Jun 26, 2013
Generally to gain root access on an Android device, you will need to unlock its bootloader. While the steps are pretty simple, it is an added inconvenience for newbies. Every once in a while, a
Jun 25, 2013
We're pleased to announced the very first (hopefully of many?) giveaways on Android Beat. The developers of CSR Racing were nice enough to reach out to us and offer you, our readers, the chance
Jun 19, 2013
Last week, Apple unveiled iOS 7, the next generation mobile operating system for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch - with a completely revamped UI and features such as an enhanced Notification center and Control center. None
Twitter is, hands down, my favorite web service. I'm reluctant to call it a social network, because to me it implies that you're somehow using it talk to people. Most Twitter users are
Jun 17, 2013
One of they key advantages of Android's openness is that you can completely change the look of the OS by simply using a launcher. There are thousands of third party launchers available on the
Jun 15, 2013
With the Galaxy Nexus, Google ditched capacitive/physical keys in favor of an on-screen navigation bar. Since then, apart from the Nexus devices, only some Motorola and Sony handsets use on-screen buttons. While
Jun 6, 2013
As a geek, it is my dream that one day I use my phone for trivial tasks like locking/unlocking the doors of my house, toggling the states of the lights or the music system
Jun 2, 2013
Yesterday, we posted some screenshots and information about the changes that HTC has made in the Android 4.2.2 update for the One. Now, less than 24 hours later, two of the most popular
Jun 1, 2013
Up until now not much information was available about the upcoming Android 4.2.2 update for the Sense variant of the HTC One. Rumors had suggested that the update should roll out within a
May 30, 2013
Sony, today, announced that it has started rolling out the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update for the Xperia S, SL and the acro S. The update comes after numerous delays from Sony, and
May 29, 2013
Verizon Galaxy S3 owners, here is some news to brighten up your day. The big red carrier will soon start pushing a major update for your handset that will enable multi-window mode, and bring
May 27, 2013
In Android 4.2, Google updated the AOSP keyboard to include gesture typing. Gesture typing is similar to Swype or Swiftkey's Flow that allows you to glide your fingers over characters to create words,
May 26, 2013
Samsung might not be a developer community favorite, but gaining root access on its devices has been particularly easy. However, with the Galaxy S4 things are a bit different this time. Gaining root access on
May 25, 2013
It was widely expected that Google would be releasing Android 4.3 and re-designed Gmail app for Android at the recently concluded I/O. After all, for how long will Google let iOS users
May 24, 2013
An XDA member has managed to get his hands on a Nexus 4 running a development build of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. chaleen managed to get his hands on the black Nexus 4 running
I'm going to get a lot of hell for saying this, but screw it: I think the last cool thing Google did was to integrate their translation service into Chrome. That was in early
May 23, 2013
Over the last couple of weeks, all the popular browsers for Android - Chrome, Firefox and Opera - received major updates. The Opera web browser based on the Webkit engine finally came out of beta earlier this
May 21, 2013
Opera made a lot of people angry earlier this year when they said they were going to stop working on their own web rendering engine and instead switch to WebKit. Personally, I didn't see
