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Google has just secured the next 10-20 years of their hardware development future with a $1.1 Billion transaction with HTC. They have acquired part of HTC's mobile team. These are the same members who have already been working closely with Google to work on Pixel devices. The deal also includes...

Many Chromebook Pixel fans had been hoping that Google would release a more powerful updated version, and it looks like that will happen on October 4th. This updated version will be called the "Google Pixelbook". It will have a hybrid design being able to fold into a full fledged tablet. The new...

Among the leaks today provided to Droid-Life included an all new Google Home Mini and the new Daydream View. The Google Home Mini will be competing directly with the Amazon Echo Dot. It will come in 3 colors including Chalk, Charcoal, and Coral. According to Droid-Life the Google Home Mini will...

The Pixel 2 was also leaked to Droid-Life earlier today. We now have official photos showing off the backs of these devices in three colors. Colors for the Pixel 2 include "Kinda Blue", "Just White", and "Clearly Black". The Pixel 2 also comes in two storage configurations 64GB and 128GB. The...

Google has placed a billboard in Boston that shows an October 4th reveal date. This has to be referring to the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL announcement date! This would lineup with Google's traditional October release schedule. "Ask More of Your Phone" appears to be the tagline for the new devices...

In an over the top move Google has decided to offer relief support to Hurricane Harvey victims in the form of free Pixel replacement phones. One of the most frequent Pixel complaints was that it didn't ship with any type of water resistance. With record breaking amounts of rain much of Houston...

Last year's Pixel was a bit of a let down in the fact that for the price it was kind of plain in the features department. Last year's Pixel was more about the software experience and less about the premium features. The Pixel lacked wireless charging, and waterproofing which are both becoming...

A few weeks back the Stock Google Camera was ported to devices with a Snapdragon 835 processor. The ported app was also working with Snapdragon 820 and 821 devices. This brings HDR+ to these devices which drastically improved dynamic range on photos taken with my Galaxy S8. This meant there was...

According to research from financial firm Bernstein Google will be paying up to $3Billion this year to remain the default search engine on the iPhone and iPad. These numbers come factors reported to the media by Apple and Google. Apple has retained as much as 34 percent of traffic revenue...

This month is slated to be a pretty big month for Android. We are looking forward to the release of both the LG V30 the Galaxy Note 8 as well as the Nokia 8. It looks like Google will be adding to the fun with the release of Android 8.0 O for the original Pixel and Pixel XL. According to...

One of the main features of Google Home is the ability to Play music. It is a speaker afterall. Af first the device was only able to play Music from Google's catalog. This feature is pretty useless for anyone who is not a Google Play Music subscriber. Google recently added the ability to play...

If you have rooted your Android device in the past several months you have probably used Magisk to root your phone. Last month google updated SafetyNet which made Magisk useless in terms of easily rooting your device. Magisk was able to publish a quick update which bypassed the new SafetyNet...

Just as the sound bug is being fixed by Google on Pixel devices another major bug turns up. Many Pixel and Pixel XL users are reporting a bug with the Pixel Launcher which takes away the Google Search function. When you press the mini bar the search history fails to load, suggestions won't load...

The Galaxy S8 does away with the hardware keys featured on previous Galaxy S devices. It instead comes with all new software keys including an always on home button with haptic feedback. You have always been able to reorder your software buttons on the Galaxy S8. Now thanks to the development...

Android O will be bringing some performance enhancements to Android. One major improvement which may not be all that important to most is the fact that Android O will cut reboot times in half. If you make many mods to your phone then you reboot your phone often. This will save you plenty of...

Voice assistants have been making all kinds of progress in the past few years. They are smarter in the way they communicate with people, and can recognize questions that are being asked with ease providing pertinent information to the end users. There seems to be one big hangup with the tech...

It looks like Google is already starting to test the Pixel 2. It has shown up as "Taimen" in the Geekbench app. This is rumored to be the larger "XL" version of the Pixel 2. According to Geekbench the new device will feature a Snapdragon 835 clocked at 1.9GHz, 4GB of RAM, and will be running the...

Google has been working on an all new OS for the past few months. This new OS ditches the Linux kernel for the new Magenta kernel. Android Authority was able to get their hands on a pre beta build and actually installed it on a device, but the build was so early it was limited to command lines...

According to an Android Police report Google will stick with the marine life codenames when it comes to the Pixel and Pixel XL. They are reporting the new codenames for the devices with be Muskie and Walleye. We don't know which will be the larger or smaller phone, but we have already see the...

Many Pixel and Pixel XL owners have been reporting a huge problem. They are experiencing failing microphones. When your phone's microphone fails it is essentially useless for important things like phone calls. The cause of this issue may have been identified by Google employee Brian Rakowski who...