A Samsung Galaxy Gear mockup.

Samsung is expected to announce Galaxy Gear, its first Android-powered smartwatch, during its Galaxy Note III press event in Berlin on September 4. We don’t yet know what it will look like, but according to information from insider sources, it’ll be available in a variety of colors, including white, orange, grey, black, and white gold.

Google has begun rolling out a security update to LG Nexus 4 and Samsung Galaxy Nexus (GSM) smartphones running the latest Android 4.3 Jelly Bean software. The update is arriving over-the-air with the “JWR66Y” build number, and it is expected to address the latest Android security vulnerabilities.

The SwiftKey 4.2 update has landed on Google Play today, bringing SwiftKey Cloud out of beta. The new feature will backup and sync your personal language profile across all of your devices, automatically pull trending phrases from Twitter and other news sources, and it brings enhanced personalization.

Google sent out an e-mail to all its Wallet customers last night, providing them with six different promotions that the team at Mountain View is currently running in conjunction with its partners.

In Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, Google introduced a brand new Clock application with timer support. The application was a huge step up from the previous clock app, and looked classy. In comes Timely, a beautiful alarm clock application, from the developers of Tasks that completely blows the stock clock app in Android 4.2 out of the equation.