What will yours look like? Photo: Google
Forget boring smartphone cases that look just like everyone else’s; Google’s new “Live Cases” for Nexus smartphones come with your favorite photo or place printed on the back, and a shortcut button to your most-used app.
Split-screen view in Android N. Screenshot: Google
Google has rolled out its second Android N preview for Nexus devices, adding new emoji and making a number of improvements to the stock launcher. It also brings the Vulcan 3D rendering API for even greater Android games.
Google Calendar gets smarter. Photo: Google
Finding time in your busy schedule to hit the gym, get through a new book, or start a new hobby can be a task in itself. But now Google Calendar has the power to do it for you.
The new Goals feature lets you tell Google Calendar exactly what you want to do, and it will go ahead and help you find free time in which to do it.
Swift on Android?! Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android
Although Apple’s Swift language might be open source now, the last place you’d expect to see it is on Android. But according to some sources, Google is considering making Swift a “first class” language for the iPhone’s biggest rival.
Chrome’s least popular feature gets the chop. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android
After giving us the ability to merge open Chrome tabs with recent apps on Android, Google is preparing to take it back.
A new Chrome beta release does not include the “merge tabs and apps” feature, while the latest public release no longer enables it by default.
