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I'm not sure if this is a new feature, but it must be pretty recent. Google Maps for Android lets you add home screen shortcuts to direc...

Pixel phones will ship with a new Android version: 7.1. It looks like many of the important Nougat features have been left out from the 7.0 ...

Google announced its first phone and many people wondered why it's as expensive as an iPhone. Nexus phones were sometimes inexpensive (N...

After the launch of Google's Pixel phones, many people wondered if the Nexus brand will be retired or we'll still see Nexus phones, ...

Google has a new hardware division and Rick Osterloh, the former Motorola chief, is in charge. This hardware division merges Google's d...

The latest version of the Google Maps app for Android adds more integration with Google Calendar . There's a new upcoming tab in "Y...

Back when the desktop was king, Google used to be all about the Web and the browser. As mobile devices got more popular, browsers were no lo...

Google Play Music is no longer only about music, now it also lets you listen to podcasts. The podcasts section is already available in the ...

I paused a video in YouTube's app for Android and got this message: "paused videos keep buffering if you leave the app". There...

Gmail's app for Android is more than a mobile app for Gmail, it's also a general-purpose mail client. You can add IMAP, POP3 or Exch...

Google redesigned the weather card to include more information and images. The new weather card is only available in the Google Search app f...

I don't know about you, but my Google Maps for Android has just enabled the new offline features . Even if you have the latest version o...

Google Maps has a really cool mobile app for Android and iOS, but most of its features aren't available when you're offline. You can...

Update : Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google's SVP for Android, Chrome OS and Chromecast says that Chrome OS is here to stay : "While we...

One of the best features from Android Marshmallow is auto backup for apps . Android used to have a backup feature that only worked for syste...

With all this talk about Android and software updates, I realized that one of the biggest Android advantages is that you can install custom ...

Android started as an open platform that brought together many competing companies. iPhone's launch changed Android's development an...

While Google and Android OEMs still have issues with releasing timely updates that fix bugs and add new features, there's something they...

The latest version of the Google Keep app for Android lets you export your notes to Google Docs, just like the desktop site. Open a note, t...

The latest version of the Google Maps app for Android lets you add private names for places . Search for an address or drop a pin on the map...