Google Search 3.5.14 is slowly but surely rolling out right now, with a few enhancements. Google will be allowing users to say “OK, Google”, the famous hotword from anywhere on the phone, to trigger a voice search. This means that instead of having to use that command in the homescreen, you can use it anywhere else. The update allows you…
After launching a more or less appealing Android phone series, Nokia is now debuting a launcher that looks very hot. It’s called Z Launcher a brings forth a home screen replacement for Android handsets. Now that Nokia sold its phone making arm, it’s free to operate onto such markets, if it wants to. Usually an Android launcher tries to…
Google is ready to push a new update to its Drive app this week and it’s also splitting its functionality. They’ve pushed the new Docs and Sheets apps and now they’re updating the main Drive app and removing some features. Users will be prompted to install Docs or Sheets if they want to edit stuff, which is not as bad as it sounds….
Up until now, Chrome Remote Desktop was only available on the PC, as an extension that could be installed optionally. Now Remote Desktop has arrived on Android devices as well, through a special app. This means that tablet and smartphone users will be able to access the desktop PC from home or the office whenever they want. You will still need to install…
Dropbox bought the email management iOS app Mailbox last year and now it’s using its potential to come up with Mailbox for Android. The app was launched this week and a beta version of its desktop release was previewed this week as well. During the demo a new feature called Auto Swipe was shown, letting users archive unwanted email and also archiving…
Dropbox released this week a fresh update of its Android app to version 2.4.0.2, bringing some new design traits and features to the famous cloud app. For example we get a new app icon and an easier setup in relation to the PC. This version offers a fix for the issues that prevented third party apps to authenticate successfully. There’s also…
Google has been working on a cross platform Chrome Remote Desktop extension for a while now, a solution allowing users to access desktops remotely via the Chrome browser. Now that solution comes as an Android app, but only in beta phase for now. You can see in this article the screenshots of the app, but this is an invite only beta, so you can’t…
HTC has started a new way of updating the applications on its devices, by publishing them on the Play Store. This means that in the future we may not depend on carriers or delays, but simply get our own apps from the Google Play Store. Today’s release brings the BlinkFeed app via this distribution method. A bunch of other stock HTC apps have…
RoomScan is a cool new app that automatically generates floorplans by tapping the phone on every wall in order to draw a perfect sketch. That’s easily explained with the aid of the video below. This piece of software relies on the handset’s built in GPS and gyroscope to determine distances and the orientation of walls. It’s also pretty…
The good old RAR app from RARLAB has arrived on Android, after many years of being available on the PC. The best news here is that the app is available for free. This software can create RAR and ZIP files and unpack a variety of archives. Supported files include RAR, ZIP, Tar, GZ, BZ2, XZ, 7z, ISO and ARJ. You can also repair damaged archives and there’s…
