Feb 23, 2015
Computer golf has been a tradition going back 30 years, right back to the days of CGA and EGA monitors on PCs. And with palmtops/PDAs and then smartphones, golf games have been available and
Feb 18, 2015
Feb 11, 2015
Live wallpapers were introduced to Android with the Nexus One and v2.1 of the OS, back in 2010 - so we've had four years of data to work with in clearing up a few
Feb 4, 2015
Google may have only just made Android 5.0.2 available for its Nexus devices, but it seems the company is already close to launching Android 5.1. The update is now shipping on select
Jan 28, 2015
If you have an HTC One M8 and you live in Europe, you're in for a good day. The latest Android 5.0 software is now making its way to your smartphone over-the-
Oct 13, 2014
Ah yes, just about the most popular game genre ever - and the subject of my next Android Beat ‘top 5’. You see, there are hundreds (literally) of car and driving titles, the vast majority of
Sep 12, 2014
Sep 9, 2014
Smartwatches, it seems, are all the rage. Heck, we've featured them numerous times recently on Android Beat. Partly because they're tech and cool, but also because they work really well with Android smartphones.
Sep 2, 2014
Some genres of game transcend computing platforms, persisting from generation to generation. 'Flight Simulator' was one of the very first PC games and similar ways to get up in the virtual air have existed on
Jul 9, 2014
At I/O, Google announced that it will soon be allowing users to natively cast the screen of their Android device to their TVs via a Chromecast. Today, the company has started rolling out the
Gameloft has been teasing Modern Combat 5: Blackout, the fifth installment in its popular Modern Combat first-person shooter franchise for almost a year, and today, the company has confirmed that the game will finally
Jul 7, 2014
At first glance, the whole point of Nav Me on a Pebble watch may seem rather silly. After all, while moving Google Navigation instructions from your phone to your wrist seems like a sensible use
Jun 19, 2014
With Android 4.4 KitKat, Google introduced a new experimental runtime dubbed Android RunTime (ART). Even though the company did not make much noise about it then, it was a given that sooner or
May 6, 2014
You'd have thought the task was easy enough - Flickr, as the premier photo sharing site in the world (in quality, if not numbers), has supported 'groups', communities of like minded snappers, for ages, yet
Mar 25, 2014
HTC seems to be making final preparations for the official launch of the 2014 HTC One, and has released three five new HTC Sense apps onto Google Play - HTC BlinkFeed, HTC Service Pack, HTC Guide,
Mar 20, 2014
Android devices are filled with a plethora of features that you will gradually discover as you spend more time exploring the device. Nevertheless, it is always a good idea to give beginners some pointers so
Feb 5, 2014
It's that time of the month again, Google has updated Android's platform distribution numbers earlier today. The latest numbers reveal that the adoption rate of Android 4.4.x KitKat, which was released
Dec 18, 2013
Facebook is rolling out video ads that'll hit your timeline, like it or not. To help businesses prepare for this marketing opportunity, the social network has published a blog post that details how the
