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Thanks to some very resourceful Galaxy Beta testers we now have a method for installing the Beta build of Nougat on the Galaxy S7 Edge. So far users are reporting better speed and performance, better battery life, and are overall satisfied with the update. Installing the beta build is actually...

I have been doing my very best to get the Nougat Beta installed on my Galaxy S7 Edge. Apparently I am a bit late to the game. Samsung held open registration starting last week. Earlier in the week the Beta builds began to roll out over the air for those who had already registered. The only way...

CyanogenMod 14.1 nightlies is starting to roll out to even more devices. Nightly builds are now available for the OnePlus One, Nexus 7 2013, Nexus 6, OnePlus 2, Moto G 2015, Sony Xperia SP, Sony Xperia T, Sony Xperia TX, and the Sony Xperia V. The Nexus 6 and Nook Tablet will also be receiving...

Cyanogen has finally began the rollout of CM14.1. Their latest build is based on Android 7.1 Nougat. This includes all the features from stock Android plus many custom features. The nightly builds are now available for the Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, Xiaomi Mi3/Mi4, LG G3, Moto G, LG G4, Galaxy S5...

Android Nougat may be just around the corner for the Galaxy S7. It would only stand to reason that Samsung is now able to sink all their resources into S7 and S7 edge development now that the Note 7 has been cancelled. Hopefully this means faster all around updates for the S7 now that the S7 is...

The Nexus 6P finally has a build of Nougat, but we are starting to see why it may have taken so long to get this build out. It appears that the Nexus 6P may be having some battery issues on the new update. There is a video which showcases the specific issue. After taking a few pictures the...

Its the little things that make life better. When a huge company takes the time to focus on the minor details it can really make the overall experience great of the customer. This is one of the reasons I love Disney World you could spend a day in the parks just checking out all the intricate...

With Nougat hitting the full list of current Nexus devices the question remains, "When will my device receive Nougat?". It turns out if your device is part of the Moto Z family you will be receiving the update to Nougat some time in Q4. We won't even see the new lineup of Nexus devices until the...

We know that Samsung is currently testing their Nougat update on the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge which means that a release for the update is imminent. Of course we know that carrier variants will receive the update weeks or months after the unlocked variants. Apparently the upcoming Nougat update...

If it weren't already pretty obvious Samsung will be bringing the Nougat update to their latest devices including the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. We now have confirmation that Samsung is working on Nougat for the Galaxy S7 Edge. Nougat has been spotted running on the Galaxy S7 Edge on...

File this one in the "It's about time" drawer. Android Police is reporting that Nougat will finally be coming to Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 lte devices in the coming weeks, though they have no concrete timeline at this time. This is another in a short list of very strange occurences with the Nougat...

CyanogenMod 14 is being worked on for many devices, but is now available in unofficial builds for a few devices. The latest device to receive the unofficial CM14 build is the Moto E 3G. For now working elements include Booting, Audio, Camera and Photos, Video Playback, WiFi, Single SIM RIL...

The original flagship killer from OnePlus can now run the latest and greatest build of Android. There is now an unofficial build of Android 7.0 Nougat for the device. This is why it is so great to have a phone with an unlocked bootloader if you are going to have a phone for longer than a year...

Rooting Nougat can be a bit confusing. It isn't as simple as just flashing the latest SuperSU in TWRP. If you aren't comfortable with rooting Nougat no worries Wugfresh has got you covered with his latest update to the Nexus Root Toolkit. If you already have the toolkit installed on your PC just...

A while back we got word that the new Nexus devices by HTC would include an all new Navbar that would integrate Google Assistant. The official update that Google just released to Nexus devices for Nougat did not include this update to the navbar, however it appears that their is a highly...

If you weren't on the beta version of Android Nougat on your Nexus device then you may not have received the official update to Nougat since beta devices were the first to receive the update. In this case you would need to flash the update manually via fastboot. If you flash Nougat with Google's...

LG will hold a press event on September 6th to reveal their new flagship device. This of course will be the LG V20, the next generation in LG's premium series of devices. We are starting to see some heavy leaks of this device. Evan Blass also known as Evleaks has released a pretty clear image of...

The latest Swiftkey beta just dropped. It finally fixes the suggestions bug from last month. It also adds plenty of features. The update brings the whole Android Nougat 7.0 emoji lineup to the keyboard. This includes the skin tone modifiers. Just tap and hold the emoji to change the skin tone...

We found out yesterday that the Nexus 5 will not receive an official update to Android Nougat. The good news is that this is a Nexus device we are talking about. As could be expected developer support is still pretty huge on this device. In a matter of hours developer "Santhosh M" had an...

Nougat is finally here.. for Nexus devices anyhow. Samsung has already said that the Note 7 will receive its update to Nougat. We will also see Nougat on the LG V20 once it releases in September. Of course both the new Nexus phones will have the latest and greatest software when they drop. The...