Google and Samsung are holding an event in Hong Kong on October 19th to introduce the next major update to the Android operating system, as well as at least one of the first phones that will run it. Since Hong Kong is all the way on the other side of the world, the event will actually take place at 10:00 at night on October 18th… Read more »

Google has already promised that the next major version of the Android operating system, code-named Ice Cream Sandwich, would be the first designed to run on both phones and tablets, combining some of the features of Android 2.x and Android 3.x and sprinkling in a few of its own. But that’s about all Google has said on the matter so far. Now the folks at… Read more »

Google has announced that the next major version of Android called Ice Cream Sandwich will be available in the 4th quarter of the year. It will be the first version of Android designed to run on all sorts of devices including phones, tablets, and even devices with keyboards such as the Asus Eee Pad Transformer. The update will bring many Honeycomb features to smartphones, including… Read more »

Google will start pushing out the newest version of Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread to the Nexus One and Nexus S smartphones in the coming weeks. But you may not have to wait that long to get your hands on Google Android 2.3.4, because the source code for the operating system has already been released. All we know about the update right now is that it’s… Read more »

Google has rolled out a new Gmail app for Android, and the good news is that it’s available as a standalone download from the Android Market, which means updates won’t be tied to operating system updates anymore. In other words, you won’t have to wait for Android 3.0 to get a new version of Gmail if you’re currently using Android 2.2. That’s the good news…. Read more »

Sure, a handful of Google Nexus One users have been rocking Android 2.2 Froyo on their handsets for a few months, but that’s a pretty small percentage of Android users overall. But it looks like the wider Android world is about get a cup full of frozen yogurt soon. Engadget reports that Verizon will be rolling out Android 2.2 for the Motorola Droid next week…. Read more »

Google has been pushing out test builds of Android 2.2 Froyo to a small group of users with Google Nexus One phones for the past month or so. But as we’ve repeatedly been told, those early builds weren’t the official release that would be made available to the general public — so if you somehow managed to find and download the updates through some link… Read more »

Another leaked build of Google Android 2.2 Froyo for the Google Nexus One has been leaked. It’s not entirely clear what if any changes there are between this build and the one leaked a few weeks ago, but it appears likely that this is just a bug fix update, since the update is quite small (under 2MB). In order to install the update, you’ll want… Read more »

Google Android 2.2 Froyo should be available to the general public any day now, but it might be weeks, months, or never before you actually get the update on some phones. That’s largely because manufacturers and wireless carriers that customize Android by installing custom user interfaces such as Motorola Motoblur or HTC Sense. When a phone has this kind of custom UI, updating from Android… Read more »

If it seems like every few months Google launches a new version of Android, thus rendering your 6-month old phone at least partially obsolete, that’s because that’s exactly what’s been happening since Android first hit the scene in late 2008. In less than 2 years, we’ve gone from Android 1.5 to 1.6 to 2.1, and Android 2.2 is just around the corner. Of course, we’ve… Read more »