So Google has announced earlier this morning that the Play Store has gone under a new UI redesign and it looks more card-based (like in the terms of Google Now). I feel that this will be the new standard UI we will see with the next major version of Android, whatever it will be named or numbered. In the new version, 4.0.25, Google has change the design of everything from Holo to Cards. This new St... »
It looks like Google forgot one of its major apps during its batch update from yesterday — Youtube. With this new update we get to welcome new features for those that are always on Youtube and also for those that create a lot of content. Google has also said to squash some bugs that have plagued the app, such as the sign-in issue. Here’s the version 4.4.11 changelog from the Play Store... »
Seems like this is the week for updates, Twitter being the latest one with this huge update. They have finally caught on (more) to what its users want, and gave their app a (slight) redesign, embracing Google’s UI standards — holo. A UI redesign isn’t all we found in this new update, as you’ll see, a few new features were also added. The Holo-fied Twitter’s official c... »
Yesterday Pandora received a slightly major update to its music-listening app. I commend this update as Pandora is finally bringing what I what call one of the most requested features since it’s launch, lockscreen controls. There are some more to the update but I know that the controls were the major part of this update. This update bring Pandora to version 4.2 (atleast on my Nexus 4) and in... »
Well well, I just love Google’s batch update days, those days that they decide to not just update one app but usually around 4-5 and at least one of them being a major update. Today is definitely one of those days. We have Play Movies & TV, Translator and Maps receiving rather hefty updates, while Chrome Beta, PrimeTime (for Google TV), Offers, and Sound Search other minor end of the upd... »
Recently, we reported that Chameleon Launcher 2.0 was available to those that backed the Kick Starter project, and that the public release would soon follow, including a cheaper phone only version. Well, today is the day. Check out our original article on V2.0 here, or hit up the links to the Play Store below to check out the launcher first hand. Remember, the full (more expensive) version will wo... »
Fresh on the heels of the news that Google will retire Reader on July 1st of this year, it looks like the Big G is shifting its attention to its other newsreader offering, Google Currents. A new update for the app just rolled out on the Play Store, labeled version 2.1, and it has a few nice new features in tow. If you prefer to listen to your news, rather than reading it, you’ll be exited to... »
Zounds! There’s a new Google Drive update! Freshly posted to their Google+ page is an announcement that they have just added the Roboto family of fonts to Docs, Slides, and Drawings. Now you can bring that holo-goodness-in-letter-form to your cloud-saved projects.I’m pretty excited about this, as I’m sure most of you will be also. To access these fonts, open a new or existing Doc... »
Over the weekend, it looked like Verizon hadn’t actually forgotten it’s Nexus owners, by sending out the 4.2.2 OTA update to testers — great surprise there, amirite?! With the previous update being 4.1.2, everyone had thought that would be the last update for the not-so Nexus, especially since it’s been removed from Verizon stock, online and in stores. Alas, we now have an ... »
Everybody loves Google Reader (you do use it right?! ), but the official Android app leaves quite a bit to be desired. That’s why we are happy to see Greader, a very popular 3rd-party Google Reader Client, updated with a Holo design to go with the new features that v3.1.2 brought. It;s always nice when developers follow Google’s design guidelines — even when Google doesn&#... »
