In this video we check out some of the best icon packs that you can't find on the Google Play store. While most of the icon packs on the Play store focus more on the size of their catalog, these icons packs are focused on detail and design. Here are the icons mentioned in this video.
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The Verge has reportedly obtained photos of LG's upcoming and highly anticipated flagship, the LG G6. Following a spate of recent leaks about the device, as well as confirmation from LG executives that the G6 would feature an 18:9 1440p LCD Panel, we now may have the first official render of the device.
If the render is indeed official, it would appear that LG has taken a sharp turn away from the design missteps that haunted the G5. The device appears to feature an aluminum frame and beveled edges, as well as a display that may sport minimal bezels. In the fashion of Xiaomi's Mi Mix and its Sharp-manufactured display, the G6 may also include a display with the Mix's eye-catching rounded corners and impressive screen-to-body ratio.
Given LG's numerous missteps in the mobile realm and its general inability to produce a profit, the G6 marks an important step for the future of the company's mobile business. With The Verge also reporting that it will now be released on February 26th, rather than March 11th, we wont have to wait long to find out where LG has taken their G-series. Moreover, the early release date could put this device at an advantage against its yearly South Korean competitor, as the Galaxy S8 is reportedly launching at a later date than usual.
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Hugo Barra, Vice President of Xiaomi's International division, announced in a Facebook post that he was moving on from Xiaomi and heading back to Silicon Valley "to embark on future adventures."
Before his work at Xiaomi, Mr. Barra began his own voice recognition company with fellow graduates from MIT. It was soon acquired, and he eventually found himself working for Google as a Product Manager for Google's Mobile team, later being promoted to Vice President. In his role as Product Manager, he worked from 2010 to 2013 to guide Android's development from Honeycomb to KitKat, while also successfully releasing the generally-beloved Nexus 4, 5, and 7. He was also a central figure in the development of Google Now, which has now evolved into Google Assistant.
While at Xiaomi, Mr. Barra adopted a similar role, also working to develop and release high quality devices. However, he also focused heavily on affordability and also strove to break into new markets. In his role as Vice President, he worked with Xiaomi to release devices like the MiPad and Redmi lines, and also experienced impressive successes in coordinating Xiaomi's expansion into India and Latin America, stating that the company had transformed the dream of an India branch into the country's fastest growing member of the mobile marketplace. Mr. Barra has also acted as the company's main presenter and has been the face of nearly all Xiaomi product releases, espousing a characteristic charm that many have grown to enjoy in a realm of Chinese product reveals that can often walk a fine line between technology demonstration and magical realism.
He will undoubtedly be missed by the burgeoning tech company, having provided it an air of legitimacy when he came aboard in 2013, in some ways even becoming the face of Xiaomi to Western Android enthusiasts. Nevertheless, executives like co-founder Bin Lin expressed support and will still retain Mr. Barra as an adviser to Xiaomi. Moving forward, Senior Vice President of Strategic Cooperation Xiang Wang will take over Mr. Barra's role. Previously a senior executive at Qualcomm, Xiaomi's International division will undoubtedly be in good hands.
Given Mr. Barra's cryptic reference to future adventures in Silicon Valley, many – XDA included – will be eagerly waiting to see what future ventures he has in store.
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As previously explained, Samsung revealed the exact causes of the battery failures that ultimately led to the Note 7's global recall in a press conference on January 22nd. While it was likely one of the most expensive consumer recalls in history, Samsung is still expecting Q4 2016's gross income to be more than a three year high, defying expectations. Given the impressive transparency Samsung demonstrated in their press conference and their likely continuing profitability, the company is clearly prepared to shrug off the Note 7 failure and move forward.
Following the press conference, Samsung's Mobile division President Koh Dong-jin answered several questions about the company's near future. Intriguingly, he revealed that Samsung was not currently planning on unveling the Galaxy S8 at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress, set to commence in just over a month. With a wounded reputation and soaring expectations for their follow-up devices, President Dong-jin acknowledged that Samsung was taking a deeply introspective look at their culture and practices. Furthermore, he went on to say that at the moment Samsung is more focused on repairing the damage that the Note 7 has caused the company, as well as the internal aspects that may have led to its consecutive failures.
On top of internal changes, Samsung has also stated that it has yet to decide if it will reuse any parts from the recalled Note 7 devices. With nearly 3 million devices recovered in an undertaking that will likely cost upwards of $5.3 billion, there are hard choices to be made. While the thought of nearly 3 million highly capable Exynos 8890s being tossed aside might leave us at XDA wiping away our tears, the consequences for consumer perception that reusing any parts from the Note 7 may end up being a powerful deterrent.
Time will only tell, and it looks like those of us eagerly anticipating a potentially bezel-less Galaxy S8 will have to wait a bit longer than normal for it to be revealed – arguably a worthy trade off if it gives Samsung the time it needs to ensure that the Note 7 remains an isolated incident of the past.
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At last year's CES 2016, Google previewed Android's "Instant Apps", a project that would allow users to effectively "stream" applications via partial code downloads. With Instant Apps, Google attempted to minimize the installation friction and allow developers to reach wider audiences through the web.
Moreover, Google's demos showed that users would be able to use proper seamless payments and authentication via Android Pay and Google services, including access to location, identity, and Firebase. The Instant App instance also offers a shortcut for the user to download the full application if he or she is pleased with the experience, too, and Instant Apps were said to work with Android versions ranging back to Jelly Bean.
While the Instant Apps feature is a very interesting proposition by Google, the company did say that they'd open up testing in 2017, as they had decided to start with a small set of developers and show those who were interested how to set up their app to work with Instant Apps (Google claimed it could be less than a day's work, but they haven't released the SDK yet). We haven't heard much else about Android Instant apps since then, but today we finally hear news regarding the ambitious feature: according to the Android Developers Blog, Android Instant Apps has begun initial live testing!
Google tells us that starting today, a small number of applications via Instant Apps will be available to Android users in a limited test, including many of the sites we saw demoed in videos and screenshots — Buzzfeed, Wish, Periscope, and Viki. Google is hoping to collect user feedback and iterate upon the product to expand the service to more apps and more users.
Here are some important steps to prepare your app for Instant Apps support. You'll need to modularize your app for it to be downloaded and run on-the-fly, using the same Android APIs and Android Studip Project, but Google says the full SDK will become available in the coming months.
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Google Voice was an ambitious project through which Google aimed to give people a phone number that's their own, anywhere and any time, on any device. The actual apps have stagnated for nearly 5 years, though, a contributing factor leading many to think it was slowly being abandoned.
Today, Google is bringing a fresh coat of paint and a much-needed set of features to Google Voice for their apps on Android, iOS and their web client as well. The new Google Voice apps are much cleaner and they've been refreshed for 2017 with a new aesthetic to match the rest of Google's IM repertoire. The design is more intuitive as well, with separate tabs for text messages in properly labelled threads, calls and voicemails. Conversations stay in one continuous thread and the messaging experience supports group and photo MMS and in-notification quick replies. There's also voicemail transcription for Spanish, with accuracy said to improve with time.
Going forward, Google says they are committed to supporting Google Voice and providing new updates and features to these apps, including RCS messaging according to The Verge. While there is no reason for you to switch from Hangouts, the dedicated apps aren't gimped in a way to make you necessitate Hangouts for the IM functionality you'd expect out of any 2017 messaging app.
It's nice to see that Google Voice, a service which many people at XDA are fond of, is making a return with a facelift in a dedicated app that was in dire need of an update. It's certainly a very strong and flexible alternative to traditional phone numbers, and while this strengthens yet another one of Google's IM apps (thus perpetuating the messaging mess the company got itself in) it at least gives Voice users a better way to communicate.
Check out Google Voice on the Play Store; according to Google, the update should be available to anyone in the coming weeks.
Via: The Verge Source: Google Blog
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For those of you eagerly awaiting official builds for Lineage OS, we have some good news for you: the official Lineage OS builds have now finally started coming in. The team behind the Lineage OS project announced in an official blog post that they will start rolling out official builds. In the first phase, official builds are planned for more than eighty devices.
Following the announcement, builds for the Google Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, Moto G4/G4 Plus, Nextbit Robin, Xiaomi Redmi 1s, and the OnePlus One have gone live. Unlike CyanogenMod builds, these ROMs won't ship with superuser binaries pre-installed. Instead, you will need to flash a separate zip file that the team will provide.
Migrating to a new custom ROM can be a hassle for many users as the developers usually request that you perform a factory reset. However, the developer team will be throwing us a bone here and will be offering experimental data migration builds for the first two months which allow users to flash Lineage OS on top of an existing CM 13 or CM 14.1 installation without having to wipe any user data. These experimental builds will feature an ugly watermark reminding users that they should not use the build as a daily driver, but should treat it as a stepping stone for migrating to Lineage OS. Users who install these experimental builds are strongly recommended to then flash the weekly build.
Release candidates will roll out every week and will be signed by a private key for authentication, so users know that they are running an official Lineage OS build. To grab the builds, head over to the official download page here. You can check out the installation statistics page here or the newly minted wiki page right here. If you're a developer, you can keep up to date with all of the latest changes to Lineage OS by following its Gerrit project page here.
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