stoped providing Android distribution numbers on a consistent monthly basis. The last update was during I/O 2019 in May. Ahead of the 2019 Android Dev Summit, Google today shared a new stat that highlights Project Treble’s successful impact on Android updates.
With Project Treble, Google set out to help manufacturers quickly update devices by modularizing the operating…
Grammarly Keyboard for Android now supports swipe typing
October 23, 2019
Typos are all too common on smartphones and while many keyboards are great at fixing that, many ignore grammar mistakes. Grammarly Keyboard has been around for a while to help in that area, and now the app is adding support for swipe typing.
Swipe typing has been around on…
Android Pie passes 20% adoption after 12 months
October 23, 2019
Google today shared that in August 2019, Android Pie had 22.6% adoption. That means the second-latest version of Android was running on a fifth of devices after some 12 months. Google did not share adoption numbers for any other Android version, including Android 10, the…
Google has a powerful suite of tools for digital wellbeing built into the past couple of versions of Android, but now the company is experimenting with other ideas. Today, the company has launched 5 new digital wellbeing experiments on Android and they’re all available as apps for you to try.
Pointed out by , these experimental apps all appeared in the “Experiments with Google” digital…
Google has launched a handful of experimental apps designed to showcase how mental well-being can be built into digital products. The launch comes amid growing concerns over how smartphone and social media addiction may contribute to depression and loneliness, particularly…
It’s not difficult to conduct a realistic iPhone 11 waterproof test. You could spill some beer or wine on it, to replicate the typical bar accident, or drop one in a water glass or swimming pool.
But if you have access to an underwater drone, well, it has to be done…
Last month, popular digital signing app, SignEasy, saw a great update alongside the release of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13. Now the company has become an Apple mobility partner and is part of “a select group of business solution providers with a common goal of creating new ways to work on iPhone and iPad.”
SignEasy shared the news in a press release today:
As a new Apple mobility partner, SignEasy…
The OnePlus 7T made its debut in the US last week, but the slightly upgraded OnePlus 7T Pro isn’t coming here. Today, though, T-Mobile has announced that it will get the OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren Edition sometime later this year.
Previously expected to come to Verizon, the…
According to reports, the folding Huawei Mate X is set to ship next month with a price tag of around $2,400 in China.
Having had some hands-on time with the Chinese-made foldable — and the more widely available Samsung Galaxy Fold — it’s clear that while the outward…
The iPhone 11 launch saw iOS make market share gains in Europe, Australia and Japan, but it suffered a fall in share in its home market of the USA, according to Kantar.
Kantar’s data for Q3 2019 includes only one week’s sales of the new iPhones, but this is enough to move the needles across the markets covered …
iPhone market share made gains in all five of the biggest European markets…
