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Android 6.0 Marshmallow official: this is all new

There were already long been rumored about and are now finally confirmed: the next version Google’s mobile operating system called Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Like previous versions, Google has so again opted for sweetness. Android Marshmallow introducing many improvements that are visible and less visible. The improvement is most interesting is that from Android 6.0 Marshmallow not all kinds of app permissions have to accept when you install an app. Only when the app wants to get to a specific permission, such as the contacts, the user has to give permission. Android Marshmallow also introduced Google Now on Tap. This is a new feature that analyzes what is displayed on your screen, and on this basis shows the right information at the right time.

→ Check our extensive Android Marshmallow preview for more information!
→ Also check out our Android 6.0 update summary of all devices and data

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So does Google Android Wear a piece of functional

The latest update for Android Wear brings a number of useful enhancements including interactive dials, wifi support, and the ability to translate real-time 44 languages. Wear Android 1.3 includes namely support for Google Translate, translation app from Google that can convert both written and spoken text into another language. Another improvement from the 1.3 android wear support for interactive bells. Previously you could only set static or animated watch faces, but now there are also clocks that are actually functional. A third functional improvement is wifi support for the LG G Watch R, so you can also receive alerts as you progress are away from your phone.

Why Google has postponed its modular smartphone

Google announced this week Ara Project to postpone to 2016, but why do we still just have to wait for the modular smartphone from Google was unclear. The reason has to do with the magnetic system, in that the individual modules to one another. Macaw Project consists of a base, known endoskeleton which various modules clicked to create the hardware configuration of the smartphone. However, the modules ensure that Macaw Project in its current form does not survive a drop test. The so-called electro-permanent magnets hold the modules are not strong enough together, so Google needs to find a new technique.

‘New render BlackBerry with Android leaked release in November

It is almost certain that this year’s BlackBerry comes with an Android device. The BlackBerry Venice is another render leaked, and if we are the better known Twitter tasty Evleaks to be believed, the device appears in November. Here, we are talking a release in the United States. Whether and when the smartphone outside this country is released, is unknown. There is also a new rendering of the BlackBerry Venice appeared. This reveals that the Venice of runs Android and has several Google apps like Chrome, Drive, Hangouts and Keep. Remarkable the keypad at the bottom, which is extendable and allows users to type with physical buttons Of course this is also possible with the touch screen

Google comes with its own router:.. OnHub

Google has partnered with TP-LINK for the launch of a router. The device is distinguished by the elegant design, simple operation and the fact that it automatically downloads firmware updates and installs. Google router called OnHub and must end appear this month in the colors black and blue. In the US, the router has an MSRP of $ 200, a hefty sum that Google defends the features and ease of use that provides OnHub. The router has namely a unique antenna design and software that runs in the background to make sure that your Wi-Fi network is always running at full speed. Every five minutes the OnHub namely automatically chooses the least busy Wi-Fi channel.