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Monday, December 7, 2015

HTC on Target to Update Unlocked One M9 to Android 6.0, One A9 to Android 6.0.1 This Month

As stated in a tweet from HTC’s Mo Versi, the company is on target to roll out Android 6.0 “Marshmallow” to the unlocked One M9, and Android 6.0.1 to the One A9 later this month.

For One A9 users, the update to Android 6.0.1 will also include the updated selection of emoji that Google recently released for select Nexus devices. Thankfully for One A9 owners, though, they have already been on Android 6.0, enjoying all of the new features offered by Marshmallow.

On the other hand, One M9 users have been waiting since early October to know when they can expect the update. And as noted by HTC, this is for the unlocked models, not the carrier variants.

When these updates begin to roll, we will be sure to share the news for owners.

Via: @moversi

Samsung Says Verizon’s Advanced Calling 2.0 Arrives Tomorrow

Tomorrow, thanks to an update for the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, Verizon will introduce WiFi Calling as a part of its new Advanced Calling 2.0. At least that’s what Samsung has led us to believe.

According to support docs for each phone’s impending update that were posted to Samsung’s website today, we get changelogs that describe Verizon’s newest version of Advanced Calling. Each phone will be introduced to the new Advanced Calling 2.0 package that features not only WiFi Calling (VoWiFi), but enhanced conference calling as well. That appears to be all that’s new this time around.

Advanced Calling 2.0 will expand on the solid base that 1.0 built, which was HD Calling and Video Calling over Verizon’s LTE network. Those features are available to a number phones through their stock dialer and are free to Verizon customers with supported phones. You can see those phones here.

We reached out to Verizon for comment on Advanced Calling 2.0 and will update this post if we learn more.

The updates will arrive as G920VVRU4BOK7 for the Galaxy S6 and G925VVRU4BOK7 for the Galaxy S6 Edge.

Via: Samsung [2] | Android Police

Adobe’s Lightroom Mobile for Android is Now Free to Use

Adobe Lightroom, one of our most-used photo editing tools here at DL, is now free to use on Android devices without a creative cloud subscription. A similar update that made the photo editing service free for iOS, arrived back in October.

With Adobe Lightroom, and no need for a paid subscription, Adobe says that “anyone can take advantage of the organizational, editing, and sharing abilities” of this powerful tool. For those not familiar, Lightroom lets you edit photos with a solid set of tools, then share them with a variety of services. You can revert edits at any time, but also copy edits across multiple photos. Again, it’s an awesome service if you deal with lots of photos and need to edit them quickly.

If you pay for a Creative Cloud subscription, you get more features, like the ability to organize, edit, and share photos across mobile, web, and desktop, which includes photo edits. To dive into those sets of features, I’ll leave the video below for you to watch.

Play Link

Via: Adobe

Mega Deal: Grab Nova Launcher Prime for $1, Down From $5

If customizing the look of your Android phone is something you enjoy doing, as it is something we most definitely love, you should head over to Google Play right now and grab Nova Launcher Prime, the pro unlock key for the hit launcher app, Nova Launcher. Basically, anytime you see the DL staff share home screens, we are using Nova Launcher. With its regular updates and virtually endless amount of customization options, it’s our go-to launcher.

With Prime, all of the pro features for Nova Launcher are unlocked, which includes gesture commands, unread badges for app icons, and much more. We have written up a few of these features recently.

We have no idea when this sale ends, so hurry on over to Google Play and grab it. It will be the best $1 you have spent in a long time. And as a reminder, you will also need to download the actual Nova Launcher app, too.

Play Link ($0.99)

Cheers Amber!

Google Safe Browsing Now Protects Hundred of Millions of Chrome Users on Android

Google’s Safe Browsing, the security service behind Chrome that protects you as you cruise the internet by warning you of potentially harmful or dangerous sites, is now protecting millions of uses on Chrome for Android. Google announced the availability of the service this morning, noting that you are liking already covered by it, assuming you have Chrome 46 or higher installed.

To verify that you have Safe Browsing, open Chrome, head into Settings>Privacy and look for the option shown above, and make sure you have the box checked for “Safe Browsing.”

With that box checked, you can browse the internet safer than ever on your Android device, knowing that Google is constantly on the lookout for the bad guys of the web. Should you happen upon a site that has been deemed unsafe, Google will warn you with an image similar to the one below. If you see that, it might be good to back on out and find another source.

Via: Google Online Security

Google Authenticator Receives New Icon, UI Improvements, Android Wear Support

Google’s Authenticator app received a major update this morning, bringing with it a revamped UI, fancy new icon based on Material Design, and a fair share of bug fixes. Before this update, the app was living in the past, not having received a noticeable update since July, 2013, according to AppBrain. I guess Google lives by the motto, don’t fix what ain’t broke.

As mentioned in the app’s changelog on Google Play, Google has built in a redesigned icon for fans of Material Design, and the entire interface for the app has also received a facelift to the Material standards. In addition, support for Android Wear users has been baked directly into the application.

In case you are new to 2-step authentication, you can watch Google’s intro video below.

What’s New

UI improvements: new theme and icon
Support for Android Wear devices
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Developer preview: support for NFC Security Key (FIDO Universal 2nd Factor protocol)

Play Link

Dropbox Shutting Down Mailbox and Carousel Early Next Year

In early 2016, Dropbox will shutdown Mailbox and Carousel permanently, the company made official this morning. Mailbox, first acquired by Dropbox in 2013 and then launched for Android in 2014, became quite the popular email client for users on multiple platforms, but apparently, Dropbox is looking for a more streamlined experience, and we should see many top features from both Mailbox and Carousel built into the Dropbox application.

To be exact, Mailbox will shut its digital doors on February 26, while Carousel will close down March 31 of next year. Dropbox released multiple letters to users that explained the situation, with each of them stressing the need for a streamlined, convenient experience for users moving forward.

Written in Mailbox’s farewell letter, “As we deepened our focus on collaboration, we realized there’s only so much an email app can do to fundamentally fix email. We’ve come to believe that the best way for us to improve people’s productivity going forward is to streamline the workflows that generate so much email in the first place.”

When Mailbox launched for Android, it was one of our favorite applications, and we wrote about it countless times. We even declared it was one of the top 10 apps of 2014. As of today, with Google’s Inbox and updated Gmail apps, we don’t use it as much anymore, but without Mailbox’s UI and awesome features, we may have never gotten better apps from Google. The Mailbox team sort of started a mobile email revolution, and for that, we thank them.

Sad day, for sure.

Via: Dropbox [2] [3]

Google Posts Android 6.0.1 Factory Images for Nexus Devices

Earlier this morning, Google announced that Android 6.0.1 would begin rolling out to Nexus devices with a whole bunch of emoji. Moments ago, they followed up that announcement by posting up factory images of Android 6.0.1 for the Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus Player, Nexus 9 (LTE and WiFi), Nexus 5, and Nexus 7 (2013) WiFi and LTE.

The updates are arriving as build MMB29K for most. The Nexus 6P and Nexus Player are getting MMB29M.

On a related note, it looks like they also sprinkled in a few other builds, like 6.0.0 (MMB29N) for Nexus 6P, 5.1.1 (LMY48Z) for Nexus 9 LTE, 5.1.1 (LMY48Z) for Nexus 7 (2013) LTE, and 5.1.1 (LMY48Z) for Nexus 10.

For instructions on how to flash factory images, hit up this post.

Factory Image Link [Binaries]

Android 6.0.1 Arrives Today on Nexus Phones With a Bunch of New Emoji

Last week, Google’s Hiroshi Lockheimer teased via Twitter that a new update would arrive on Nexus devices this week with a whole bunch of new and updated emoji on board. Today, that update is official as Android 6.0.1. And yep, it includes a bunch of new emoji, which we showed you last week.

Outside of the new and updated emoji, the update doesn’t bring much. Ars Technica got a hold of it and said that one of the noteworthy changes is a navigation button layout tweak on tablets, where the recent apps button moves to the far bottom right corner, while the back and home buttons slide over to the left. Google must think you want to use your thumbs…hopefully you do.

The update will rollout this week on Nexus phones. Since this is Android 6.0.1, that should include the Nexus 5, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus 9, and Nexus Player. As those updates arrive, we’ll be sure to share the news.

Via: +Nexus | Ars Technica

Amazon’s 12 Days of Deals Can Save You Big This Holiday Season

Hate it or love it, it’s the holiday shopping season, and Amazon is not stopping at just Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Keeping the festivities alive, now we have 12 Days of Deals, which is Amazon saying, “Yo, come spend more money right now!” Each day, Amazon will feature a theme for the deals, with today being Deals for Kids.

During 12 Days of Deals, you can expect to save up to $150 on an Alienware Alpha ASM100-1580 Console, $15 off Amazon Fire TV, Nerf walkie-talkies for $12, cash off on most of Amazon’s existing Fire tablet lineup, and so, so much more.

To spot these deals, you will need to stay vigilant on Amazon’s website over the next few days. On top of these specials, Amazon is still hosting their lightning deals, too.

Follow the link below to start looking.

Amazon Link

Google Calendar Gets To-Dos and Reminders in Latest Update

Your Google Calendar is getting a new feature this week – reminders. Instead of always creating events for everything on your plate, including your upcoming to-dos, you can now set a reminder to complete a task.

An update is rolling out this week on both Android and iOS to enable the feature, but Google plans to include it in the web version of Google Calendar as well.

So how doe reminders in Google Calendar work? It’s pretty simple. Once update, you will hit the floating action button in the app to choose between creating an event or a reminder. If you choose reminder, you can then set a reminder for a to-do that needs taken care of. Reminders differ from events in that events come and go, whereas reminders hang around in your calendar, always present until you take care of them or mark them as done (you can swipe them away).

With reminders in Google Calendar, you also get access to phone numbers and addresses, just like you do with events or in apps like Inbox. Calendar uses both access to your contacts and their own knowledge graph to pull in this information.

In related, yet huge news, these new reminders work across (most of) Google. Google says that you can create reminders in Inbox, Keep, and Google Now, and see them show in Google Calendar. FINALLY.

The updates will begin rolling out this week. As that happens, we’ll be sure to let you know.

Via: Gmail Blog

Verizon Introduces WiFi Calling Tomorrow to the Galaxy S6

Late Friday afternoon, Verizon announced that it was beefing up its Advanced Calling feature set by adding in WiFi Calling for the first time to its phones. The feature will first be available tomorrow on the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge after each receives a software update enabling it. Additional devices (both Android and iOS) will get WiFi Calling “early next year.”

What is WiFi Calling? It’s just as the name suggests in that it allows you to make calls to others using a WiFi connection instead of the 3G or 4G connection you have used for years. In this case, it would be making calls over a WiFi network instead of Verizon’s network. It’s useful when you are in a building that limits your network connection or because you have a stronger WiFi connection. Or maybe you are in the boonies without much of a signal at all, yet the local roadside attraction happens to have WiFi – you could then make calls!

Since Verizon’s WiFi Calling is a part of their Advanced Calling 1.0, which is a system-level set of features that is available through the dialer on your phone. It allows you to make HD Voice calls, video calls to other supported devices, and now, WiFi Calls. Advanced Calling 1.0 is enabled through the My Account section of Verizon’s website and is free of charge.

Again, this new WiFi Calling feature will only be available starting tomorrow on the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge after each receives an update.

Via: Verizon

TAG Heuer’s $1,500 Connected Smartwatch is Actually in High Demand

Here’s a story I didn’t see having to write – the TAG Heuer Connected smartwatch, with its $1,500 price tag, is in such high demand, that TAG Heuer is going to up production from 1,200 units per day to 2,000. The luxury watchmaker will also stop online sales of the device for the time being to give their physical stores priority, likely because people who spend that kind of money on a watch, want to actually hold it before pulling the trigger.

In related news, TAG Heuer CEO Jean-Claude Biver announced that because of this watch’s success, they will now developer a collection of different varieties of smartwatches, with different “executions and materials” by the end of 2016 or early 2017. Some could include gold and diamonds.

And remember, TAG Heuer launched the Connected with a unique program that allows buyers to trade in their watch in two years and pay another $1,500 for an actual mechanical watch, which many of us assumed was them thinking the smartwatch craze (if there is one) was going to be short-lived. While that program isn’t going away, it’ll be interesting to see if that is a part of the new line when it arrives late next year.

Who would have though, right? The TAG Heuer Connected is a hit, apparently.

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