Music lovers may have heard about Walkman and ClearAudio technologies developed by Sony. Some of this audio magic is also present on the latest Xperia Z5 Premium, and XDA Senior Member androidexpert35 has attempted to bring the same experience to all devices. Only requirement is that the device should be on Lollipop or above.
Google had recently announced that it will require all apps to disclose if they use advertisements. Some developers are claiming that their app is incorrectly being flagged as having ads. In a blog-post at Commonsware, the author points out that any apps depending on the Play Services SDK may inadvertently include the AdMob SDK, which could erroneously trigger the Play Store to flag your app as “ad-supported”.
A new update to Google Fit enables it to track your eating habits and exercises better than ever. You can see real-time statistics of your walks; and while you’re running, Google Fit will record your speed, pace, route and elevation. Also, users of Google Fit with Android Wear devices can also record new strength training workouts like sit-ups, push-ups, and squats.
Recently, we covered the existence of trojanized adware that could secretly acquire root access. Of the three adware families discovered by mobile security firm Lookout, it seems that ‘Shedun‘ has capabilities that go beyond the other adware families. In a blog-post, Lookout describes how apps under the Shedun adware family prompt a user to grant it accessibility privileges, which then allow the app to bypass user interaction when installing an app.
OnePlus recently announced their On-Guard insurance program for their smartphones, but it wasn’t available worldwide. It’s still not available everywhere, but today the company has announced an expansion of this program into both the United States and Canada. So for an additional $20 – $80 (in the US), or $25 – $110 (in Canada), you can choose to insure your OnePlus 2 or OnePlus X for 12 to 24 months.
XDA Senior Member harsinghal has pointed out that some users are reporting a new soak test happening for the 2014 Moto G (2nd generation). This soak test is for Android 6.0 Marshmallow and it includes the November security patches from Google. If things go well during this soak test, this could mean that an official rollout could happen within a week or two.
The developer of Tasker has just published the full changelog for the updated version of the application and it is packed full of changes. The major highlights here show that Tasker will now support CyanogenMod’s custom quick settings tiles, support for the Alarms Only (do not disturb) mode in Android 6.0, and also feature additional Lollipop and Marshmallow specific changes as well as a handful of bug fixes.
