Category: Android

As most readers will know by now, Chrome v50 was released earlier this week and to celebrate the occasion, Google has released some very interesting stats about the browser and its usage.  There are a lot of good tidbits in the infographic shared by the company but the one that sticks out is the number of mobile Chrome users.  In all, there are over 1 billion mobile users of the browser each month.  That is just mobile users alone.  No matter how you slice it, that is an amazingly impressive number.

Google has begun rolling out a new update to Inbox, bringing with it several new features and some key enhancements to the email app.  Inbox by Google continues to develop rapidly as the go-to mail app for Android and these latest updates make it clear that this is the app for the future by the company.  The biggest feature change in this update is streamlined event tracking.  Now when an event has changed, you will see that update in your Inbox so you can view it at a glance.  Tapping on it will give you more details about the event and what has changed.

After a lengthy beta program for the Xperia Z2 and Z3, Sony has announced they have begun rolling out the Android Marshmallow update to the wider lineup of those devices, including those that were not in the beta program.  The update is firmware build 23.5.A.0.570 for those keeping score and brings these devices up to Marshmallow 6.0.1.  Owners of the Z2 or Z3 should start seeing the update come to them via an OTA update in the coming days.

Google has published their 2nd annual security report for Android as the company continues to fight malware and other end user harming apps in the ecosystem.  The report highlights some of the activities that Google has gone through in the last year to protect customers, including some 6 billion scans on installed apps per day.  When it comes to security, there is always room for improvement but clearly Google is taking the safety of users serious on their mobile platform.

Google has released an update to the Google Camera app for Android devices that, effectively, is the camera app that will be in Android N.  It brings a wealth of new features including the ability to take stills while recording video. The update is build 3.2.042 for those keeping score at home and it has been released into the Google Play Store.  If you have the app installed, the OTA update should come to you in the next few days.

It has been a busy week for T-Mobile and it is only Tuesday!  Today the US-based carrier started the roll out of the Android Marshmallow 6.0.1 update for customers who have the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ on their network.  The update, build G928TUVU2DPD1 for those keeping score at home, is a typical hefty update at 1.3GB.  You will have to be on Wi-Fi in order to download it to your  S6 Edge+ and as is always the case, the update requires a restart of your phone and should take between 10-20 minutes to complete.