Google Maps will have alerts for all rail crossings in the U.S. Photo: Flickr/Mike Brown (CC)

Google Maps will have alerts for all rail crossings in the U.S. Photo: Flickr/Mike Brown (CC)

Google has teamed up with the Federal Railroad Administration to bring rail crossing warnings to Google Maps. Every crossing in the U.S. will be added, and drivers will receive alerts while using turn-by-turn directions in the Maps app.

The Mi Note is one of Xiaomi's best devices. Photo: Xiaomi

The Mi Note is one of Xiaomi’s best devices. Photo: Xiaomi

Android fans in the U.S. and other markets have been eagerly awaiting some of Xiaomi’s better devices, which have made the Chinese startup the number one smartphone vendor on its home turf.

Sadly, the company is in no rush to bring any of them to U.S. customers.

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Get non-stop fun with the exclusive and limited-edition Code Black Drone + HD Camera from Cult of Android Deals. You can order yours now for half price — that’s just $99.

You're going to be waiting a long time for a G4 update. Photo: LG

You’re going to be waiting a long time for a G4 update. Photo: LG

LG has no plans to bring the latest Android 5.1.1 Lollipop release to its brand new G4, the company has confirmed. Users are now stuck with the software that was pre-installed on their G4 until it gets Android M, but there’s no word on when that’ll happen.

Can Samsung save the Snapdrago? Photo: Qualcomm

Can Samsung save the Snapdragon? Photo: Qualcomm

Following overheating headaches with its latest Snapdragon 810, Qualcomm will reportedly switch manufacturers for its next-generation Snapdragon 820.

Samsung has been chosen to build the chipset using its new 14-nanometer manufacturing process, a new report claims, and it will do so with custom CPU cores that will deliver speeds of up to 3GHz.

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