“For example, the Motorola Nexus 6 look ‘- Android World

The Nexus 6 is a hot topic on the Internet and the launch is also prominent. In a few weeks we will know more, although we already have a lot of unconfirmed information about this latest Nexus smartphone. Based on the rumors, there is a render composed of the Nexus 6, which resembles the new Moto X.

Nexus 6

It usually knowledgeable Android Police is based on rumors and self-obtained information below image made from the Nexus 5. Here we see a lot of resemblance with the Moto X (2014), which was recently presented by Motorola. The Nexus 6 is very likely from the stables of Motorola and it is therefore not surprising that it is somewhat similar to the new flagship

numbers

Even though specifications a lot less important nowadays, we still like to read. them Of the Nexus 6 we already know a lot, although this information is not yet confirmed. This Nexus smartphone features a 5.9 inch screen (Quad HD) and will run on Android 5.0 (Android L). At the back we find a 13 megapixel camera with OIS (Optical Image Stabilization), and a dual LED flash. All this must be powered by the robust 3200 mAh battery. The device would like the new Moto X are provided with a metallic side.

in the Android version which is shown on the screenshot we see new icons of the Google services. The standard configuration of the home screen also contains a separate folder ‘Drive’ with herein include Google Docs, Spreadsheet and Drive.

Smaller Nexus

This relatively large smartphone may not the only Nexus that we are going to see. A step up from the Nexus 5 (5 inch) to the Nexus 6 (5.9 inches) is a large and many users will probably also drop out. Google or a smaller smartphone in store for us and if it has ridiculously good secret to keep, or that we really need to do with the Nexus 6 by 5.9 inches is the question.

Google has All Nexus devices had a goal in mind, such as the development of devices without buttons on the front of the Galaxy Nexus, the Nexus S with NFC and cheaper devices with good specifications with the Nexus 4 and 5 Really good support for Android has phablets standard is not on board and therefore a Nexus 6 widescreen very likely. seems

Availability

When the Nexus 6 will be available is not yet known. We think we know that the Nexus is going to be 9, which is the assumption that the Nexus 6, Nexus Android Player and L will be shown here also presented on October 16, but whether this will actually be the case is not yet known.

Source: Android Police

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Android App Nokia Maps Here leaked – All About Phones

By Bouke van den Berg , Tuesday September 30, 2014 11:43 | 0 comments

Nokia’s acclaimed Lord Maps navigation app runs on Android exclusive to Samsung devices. The app is already leaked and works on any Android phone running 4.0 or later.

The Lord suite in our review standard Nokia one of the pluses. Nearly all manufacturers provide apps with on the phone you buy, but actually only the apps from Nokia really added value. As Lord Drive, the navigation app from Nokia. This app was until recently available exclusively for Nokia’s Windows Phones.

Here Drive you can advance the free maps on which country you want to download. While driving, you do not need to download smartphone than the cards. Navigating Here Drive will cost you no mobile data. On Android, the app is available only for Samsung phones. Officially then.

The APK file to Drive Here you can download here.

Huawei Honor 8: Android tablet with calling function for the Asian market – Tablet Guide

Asians do not seem to be ashamed of phones with a large screen. Or tablets with a call feature – it depends on how you look at it. After the popularity of the Galaxy Note-phablets from Samsung and the arrival of many more 6 inch phone tablet combinations it was soon the turn of 7 inch tablets with calling function, such as the ASUS FonePad 7 and later even the FonePad 8 with indeed a 8 inch screen. Huawei seems interested in this new approach, witness the advent of Honor 8, focusing on the Asian countries. A Malaysian shop offers the KitKat 8 inch tablet with 3G for a price of converts to roughly 150.

That Huawei itself with many products aimed at the Asian market is not so strange. The company is of Chinese origin and shipped each year dozens of phones and smartphones in its home country and neighboring countries. The pillars are also focused where we see Huawei make its phones in the Netherlands, for example. Increasing advertisements recently in Europe Even recently announced a collaboration with Ajax. Unfortunately, we see the Huawei tablets only appear sporadically in the Dutch shops.

The Huawei Honor 8 has an 8-inch 1280 x 800 screen. The screen has IPS. In the case, the Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8212 to find model number. 200 CPU This SoC has four cores (quad-core) with a speed of 1.2 Ghz and get 1 GB RAM along with it. Huawei puts 16GB of storage in the tablet with the ability to place. An SD card

In addition, this tablet also offers WiFi 2G and 3G functionality. Support for 4G is not present. The battery has a capacity of 4800 mAh. The camera can shoot photos with 5 megapixel resolution while the FrontCam it has to do with just a VGA quality.

The Huawei Honor 8 is about 8 millimeters thin and is only 360 grams. Android 4.3 is installed on this tablet computer which Huawei own skin lays over the nondescript name Emotion UI 1.6.

Photos: GSMarena

Information Meizu MX4 mini with Yunos appears online – Android World

There is a picture published with information about the MX4 Meizu Mini, a smaller version of the already presented Meizu MX4. The device probably runs on Yunos, which is called a fork and based on Android, as for example, we know from OS Fire from Amazon.

Meizu MX4 mini

Meizu MX4 has already been presented and now joined by a mini writes the MX4 MyDrivers also posted online, comes a picture and some screenshots of the interface Chinese Twitter Weibo Variant. In the picture we see a device that has many similarities with the MX4 and get two SIM card slots on board. Through the various screenshots of the interface we see that the software is largely aligned and it talks about Yunos as the operating system on the MX4 mini. Yunos is called a fork, or a heavily modified version of Android as OS Fire from Amazon that is. Yunos utilizes the services and support of Alibaba, a company Meizu has invested. Google services and -apps like the Play Store will not be present on this unit, but alternatives will be offered as an alternative store to download. Applications and games

Meizu MX4 Pro

There are also rumors about a MX4 Pro variant presented in late October was going to be. The MX4 there are already 8 million has sold and the company wants to come alongside the mini version with an even more extensive and better hardware variant. The processor is the Exynos 5430 from Samsung with eight cores and 3GB memory will be present, where the normal MX4 it has to do with 2GB of RAM. The camera is the same and shoot photos in a resolution of 20.7 megapixels. Also, there is talk of a screen diagonal of 5.36 inches with a resolution of 2560×1536 pixels, while the normal MX4 variant has a resolution of 1920×1152 pixels and the same screen size. A fingerprint scanner is also provided according to the rumors and there is talk of a price of 2499 Yuan, converted some € 320 October 26 is the release date set so it’s wait and see new details and the final specifications of this MX4 variant .

Source: MyDrivers and GizChina

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All the news under your thumb with RSS feeds for Android and iPhone – TrustedReviews

gReader app

The gReader app is available for Android and gives you as a user to subscribe to news websites. So you can simply put all received news Computertotaal.nl example, if you check this feed with the gReader app. You do this by downloading the application and then the reader app to selecting functions. At the bottom of the application You come in the menu from which you can follow. All your news

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In the beginning your screen is empty, because you still have to subscribe. Select + at the upper right of the screen. Type Computer Total , or the name of another website in the top search bar where a URL is requested. You get a list of all feeds that match your search term, and the far right of each feed can place a checkmark if you commit to subscribe.

If you go back to the home screen you can see exactly how many feeds you have not read, and you’ll be automatically up-to-date on your favorite news. You can also make a selection from this menu All items button. Select Sources manage and press the feed you want. You can from this menu, decide whether you want to see the feeds from the original page to synchronize the feed continuously, or you just want to custom synchronizations.

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Flipboard

The Google Reader app is only for Android and focuses on websites, Flipboard does not. This app is also in the Apple App Store for free download and you can get feeds provide other new media such as Twitter and Facebook. In Flipboard lets you quickly specify your interests by checking it. Follow you like technology, games and photography, then you give those interests on by clicking on them.

If you have Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn select, you have to log in once to get the news. These pages on Flipboard If you create an account with the program, you can also instantly share articles with the part icon or leave comments.

Bepaal themselves from the categories you wish to receive news.

Feedly

Feedly has an RSS feed database is very large which will undoubtedly encounter your favorite websites and media. First, you can search by category if you press the top right of the search character. Want to technology or photography, then press it and you get to see.’s Top rated RSS feeds directly

If there is not assisting your favorite, then you just fill in the search bar the name of the media you are looking for, you select it and you will be immediately informed of the latest news. In no time, all your favorites are among them, and you do not have to search for news, the news finds you!

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4 new Android apps in the Google Play Store: week 39 – Android World

We have 4 new Android apps for you this week have appeared. In the Play Store Fun, useful, useless or interesting, maybe you’ve soon have a few new apps for your phone or tablet found.

Ping

Ping is from the creators of Secret app, which should be according to a Brazilian judge. Taken from the Play Store For Ping you need to have as many apps is the case nowadays an account. Ping shows information about a variety of topics that a user of the app can then subscribe. After that, then randomly notifications displayed on all these subjects, it is not clear where this info came Ping picks. It may involve tweets from individuals or example applications that you should view. The whole feel of the app is a little vague, but maybe sometimes worthwhile to watch.

Nieuws2 Newscaster

After Dawn is a Finnish Internet company has an app that news can now be read Also in Dutch. The new app Nieuws2 Newsreader, you can read news from hundreds of Dutch websites. These can be found in each category and in chronological order to dish. Before It is also possible to read the most popular news items and of course all news to share. Also you can set locations as favorites so never to miss. Example local news Categories that can be found in the application include domestic and foreign, sports, economics and politics. The application simply sends you to the website where the article is placed and so you just read for example, an article on the website of RTL News. The application can be downloaded by clicking on the button below for free, but only works on Android devices which run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean or higher

Weather Timeline

Just not quite new but can be found for two weeks in the Play Store is Timeline Weather. This application lets you see enlarged the weather coming hours, but also the upcoming 48 hours next week. The weather is presented in a ‘timeline’, so you can scroll back to view. Slightly better at a particular time simply through Different weather conditions have been given a different color, to see what comes for it again. Quickly and conveniently It is possible to set certain locations and get for example, bad weather notifications. Through the built-in time machine, you can even see predictions for the upcoming months and even years, but you can also see how it was back decades. Weather Timeline runs on devices with Android 4.0 or higher and can be downloaded using the button below for € 0.74.

Stops Ober

From 1 October Stops Ober held again, a month in which people should stop smoking and Stops Ober app one of them. The application shows how many days you have stopped smoking and how much money you’ve saved. Every day you will receive messages to help with the support and motivation to quit and also tips are regularly shown. You can submit a personal motivation why you want to quit smoking along with a photo, video or audio message. After 28 days, you can use the app to run through and thus see the amount of money you have not spent on cigarettes, but stop the daily messages or

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Best Android tablets at the moment (autumn 2014) – Tablets Magazine

At the back we can not yet abandon but the autumn of 2014 has started. So time to make by looking at the best tablets of the moment. Again in the balance In this article we will focus on Android. We see a number of new models back and one tablet is removed from the list. We also look forward to the new Android tablets that we can expect the coming months.

Each season we take the reviews we have published there, we look at the experiences of visitors that are in our database left behind and we keep the market developments closely. On the basis of this information, we propose for each operating an overview of the best tablets of the moment, in this case, the best Android tablets. If you prefer a different OS, you can visit our articles the best Windows 8 tablets and the best overall tablet . Find the most recent reviews of the best tablets in our Best tablets Archive.

Wishes, expectations and preferences

Choosing a tablet today is not simple anymore. You can choose from so many different brands, models and sizes that the chances are that you can not see the trees for the forest. In addition, it is therefore also difficult to make. Single view of the best Android tablets for every consumer For this reason, we recommend that you also our review archive to take to find the best. Tablet that meets your needs, requirements and preferences by the

All about Android

Most readers will have noticed that Android will soon be completely renewed. Google has in the summer of 2014 namely Android L announced and it is expected that this version of Android will be somewhere. Officially released in October But for now we still have to make do with Android 4.4 KitKat, the version that already more than a year is available. Most of the new tablets that you can currently buy in the Netherlands also run than the latest version of Android. More about KitKat you can read in our Android 4.4 KitKat results , and all the improvements and innovations that are coming in October, you can read in our Android L article . Are you not sure if Google’s operating system is the right choice for you? Please our article five reasons to go for Android by.

The best tablets of the moment

It runs in this article, of course, but one a thing; Best Android tablets in the fall of 2014, we have compiled this list by looking at our reviews, the experience of visitors and the trends of the market. In the last few months, a lot of new models presented, but also a number of tablets not available for sale in the Netherlands. The following list is not complete modified from the summer but it is expected that the list for the winter of 2014 which will include newcomers again. During IFA 2014 namely presented several top models that we expect in the Netherlands in the short term and expect to test the short term. September The list below indicates, moreover, no special order.

Asus Transformer Pad TF103C

The first Android tablet in our survey is directly a newcomer. Asus has announced in the summer of 2014 several new Android tablets, including this hybrid. The Asus Transformer Pad TF103C is an affordable Android tablet with a price of 269 euros, but for that you get quite a lot. So does this 10.1-inch model has a full keyboard dock and the tablet with Android 4.4 KitKat covered with a fine skin of Asus.

The most interesting thing about the Asus Transformer Pad TF103C is the total package that you get;. complete Android tablet and laptop in one, with plenty of connectivity options and a recent version of Android This all works quite smoothly and cost you relatively little money. course there are areas for improvement, including on the cameras and battery life, but the price-conscious consumers can do with this model not be faulted.

View all specifications and the lowest prices on the product page Asus Transformer Pad TF103C or read our Asus Transformer Pad TF103C review .

Samsung Galaxy Tab S

Samsung may of course not in our overview missing and the top models of the Korean manufacturer’s Galaxy S Tab tablets. these tablets, in sizes from 8.4-inch and 10.5-inch, have an AMOLED display, the single most important feature. This display, with high resolution, provides high contrast, deep blacks and high brightness. The display is important to you? Than the Galaxy Tab S should not be missing on jet wishlist.

But, that’s not all, because the Galaxy Tab S tablets also feature a powerful processor that offers good performance, a very slim and sleek design and a recent version of Android over which the TouchWiz interface Samsung. They are also equipped with a fingerprint scanner so that the content on your tablet extra security. Overall, highly recommended for those with sufficient budget and the desire for a high-end tablet.

View all specifications and the lowest prices on the product page Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.5 S or read our Samsung Galaxy S Tab 10.5 Review .
View all specifications and the lowest prices on the product page Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 or read our Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 review .

Asus MeMO Pad 7 (ME572C)

The Asus MeMO Pad 7 (ME572C) is a newcomer, but with this model, we actually play a bit false. At the time of writing the review of this tablet had not yet been published (appears on 1 October), but we can already say that this model is the perfect unofficial successor to the Google Nexus 7 (2013). It is the tablet since September 27 in the Dutch stores for a price of 199 euros and can therefore already buying.

The Asus MeMO Pad 7 (ME572C) has a 7-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1,920 by 1,200 pixels and is equipped with an Intel Atom Z3560 Moorefield processor with 64-bit support and a clock speed of 1.83GHz. Also, the tablet features 2GB of RAM, dual cameras, 16GB of storage memory and Android 4.4 KitKat over which the ZenUI-skin from Asus.

View all specifications and lowest prices on the product page Asus MeMO Pad 7 (ME572C) or read our Asus MeMO Pad 7 (ME572C) review (appears on 1 October).

Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet

While Sony has a new high-end tablet announced at IFA 2014 in the form of the 8-inch Xperia Tablet Z3 Compact is also its bigger brother still in our overview. This model, the Xperia Tablet Z2, is still one of the better Android tablets while lavishly equipped. The tablet features an impressively well high-resolution display and runs on Android 4.4 KitKat.

In addition, the Xperia Tablet Z2 equipped with very good performance with a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, a very light and slim design, a housing that is dustproof and waterproof and has a long battery life. Basically, a very nice package that can be. been bought for around 449 euros

View all specifications and the lowest prices on the product page Sony Xperia Tablet Z2 or read our Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet Review .

Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 8.4

You do not want to spend too much money but still a high-end tablet then the Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 8.4 very interesting. This model has been reduced in price since the introduction of the Galaxy Tab S series offers actually apart from the AMOLED display has the same impressive features. Thus, the 8.4-inch display with a 2,560 by 1,600 pixels resolution and runs the whole on a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.

The Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 8.4 comes with Android 4.4 software KitKat and over that the TouchWiz interface from Samsung. For those seeking a “small” Android tablet with impressive specifications and performance look but not than to give 250 euros can we call this model a real winner.

View all specifications and the lowest prices on the product page Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 8.4 or read our Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 8.4 review .

Asus Transformer Pad TF701T

Asus has launched in the summer of 2014 the above Transformer Pad TF103 entry level but for those who have more power, more features and look for high resolution the Transformer Pad TF701T is still the most interesting model.

This hybrid Android tablet is equipped with a full range of capabilities and features, including a comfortable keyboard dock, a high resolution display, a powerful quad-core processor and various connection options. The Transformer Pad TF701T is the best Android tablet that Asus has put on the market to date. For just over 400 euros you get a good performance tablet also known as netbook is comfortable to use.

View all specifications and the lowest prices on the product page Asus Transformer Pad TF701T or read our Transformer Pad TF701T review .

Other and new tablets

As indicated at the beginning of this article, it is difficult to get the best tablets for anyone to put under each other and therefore we want to highlight some tablets on a particular plane left on us and be of use for a specific target group. a very good impression Thus, the Samsung Galaxy NotePro 12.2 is still a very impressive device for those seeking a great tablet with stylus, and high-end specifications and find the Gigaset QV1030 more than fine 10.1-inch Android tablet with an attractive price tag. Are you looking for a 7-inch Android tablet, but you have to spend less than 150 euros, then the Asus MeMO Pad ME176CX is an absolute must. For experiences with all Android tablets we refer to our tablet reviews .

Of course, the market for Android tablets is tight and we can expect a number of interesting new models again. So Sony has announced the 8-inch Xperia Tablet Z3 Compact with high-end specifications at IFA 2014 and Lenovo affordable Tab S8 with 8-inch screen on the market. Samsung and Huawei come up with great new phablets, Galaxy Note 4 and Ascend respectively Mate 7 . If we do these tablets in the short-term testing and we must consider this overview with work.

Tablets Compare

All Android tablets that currently on sale in the Netherlands and we in the coming months You can expect to find in the tablet database . Here you can watch all tablets compare on the basis of, among other specifications, prices, features and software.

For the latest reviews of the best tablets you can visit us Best tablets Archive.

So Android Auto going to look (photos) – Macworld

News – Developers can not even get started with Android Auto, but the first micro-apps make have to appear quickly. Google demonstrates’s how they will look like.

The apps for Android Auto micro-apps that are made available through regular Android available -apps on Google Play. Developers can therefore in developing choose to also add, just as it is now with Android Wear. An interface for Android Car at That can not just yet, because the Auto-SDK is not yet available

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Before, when you made an Android app quite the way you wanted it and you found time in the Android Market a lot diverse and sometimes unworkable interfaces. Google has more guidance from Android 4.0 with interface guidelines, but with Auto Wear and have not much more to say about the interface. As developer

Micro-apps should not distract

The location of buttons and the associated actions can not be changed. That may sound like a not so pretty limiting, but it provides a very clear UX and that helps users in the use of apps. And especially for devices where ‘frictionless’ is vital, it is important that a user does not have to think how to. Make the best navigated by app

In a car it is obviously even more important that a director is little need to think about. The operation of the interface Finery and feature-bloat are unwise. “Effective apps give just enough information in as little time as possible, so that the user only a glance at having to throw and his attention is on the road,” the developer site of Android Auto.

Day -night mode

Google Android Car presented this year at a developer conference I / O and software competition should engage with CarPlay Apple. Just as in Android devices is an Open Handset Alliance, Google has an Open Automotive Alliance called this time in life. In a few months an Android Auto-SDK should be available.

In the examples below you can see a number of standard interfaces that the micro-apps will use. There is also an automatic day-night mode, which jumps to a dark mode, as night falls. Android also works Car with a lot of the Android APIs that developers are already familiar, such as the notifications API

Photos:. (Via developer.android.com)

L Android: Google celebrates birthday with ‘lolly-pie “, right Android Lollipop? – Android World

Oh, what a name of an Android version anyway? Not so much: it’s all about the content. Still, we like to know how the next Android version will be called. If you also like it, be sure to read through. Do you care nothing? Save this article with only speculation mainly concerns.

Android Lollipop

Google has become 16 years old and that should be celebrated, of course with a cake. However, Google likes to play games and it would be very well be that the company gives us a hint regarding the name of the next Android version. The cake is completely full because … lollipops. For a cake that is a bit odd, but not as you know Android Lollipop one of the names that we have seen come to the L-release.

many along

In the animated gif (here find), you can see a cake. filled lollipops OK, to be honest, there is also a ‘normal’ sweet on. Piece by piece, the cake cut and removed, until the last piece is gone.

We know that Google Android developers internally L LMP mention. This stands for Lemon Meringue Pie and looks after at the last minute switch from Key Lime Pie to KitKat Android 4.4 a major contender. Lollipop is also a major contender: it seems that Google partner Lenovo in the invitation to a press event earlier this month let out the name. The last contender, we give very little chance Lion. It does not seem likely that Google again for a commercial partnership comes after Android 4.4 (KitKat).

Android Layer Cake

When we look at the last frame in the animation, see who someone tart the final stretch, from within beautiful Material design-like colors has flee away. This person has a blouse with a busy print, just as we are of main Android design Matias Duarte accustomed. Maybe a little far-fetched, but even this could be a subtle hint can be.

And the cake itself? It is a layer cake, a “Layer Cake.” Google would still go for a fourth option and call the new version Layer Cake? Reddit user found it suspiciously, and he found in the database user agents , identification codes that use web browsers, even someone who would run. On Android 5.0.1 (Layer Cake)

The identification codes are usually very easy to falsify. We see many different versions of Android 5.0, probably the version number of Android L, come. Most are Android 5.0, 5.0.1 and 5.0.9 and contain no names, but build numbers. With older Android versions we’ll see devices that use the release name (in this case KitKat) in their identification. Anyway, the user agent is no conclusive evidence

It is also possible that Google keeps track of the name ‘L’, but that seems improbable. Google one finds much fun to play with the names and corresponding mascots and the marketing material is a recognizable image desirable. The many names that we pass this way make us think of what these “antique” Firefox extension that allows Firefox, each time you start a new name. At that time was made in response to the many name changes in short of Firefox because of the fact that there are already companies and projects were found to be with previous names (Phoenix, Firebird and Mozilla Firebird).

Announcement

We expect Android L will be announced next month. There are different rumors circulating about when this will happen. We read earlier that Android L would come in handy, on 1 November, but stories about an announcement on October 16 are also persistent. This would date in any case that the Nexus 9, a Nexus tablet from HTC would be announced and normally that simultaneously with the launch of a new Android version.

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Android Auto: new details, at latest apps and night mode – Android World

Google wants Android Car in the car safer and easier to use Android. The company has now released documentation for developers that allows them to prepare for the development of cars. Themselves

Android Cars

The Android Automotive Alliance was announced early this year to simplify. Using Android in the car The founding members of the alliance include manufacturers Audi, General Motors (including with Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, GMC, Holden and Opel), Hyundai (and Kia) and Honda. In addition, the end of June, more than 25 car manufacturers announced that it will support and there are a total of 40 partners who support this project. Android Car

On the development android Auto was already a thing known, especially by this session for developers at Google I / O. Much of this information, including limited opportunities for developers, it was confirmed today in new platform documentation.

How does Android Auto

To explain how to develop android Auto works, it is better to first explain how Android works on car itself. Car manufacturers build Android car receiver in their in-car entertainment system. By connecting to the car, an Android device with a USB cable android Auto started.

The Android device running Android Auto-app, the transmitter and the ‘auto’ turns the receiver. The Android application Auto prepares for images, sends them to the car and the car displays them. So the real Android Car runs on the smartphone itself, the car only provides a display and some information about including the car. The smartphone itself is not to be used in the meantime.

Installing Android apps Auto, should be performed on the smartphone itself. This is somewhat comparable to Wear Android, the operating system for smart watches and other wearables. Plus you’ll also install an app that contains a Wear-app on your smartphone. In the case of wear, it is possible to run an app itself Wear can not. At Android Car In the case of Android Auto it is more intended that existing media apps are enhanced with auto functionality. This functionality will work the same as that of wear, so apps will be able to cope with both systems.

Limited possibilities

Developers have absolutely no freedom when developing Android apps Auto. In fact, there are only two types of applications possible, with the appearance of the apps, what colors and icons after all fixed. The first type of applications are messaging apps, and it continues to develop limited to displaying a notification of a message that can be. Responded through speech

The second type of apps are media apps. It is possible to play sound through the speakers of the car. The interface for this is shown below. You might perhaps think of music, podcasts, newsletters and the like. Developers can still customize the background, the logo, colors and actions (in the form of icons) but can not make any further changes

Starting a media app goes through the built-in Android Car launcher. It shows when you are on the headphone icon is pressed, all available media apps. Launcher that you see below. As you can see from the screenshots, most of the navigation is done through lists. These are logical, according to Google, among other things because it easy to use in the car, for example in systems controlled by knobs.

In the screenshots below you can see that it is possible to add to a media app for Android Car a menu. Like the launcher is also the menu from a list.

The reason that the possibilities for making Android Auto applications so limited, is safety. There must be met many conditions for an interface in the car. In different countries, these rules also another different that needs to be done to what exactly are the requirements for research. Those requirements include a minimum font size, but also mandatory minimum contrast ratios are fixed. In the session for developers at Google I / O has been shown to be glance ability , the ability to see. Information at a glance tested

Google has a whole team find out which rules to achieve compliance. Interface all conditions It is interesting that also tested with known occlusion glasses, glasses where only 1.5 seconds to look through it. Then the glass dark and you can not see. This in order to ensure that the interface is suitable for particular in an instant to be able to see everything. Apps will also get a night mode (see below) that start automatically when it is dark enough.

Future extensions

For example, to occur in apps still too distracted, claims protects Google Android car so completely. That is not to say that Android Auto can be used for media apps and to respond to messages. Used in the future During the session, for developers, the question was asked whether we can expect (specifically for navigation) and thereby gave Google to very open to input from developers. Expansions , They want to know what they see use cases for apps in the car.

Google will consider whether it is possible to implement a logical and safe manner. Those suggestions It was once stated that games and video content from the will be angry but we could say that such opportunities could be used for a secondary screen for the passenger or rear, or when a vehicle is parked or added us as for state. It would appear, for example, features that are added to the navigation software (which as yet is regulated via Google Maps) also obvious.

Availability

The first cars with support for Android Car will appear later this year on the market. It seems likely that all cars are equipped with a display also get support within a few years Android Car and competitive system of Apple Carplay. Developer Tools for Android Auto, among others that the apps can be tested in combination with a tablet will appear in the coming months

Source: Android. Developer

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Android updates: why wait for updates sometimes take so long – Android Planet

 

Saturday, September 27th, 2014 (15:30) | Daniel Verlaan

 

Updating Android is not the most strong point of Google’s mobile operating system. Many Android users sometimes have to wait for months for the update to the next Android version, whereas this is much quicker with other mobile operating systems. Why do we have to take so long to wait for Android updates? Who is to blame? And we can do something about it yourself? Android Planet explains the update process from Android.

The fragmentation of Android

The fragmentation of Android and its different versions is one of the biggest problems of the operating system. Also a problem Google, manufacturers, telecom providers, and especially the users may be critical. Android is very open and thus versatile, but it also brings the pitfall of fragmentation along with it.

In recent years, the fragmentation was huge, with nearly half ran on a two year old Android version. Since the launch of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the first major turnaround for Android – design and many features were taken on the shovel – goes slowly better. End of 2014 is fragmentation a lot less present. Thus runs about three-quarters of Android Jelly Bean or higher, and the rollout of KitKat updates to older devices starting to get momentum

Despite this progress, fragmentation remains a major problem in Android. App developers can not take advantage of the latest features, because only a small portion of Android users running on the latest Android version, and users often get the wrong Android experience; unwitting consumers buy a cheap Android smartphone with an outdated Android version that is no longer updated.

This fragmentation is due to the complicated process of updating Google’s Android that different stages to go through before the new firmware gets on your smartphone or tablet.

From Google to the manufacturer

Google is developing the new Android version based on the Android Open Source Project, the open source version of Android. Also develops the tech giant closed apps and APIs, such as Gmail and Google Maps, where manufacturers must make if they follow the guidelines of Google. Use Almost all major manufacturers, Samsung, HTC Huawei to have agreements with Google on their Android products. Google determines the basis of Android and insists on his Google Apps have a prominent role, and manufacturers may their own apps and outer adjustments to differentiate from the competition.

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If Google’s new Android version has been developed, the source code is sent to manufacturers. This used to happen only after the announcement of the new Android version, now sends Google regularly for early versions to manufacturers so they can begin. Already Manufacturers who receive the source code of the new Android version, telephone and chip manufacturers.

The chip manufacturers determine first whether the new Android version is supported. This chip manufacturers such as Qualcomm, Nvidia, MediaTek and Samsung are the first group that determines whether a new Android version lands on your device. The chip manufacturers have to look at chip or the new Android version is suitable to run on the hardware. Therefore, some chips support the Android version, and some do not.

The chip manufacturers then notify the phone manufacturers which chips the new Android version are supported, and send the necessary new code, where manufacturers can make to run. The next Android version on the chip using

Skins and choices

It takes about one month before the chip manufacturers the Android version of their chips have been updated. Phone manufacturers have already been working on customizing Android at that time. Because most phone manufacturers use a skin to differentiate from the competition. Their smartphones The skin should be focused on Android, which in addition to new functionality often introduces a different design. Here the skins of phone manufacturers also need to be adjusted.

a manufacturer software – which mostly consists of the skin, apps and services – all updated to the new Android version, will look at which devices receive the firmware update. Which is a combination of the choice of the manufacturer, and the chips that support the new version Android. There is thus in any case part of the smartphones and tablets that run off on a chip that is no longer supported. By the chip manufacturer

The phone manufacturer has the ability to turn. Stop the update process for devices Because almost any device consists of different hardware, it is the phone manufacturer is not possible to blindly turn. The new Android version on all devices Each device requires specific adjustments to the hardware, and it also brings a long and intensive testing phase with it. This process takes about two months for a ‘normal’ update.

A manufacturer who releases a lot of devices, such as Samsung, has therefore to be performed during an update process, for example Google, which is really just a lot more work Nexus devices from a firmware update provides. To save cost and time manufacturers would sometimes choose to stop the update. Support for an extension It is also true that the update support is mostly stop put, after two years, so that consumers are more inclined to buy a new appliance.

Testing, telecom providers and certification

If the chip and phone manufacturers have made their choices, the time period of testing. All updates are thoroughly tested for bugs: of installing, restoring apps and data to daily use of functions. Many employees use constantly use the devices to retrieve. All minor flaws like If there are major problems during testing, there may still be decided to put. Stop the update support for an extension Testing the Android update is the last step before other parties begin to bend. Every updates

The parties also have to deal with the updates, telecom providers, telecom watchdogs and Google. The latter approves the update properly. There are plenty of Google apps on the phone? Is Google Now integrated into the system? Is not deviate too much from the Android design? These are areas where Google to check the updates. The same control run telecom watchdogs that monitor the updates on potential consumer detriment. View These parties such as whether the roaming option is not enabled by default.

The telecom providers to test the updates. All networks are still supported? Is the call quality sufficient? Thus, funds in Europe different rules and standards than in Asia or the United States. And with the advent of more mobile networks, these tests are more extensive and take them longer. In addition, there are special branded handsets, which are specific to a telcomprovider. The updates for these devices are provided by the phone manufacturer, and the telecom provider, the software can customize it by adding. Example own apps and functions

As telecom providers, telecom watchdogs and Google looked at the updates is also firmware certified and ready to roll. This is normally done by the phone manufacturer. So Samsung is rolling updates per country for all unlocked Samsung devices. This may well take some time, because the Netherlands is not always turn first country. Google is rolling out updates for the Nexus phones and telecom providers for branded devices.

Often consumers with branded device screwed, because it is not so important for telecom providers to roll out updates: they especially like appliances and sell subscriptions. Customers are then angry with the phone manufacturer, which, however, can do because the telecom provider, the update still needs to adapt and deploy. Nothing again

Will the rollout of Android updates ever accelerating?

That is hard to say. The update process remains much the same, because it’s all steps to be taken. Manufacturers can make it easier for themselves to spend less. Aircraft from Although the Samsung just one strategy is to smartphones and tablets to bring out as much as possible and thus appeal to a wide audience you can also see companies that are less smartphones are going to release. Take Motorola or HTC, who just want to deposit. Smartphones on a small range In addition, Motorola is known for its rapid deployment of Android updates, as they only kept a few gears and use a virtually customized Android version.

Google and chip manufacturers also have the responsibility to Android on so many to run. possible hardware properly KitKat is a step in the right direction, because the software also works on older and less powerful hardware properly. See this chip manufacturers as well, making KitKat on more hardware configurations can run than previous Android updates. Powerful hardware and the cheaper, the better devices are to update.

What can you do about it?

It is important for consumers to think about purchasing a device. Like getting quick updates important? Choose a Nexus, Motorola or high-end device. These smartphones are often the quickest to provide an update. Budget Appliances normally get virtually no Android updates.

Another way still to run on the latest Android version, even if the phone is no longer updated by the manufacturer is to unlock the device and rooting. You then have the option to install, such as CyanogenMod. Their own software on the device However, this requires the necessary technical knowledge and many find it too much work. If you find it fun or interesting, it is certainly advisable to look at what the potential of unlocking and rooting you all can bring if the manufacturer has already given up. Based on your device

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