Microsoft has said every Chromebook will get access to Microsoft Office apps for Android. According to a report in 9to5 Mac, some Asus Chromebook Flip users faced problems while using Microsoft’s apps including Word, PowerPoint, Word and Excel. They were greeted with a message saying the app was ‘unsupported on ... Read More »
Google isn’t a fan of non-standard approaches to fast-charging Android phones over USB-C, and it’s bent on having manufacturers fall in line. Its newest Android Compatibility Definition document (for Android Nougat) now says it’s “strongly recommended” that device makers don’t support proprietary charging technology that modifies voltages beyond standard levels, ... Read More »
Adobe Lightroom is getting a major update on Android today thanks to the addition of legit RAW editing, following an iOS implementation in July. Previously Lightroom on Android could capture and edit DNG files – a generic format used by few cameras – now it can work with all the ... Read More »
While iOS users have enjoyed full RAW support in Adobe’s Lightroom mobile app since this summer, the Android faithful had to be content with the company’s own DNG RAW format. Thanks to an update to the software today, Android users will now get the same functionality. Adobe has revamped the ... Read More »
Google has developed a neural network to improve the relevance of app search results on Google Play by predicting topics on the basis of each app’s name and description. With well over two million apps each on Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store, app discovery remains a challenge for ... Read More »
The New York Times and New York Postdiscovered hundreds of counterfeit shopping apps in Apple’s App Store. This is also a problem we have seen in Google’s Play store. While some of these apps will display annoying banner ads, others could have more serious consequences. Some apps may contain malware ... Read More »
There’s no Nougat to be had this week for your Android device, but Shield Tablet users are getting some important patches that should improve their overall use and gaming experience. There’s also a strange case of missing Android dashboard numbers and hints the Galaxy S7 Edge may be on track ... Read More »
Ah, RCS: it stands for “Rich Communication Services” and it’s meant to replace SMS as the default way most phones send text and multimedia messages. It’s more powerful than SMS — without that silly 160 character limit and with better support for images and video and group chat. But like ... Read More »
Adobe isn’t always quick to bring new creative apps and features to Android. It took the company over a year to deliver a version of Photoshop Fix for those devices. After making its debut for iOS last October, the mobile software brings some powerful desktop editing tools to phones and ... Read More »
Android Nougat has a lot of useful features, but one of my personal favorites is Quick Settings tiles. We’ve had these in Android since KitKat, but in Nougat Google introduced the ability for developers to add their own Quick Settings tiles into that menu. It’s been a couple months since Nougat ... Read More »
