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This week in the U.S. mobile industry, the clearest theme was simplification — at least on the surface. Verizon rolled out a more consumer-friendly strategy built around fewer fees, easier bundles, and a new value story, while T-Mobile leaned on a big switcher promotion to keep competitive pressure high. On paper, these moves look familiar: fewer headaches, more perks, and louder value messaging.
Google has finally decided to let some Android smartphone devices enjoy some of its features.
Prior to this announcement, Google’s Caller ID function on its Phone app was only exclusive to its Pixel line. But now, the tech giant has decided to make this feature available to other Android devices.
Google has finally decided to let some Android smartphone devices enjoy some of its features.
Prior to this announcement, Google’s Caller ID function on its Phone app was only exclusive to its Pixel line. But now, the tech giant has decided to make this feature available to other Android devices.
Last week, LG confirmed the report that it will exit the smartphone business. Along with its announcement, the company promised that they will continue to upgrade some devices to the latest Android OS update.
Video game developer Valve has recently decided to continue to expand the streaming capabilities of Steam to include Android and iOS powered mobile devices that connect to the same network as the host system. Valve is planning to achieve this by the upcoming release of a pair of mobile apps.
Apart from releasing the beta version of Android P during this year’s I/O developer conference, Google also took the opportunity to present new improvements for its Google Maps service. Chief among the cool stuff is the new augmented reality feature, which should help prove that AR is not only for fun, but also for real world applications.
Thanks to a collaboration with Fandango, Google Assistant now helps movie loving mobile users purchase their movie tickets. Indeed, by way of a new Action on the virtual assistant service, cinephiles can just tell Google Assistant to get their tickets to any theater anywhere (okay, almost -- the Fandango feature on Google Assistant lets people buy movie tickets on over 30,000 cinemas across the United States).
Before, users had to utilize a USB connector in order to use Android Auto, the platform developed by Google to give car owners an easy to use Android powered interface that offers directions, entertainment (including the user’s favorite tracks), and even incoming mobile alerts.
Everyone can basically agree that Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) is a swell idea -- after all, we do most of our googling (and all other Internet surfing activities) through our mobile devices nowadays, and having websites load faster on smartphones or tablets certainly makes super sense.
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