… This feature works alongside Android's Live Updates , making the watch an extension of the phone for tracking time‑sensitive events. Wear OS 7 also introduces improved health tracking, more efficient day-to-day performance, fresh watch face options, and more.
… In Oreo, Google added support for Project Treble, making the platform more modular, encouraging faster updates and longer support windows. Because of limitations in older Linux kernels, Project Mainline won't work on most devices that get updates to Android Q. …
… Before Google decided how an Android-powered watch should work, Samsung made its own version of Android to run on the Galaxy Gear. It later updated that watch to the Tizen OS, which almost all of Samsung's smartwatches have used instead of Android. …
… When it rolled out on Google's invite-only CR-48 laptop, Chrome OS only supported web apps -- it was like a fancy browser machine. Over time, Google added more features and tools to Chrome OS. In 2016, it created a system for running Android apps on Chrome OS. …
Samsung is indisputably the most successful maker of Android devices, even with the trouble last year with the Note 7 battery fires. Android is doing fine right now -- better than fine , actually. …
… While it's true there are plenty of Android games on Chrome OS, most of them were designed for a small touchscreen. …
… An email sent to backers of the device says that the team has made the decision to switch from Android 5.1 to Jolla's Sailfish OS. Like Android, Sailfish OS is based on Linux, but it has neither the software support or the functionality of Android. …
Google has deepened Gemini's role across the Android OS, per Tuesday's The Android Show: I/O Edition . …
… The company positions Googlebook as a laptop line built around its Gemini intelligence system and an Android‑based OS. While existing Chromebooks will continue to receive updates, the Googlebook will sit above Chromebooks as a more premium option. …
… While there is still some very compelling iOS-only software Windtunnel Pro Opens in a new window comes to mind , the Android Market now includes over 300,000 applications Opens in a new window compared to the Apple App Store with 500,000 , both more than enough for most users. …