Android Auto gets Waze, a standalone app, hotword support, and Wi-Fi projection
Android Auto gets a slew of user-requested upgrades.
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Android apps on Chrome OS (sometimes)
Older Chromebooks, including the original Pixel, won’t run Android apps
Systems more than two years old may not be supported.
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The Play Store comes to Chrome OS, but not the way we were expecting
Under the hood, Google takes a brand new approach to Android apps on Chrome OS.
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Hands on with Android Wear 2.0: Better versions of the same basic ideas
We install the Wear 2.0 preview on a Huawei Watch and give it a spin.
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What took so long?
Boot Camp support comes to aftermarket SSDs for MacBook Air, MacBook Pro
Previous Windows support solution was to install it as the only OS.
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Google shows off its car infotainment operating system, built into Android N
Forget the Android Auto app—Android N is a whole operating system for cars.
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no, man, pay the droid
Android Pay wants to streamline Web payments and customer signups
Getting people to use Android Pay means merchants, developers, banks must work together.
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Android Instant Apps will blur the lines between apps and mobile sites
Modularized apps offer Android-specific features without installation.
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Messaging apps for your messaging apps
Google’s Allo and Duo are 2 communication apps based on your phone number
Control the size of messages, use smart replies, and see video of callers before you pick up.
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Android Wear 2.0 is a major overhaul of Google’s smartwatch OS
Developer preview lets devs play with complications API, a new UI, and more.
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Gear VRs for everyone! Google turns Android into a VR-ready OS: Daydream
Google finally moves beyond "cardboard" and launches a virtual reality platform.
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Always Be Previewing
The third Android N preview is here, and it should be stable enough to use
Third of five planned previews hits select Nexus devices and a couple others.
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Android N borrows Chrome OS code for “seamless” update installation
We go on a deep dive into Android's new Chrome OS-inspired partition system.
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Google Assistant and Google Home: Amazon Echo, but from Google
Google now has a conversational assistant and a living room box to talk to.
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Liveblog: Google I/O 2016
All the goings-on from the Google I/O keynote in San Francisco.
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Fitbit Pay
Fitbit acquires “wearable payment assets” from startup Coin
"No plans" for integration into products in 2016, but 2017 is a whole new year.
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