Sentences with phrase «phone maker pushes»

Google is looking to separate the Android OS framework from device - specific software that chipmakers write, which would let phone makers push out updates faster.

Not exact matches

The company that has built and lost fortunes making paper, computer monitors and, more famously, mobile phones and networks, is buying connected - devices maker Withings for $ 192 million) to aid its push into digital health technology.

Chinese phone makers have however been working really hard to debunk that truth, almost pushing it back as a myth.

There was a time when manufacturers still pushed the boundaries of industrial design, when Windows Phone was the newest smartphone platform around, and Dell still called itself a smartphone maker.

Google is pushing Android 8.0 Oreo to Nexus and Pixel devices as device makers scramble to get their phones updated.

AC understands that it's not a hard requirement for OEMs shipping a phone on Android 8.0, but that Google will push device makers towards using Treble rather than continuing in the old way.

The makers of the push - to - talk messaging app Voxer has announced that, due to a change in its infrastructure, the Windows Phone version of the app «will no longer function for most» users after Monday, September 26.

As Google was working with phone makers to develop Project Tango - ready hardware, rival Apple pushed forward with its own AR efforts.

Google has been trying to push the phone makers to update to the latest version of Android but that's something that has not been implemented.

Nougat's distribution numbers should enjoy a healthy uptick eventually once major phone makers start pushing out official Nougat builds.

While OnePlus flagships are usually launched in June, it seems the Chinese phone maker might be breaking with tradition this time around by pushing the OnePlus 6 out earlier.

If anything, that's a testament to Apple's success, which pushed other smartphone makers to step up their games (with flagship devices, at least — there's a steep dropoff in camera quality when you look at low - cost Android phones).

The Galaxy S8 was a fantastic - looking phone, with its curved Infinity Display, that pushed other smartphone makers (including OnePlus) toward 18:9 screens.

This was, however, before Nokia signed an agreement to partner with other phone makers to include the micro-USB port as part of a wider European Union push for device charging standards.

The Japanese phone maker has announced that the Android 5.1 Lollipop is now being pushed to the Sony Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra terminals in the US region.

So the Android flaw could last longer in the sense of, even though Google has pushed out a patch, that's not the same as the phone maker, so Samsung may not have put out a patch, the different chip makers, it's just a more crowded atmosphere.

So long as there's still something else irritatingly out of my reach, some other feature that my phone doesn't yet have, I'll know that smartphone makers are still innovating and pushing us forward.

It's no secret that Android device makers have been continuously pushing the limits when it comes to smartphone specs, and it was only a matter of time until a phone got as much RAM as some of the laptops available on the market today.

However, the app will now be installed on default on handsets from over 20 phone makers as Google pushes ahead with RCS.

With the upcoming Android O, Google will be able to push out security updates to more phones without having to run the updates past the phone makers and carriers.

That's because smartphone makers and wireless carriers have to dissect and approve every new Android update before they push it out to their customers, and because those same entities often stop updating a phone when it's as young as 18 months old.