AP newsflash # 14: WhatsApp calling, Android malware and display problems … – Android Planet

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Last week was mainly dominated by the chime of WhatsApp – now for every Android user is available – and the decline of malware on the Android platform. Also your Android Planet could read the review of the Galaxy S6 Edge and learn more about the Chromebit and Facebooks new app Riff.

Chime WhatsApp now for everyone

Since Monday the call feature of WhatsApp to use for every Android owner. Telephony The chat app is using the Internet connection on your smartphone. You consume no voice minutes, but MBs. With a 3G and 4G connection is call quality good, as has been shown by previous testing of Android Planet. A wifi connection, however, recommended for the best quality. In addition, users via a Wi-Fi connection also call without voice minutes or data to consume. Do you still use your mobile data connection, consider an average use of 250KB per minute. This means that your every four minutes such 1MB consumed significantly less than for example Skype. With 100MB of your data plan you could call 400 minutes via WhatsApp.

This you should know about the new Facebook app Riff

Facebook has launched a new app that lets users with short videos can interact. Riff is downloadable immediately for Android devices and is the first app in a long time alongside iOS also that is directly available for Android. And that will bring many happy, because Riff is a remarkably fun app that allows your Facebook friends can react to your videos, and vice versa. In Riff log logically in with your Facebook account. Then you can respond to existing videos or record your own video. The latter you do by choosing a tag information about the video, such as ‘love’, ‘lipsync’ or ‘birthday’. The recorded video has a maximum length of twenty seconds, then you can share with other users via Riff. The video appears if you wish, to your Facebook profile

Chromebit:. Smart HDMI stick but your TV a Chrome PC

Last week, Google – and some affordable Chromebooks – announced the Chromebit a hdmi Stick with Chrome OS that you simply plug into a TV. The device will cost $ 100 and has the size of an oversized USB stick. You do only have to connect to a wireless keyboard and mouse, and you can use all the features it has to offer on the Chrome OS. The Chromebit was developed by Asus is equipped with an HDMI connector and a hinge, so he does not right sticking out of your TV. The small Chrome PC is powered by a Rockchip 3288 chip with a quad-core processor and has a Mali 760 GPU. From next summer, he is for sale, but if and when it comes to Europe, is not known. Chromecast was introduced in mid-2013, but also found only after 10 months its way to the UK.

Installations Android malware with 50 percent decreased

The number of malware installations on Android devices has fallen by 50 percent in 2014 compared to the previous year. This Google always seems to get a better grip on the malware problem of Android. Malware is several years a problem for Google, but put the last two years, the Internet giant has made great strides. For example, Google Play actively checked for malware and Google also analyzes app installations outside Google Play. This enables Google to alert more quickly to potential threats. Of all Android devices in 2014 only 1 percent infected with malware. The malware infections are largely due to installing Android apps outside Google Play, where users via Internet download malicious apk files. These occur mostly as a premium for apps, but install malware on the user’s device. Most infections occur in Chinese and Russian Android devices.

Users Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge complain about screen problems

On the XDA Developers forum have been reports of users Galaxy S6 Edge complaining about problems with the screen of the smartphone. The buyers would suffer from dead pixels and scratches on the display. Some forum members already surpassed when opening the package small scratches. Also had a few problems with dead pixels on the display. Especially the many scratches on the device are striking, since the Galaxy S6 Edge features the highly scratch resistant Gorilla Glass deemed 4. It is not known how big the problem with scratches on the Galaxy S6 Edge screen, since the device is not yet widely available. In the US, T-Mobile started early with the delivery of reservations, but the S6 and S6 Edge will only be available on April 10 in the Netherlands.

→ Read our comprehensive Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge review.