by dbadmin | May 14, 2024 | Android, Google, Google Pixel 8a, News
Credit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Pixel 8a receives its first software update, including the May 2024 Android security patch. The update also brings Google’s AI-powered wallpaper generator to the Pixel 8a. Amidst the flurry of announcements on Google I/O’s...
by dbadmin | May 13, 2024 | Android, Features, Google, Google Chrome OS, Samsung
Opinion post byRita El Khoury Earlier today, my colleague Mishaal Rahman shared the exclusive news that Google has been experimenting with running Chrome OS on Android. Details are still slim, but we know that Google has been showing off to its partners the ability to...
by dbadmin | May 13, 2024 | Android, Features, Google, Google Chrome OS, News
We got Google’s Chrome OS up and running alongside Android on a Pixel phone. This is possible thanks to a special build of Chromium OS — the open-source version of Chrome OS — made for running in a virtual machine. It’s not clear whether Google plans to release this...
by dbadmin | May 13, 2024 | Android, Google Chrome OS, Google Pixel, News
Google has developed a method to run Chrome OS on its Pixel devices. The method involves running a special build of Chrome OS in a virtual machine through the Android Virtualization Framework. The company recently showed this off to its partner companies but did not...
by dbadmin | May 7, 2024 | Android, Google, Google Pixel, News
The May 2024 Android security patch is here! If you own a recent Google Pixel smartphone or the Pixel Tablet, you can perform a software update check now in System Settings to grab it. You can also update manually or simply wait for the OTA notification. Be...
by dbadmin | May 6, 2024 | Android, Google, News
Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Google is working on new ways to transfer and restore data between devices. It will soon be possible to do a device-to-device data transfer using both Wi-Fi and a cable simultaneously to speed things up. There’s also a new...