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Foldables are barely 1% of the market, but that's not stopping anyone but Apple.
Ars Technica
South Korea's antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet's Google KRW207 billion (US$176.64 million) for blocking customised versions of its Android operating system (OS), in the US technology giant's second setback in the country in less than a month.
Reuters
Google bags its latest automotive partner
The Verge
Today, TCL is announcing a trio of Android tablets to be released over the next few months, including a model using a NXTPAPER display, their competitor to color E Ink.
9to5Google
A good indication of Android flagship trends for 2021
The Verge
At one time Motorola was as good as it got for Android updates, at times beating even Google's own phones to the punch.
9to5Google
Samsung remains the biggest smartphone maker in the world at the end of 2020, but the company has never come closer to losing its spot to another Android OEM than it did this year.
SamMobile
Starting with the Snapdragon 888
The Verge
The Snapdragon 888 will be in devices from LG, Motorola, OnePlus, Oppo and others, starting in the first quarter of 2021.
CNET
A first look at the chipset that will power 2021's best Android phones
The Verge
The dual-screen phone costs a lofty $1,399.
Ars Technica
The tablets have reduced blue light and a dedicated kids mode
The Verge
Microsoft is counting on users seeing the Duo as filling an untapped niche. But for people used to thinking about carrying no more than two devices - usually a PC/tablet or phone - where does the Duo fit?
ZDNet
There's no word on when Google and phone makers will incorporate fix from Qualcomm.
Ars Technica
5G connectivity on a very affordable Android
The Verge
Here's what notifications for iOS and Android COVID-19 tracing will look like.
Ars Technica
Apple has purchased the weather predicting app Dark Sky and plans to shut down the Android and Wear OS versions.
BBC News
A more traditional TV streaming experience than Chromecast
The Verge
You can spend anywhere from $700 to $5,000 for Sony's Android TV sets.
engadget
Without a doubt, the Galaxy S11 will be one of the most important Android handsets of the first half of the upcoming year.
BGR
It's no secret that Facebook is looking to expand further into the hardware space as it's already done with its Portal smart display and its series of Oculus VR headsets.
Andorid Authority
Google has told its Turkish business partners it will not be able to work with them on new Android phones to be released in Turkey, after the Turkish competition board ruled that changes Google made to its contracts were not acceptable.
Reuters
Google Chat has now rolled out to all Android phones. Here's how to take your text-message game to the next level.
CNET
Google wants less forking, more modularization for Android's Linux kernel.
Ars Technica
Google is getting one more shot at fending off Oracle's Android copyright claims.
engadget
Its taking on OnePlus in India in partnership with e-commerce site FlipKart.
engadget
Huawei has finally unveiled its own operating system, a move that could help shield the smartphone maker from the escalating US-China trade war.
CNN
Samsung's Galaxy Note 10 has more Microsoft in it than any other Android phone
The Verge
The tech community woke up to rather shocking news this morning when a Huawei executive said that Hongmeng or ArkOS is not an Android Alternative and that the Hongmeng was built for IoT devices only.
MSpower user
The company has trademarked three names with EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office), including HUAWEI ARK OS, HUAWEI ARK, ARK, and ARK OS. All of these trademarks were filed on May 24, so only a couple of days ago.
AndroidHeadlines
Huawei Technologies is pinning its hopes on a self-designed operating system to replace Google's Android following a US blacklisting.
Wall Street Journal
The new Android OS has major upgrades to privacy and security.
ZDNet
Sensor specialist AMS is teaming up with Chinese software maker Face++ to produce new 3D facial recognition features for smartphones, as the Austrian firm aims to reduce its dependency on Apple and boost its battered shares.
Reuters
Production is set to ramp up in late summer 2019, just in time for a deluge of new Android and Apple devices
The Verge
Three years after it first launched, Google is making its cell service a little more official today. Project Fi is graduating into something a little more ambitious and getting a new name in the process: Google Fi. But the bigger news is that it's also going to support more phones - a lot of phones - including the iPhone and "the majority of Android devices."
The Verge
Google Maps, Google Play and more coming to connected cars.
ZDNet
You may have heard that the European Union punished Google with a record $5.1 billion fine on Wednesday for abusing its power in the mobile phone market. Specifically, the authorities dinged Google on its practices with Android, the mobile operating system that the company provides to makers of devices. The size of the fine and the remedies that regulators ordered Google to make were consequential, both symbolically and in how handset manufacturers may incorporate Android into mobile devices in Europe in the future.
New York Times
On Wednesday, the European Union is expected to rule that Google illegally used the market dominance of its smartphone software, Android, to stifle competition, hitting the Alphabet-owned company with a hefty fine and aiming to change some of its business practices.
CNBC
Intel has decided to kill the Intel Remote Keyboard app for Android and iOS devices in order to protect user devices from three vulnerabilities - one of which was classified as "critical". The chip maker has also issued a Product Discontinuation notice to recommend users to uninstall the app from their devices. The app was notably launched by the company in 2015 to let users wirelessly control their Intel NUC (next unit of computing) and Intel Compute Stick computers and transform their smartphones or tablets into a virtual keyboard and mouse.
NDTV Profit
Google could owe Oracle Corp. billions of dollars for using Oracle-owned Java programming code in its Android operating system on mobile devices.
Bloomberg
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