Apple’s latest app for Android is getting the response you’d expect. Photo: Apple

Apple’s latest app for Android is a bitter, ahem, Pill+ for Fandroids to swallow — with numerous one-star reviews already hitting the Google Play Store.

Arriving yesterday, the app lets users control and manage their newly-launched Beats Pill+ speaker, including allowing multiple users to take control of the music playing from a speaker, or configuring two speakers to achieve a higher volume level.

But, of course, it’s made by Apple. So by the ancient laws of Android it must be punished!

Chrome OS is being merged into Android. Photo: Google.

According to sources of Wall Street Journal, Google plans on merging Chrome OS with Android. Engineers at the company have been working on this project since the last two years and have made significant progress recently.

This hacker had a killer idea to get 3D-Touch style interaction on his Android phone. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

As an Android user, you might feel a little saddened by the fact that you can’t use Apple’s 3D Touch system on your Android device of choice. It’s a pretty neat technology that lets an iPhone sense different pressures on the screen to produce some slick little tricks, like taking a selfie with a strong press on the Camera app icon.

Marco Chiappetta figured out a way to do something similar on his Sony Xperia Z3 using a pretty unexpected little trick.

Priv will almost certainly be BlackBerry best smartphone yet. Photo: BlackBerry

BlackBerry has released a new video that teases some of Priv’s best features ahead of the handset’s official debut next month. The company focuses on its physical and virtual keyboards, the BlackBerry Hub, and the added security features that promise to protect your most important data.

Moto X Force has Motorola’s new ShatterShield technology. Photo: Motorola

If you were wowed by Motorola’s new ShatterShield technology on the new Droid Turbo 2, but disappointed it was only heading to Verizon in the U.S., then listen up!

Motorola today announced Moto X Force, and it’s essentially a Droid Turbo 2 for those outside the U.S. — with the same protections against cracks and shattering for up to four years.