Android Central 135: Google I/O Day 2!

Android Central 135: Google I/O Day 2!

Audio-only stream below type=”audio/mpeg”> We’re back for the second day of the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco, with more of the new services and features for Android that are rapidly changing the game for our fair mobile operating system. Download it directly with this link Subscribe with your [...]

Android Central 134: Google I/O Podcast Special!

Android Central 134: Google I/O Podcast Special!

Audio-only stream below type=”audio/mpeg”>   Jerry and Phil catch up on the first day of news from Google I/O 2013 in San Francisco! We’ve got new Android features. New Google+. New Google Maps. New Chrome. New Google Music. And the one podcast to cover them all. Download it directly with [...]

Google TV gets updated to Android 4.2.2, swifter updates promised for the future

Google TV gets updated to Android 4.2.2, swifter updates promised for the future

Google TV also now moves on to the latest version Chrome, jumps onto the six-week regular Chrome update cycle Despite being omitted from the 3-hour Google I/O keynote completely, there is some good news coming out of San Francisco for Google TV. Google already pushed out the update to their [...]

YouTube for Google TV gets updated with a whole new homescreen UI

YouTube for Google TV gets updated with a whole new homescreen UI

New home screen UI, paid subscriptions and enhanced playback controls the name of the day While all eyes were on the 3+ hour monster keynote at Google I/O, Google quietly slipped out a decent looking update to their YouTube app for Google TV. Top of the order is a nice [...]

YouTube For Google TV Gets A Big Update, Simplified Interface And Support For Paid Channels Included

YouTube For Google TV Gets A Big Update, Simplified Interface And Support For Paid Channels Included

Let it be not be said that Google neglected the Google TV platform today at I/O. Though it wasn’t mentioned during this morning’s 3 hour-plus keynote, the company rolled out a new version of the YouTube app for TV during the presentation. Specifically, the updated application brings a simplified UI, [...]

A sneak peek at Epson’s next-generation Moverio wearable Android glasses

A sneak peek at Epson’s next-generation Moverio wearable Android glasses

With pretty much all the glory going to Google Glass right now, people are becoming more aware of the wearable technology than ever before. That’s not to say, however, that this is a one-horse race. Epson has been playing around with concepts for

The Verge, WSJ: Google Strikes Music Streaming Deal With Sony and Universal, Spotify-Like Service Imminent

On the eve of I/O, Google managed to finalize deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment to bring a music subscription service to both YouTube and Google Play, according to a report by The Verge that is now being corroborated by The Wall Street Journal. If everything goes smoothly, a [...]

Google to announce new music streaming service at tomorrow’s Google IO [RUMOR]

Google to announce new music streaming service at tomorrow’s Google IO [RUMOR]

With less than 24 hours until Google I/O officially kicks off in San Francisco, it only makes sense that something would leak out before then. Well, something did… and it’s kind of a doozy. The long rumored Google music streaming service could be announced at tomorrow’s [...]

Nexus Q wont be making another appearance at this year’s Google I/O, does this mark the end for the device? [RUMOR]

Nexus Q wont be making another appearance at this year’s Google I/O, does this mark the end for the device? [RUMOR]

It was earlier today we heard from Google’s new Android lead, Sundar Pichai, that this year’s Google I/O would have a stronger developer focus, with the company steering away from announcing new hardware of any kind at the developer conference. While that nixes a possible X-Phone [...]

Report: No Nexus Q at Google I/O this year

Report: No Nexus Q at Google I/O this year

Google won’t deliver a re-vamped streaming sphere at this year’s conference, writes AllThingsD Overpriced and under-featured, Google’s Nexus Q was mothballed shortly after its introduction at least year’s Google I/O developer conference. Officially, Google is still working on improving the phone-controlled streaming sphere — the last update from January indicated that [...]