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Want the best Android battery experience? Get a Galaxy S5

Rita El Khoury

Android devices' battery life had long been criticized as adequate at best, compared to iOS and even Symbian smartphones before them. That was partly due to the OS and processors not being energy-efficient, and

may be planning an Android icon overhaul

GreenBot Staff

Get The Most From Your Samsung Galaxy S5 with 16 Tips and Tricks

GreenBot Staff

The Samsung Galaxy S5 is a significant physical and figurative phone. Locked within its slightly boring plastic shell is mega-powerful hardware running the most special software from the world’s top Android manufacturer. When

Sprint Nexus 5 users first to see Android 4.4.3 update

GreenBot Staff

The much-ballyhooed-about KitKat update has arrived. Sprint announced today that it would begin rolling out the Android 4.4.3 update to the the -manufactured Nexus 5. The update page only refers to

is said to be discreetly beta-testing Chrome Remote Desktop for Android

GreenBot Staff

Android users may soon be able to access their s remotely without any extra desktop software besides ’s Chrome browser. According to GigaOM , is now testing a version of Chrome Remote Desktop for Android devices

Samsung hints at Galaxy K Zoom debut on April 29

GreenBot Staff

Samsung just released the Galaxy S5 the company is already gearing up for another mobile announcement. Early Monday morning, Samsung announced a special event to take place at the end of April in Singapore. "Kapture

Samsung Galaxy S5 review: Better, but not the best

GreenBot Staff

It feels like only yesterday that I was unboxing the Galaxy S4. I was impressed with the device, but as the year wore on I was exhausted by Samsung's habit of churning out similar-

Samsung Galaxy S5 arrives: Everything you need to know

GreenBot Staff

Today's the big day for Samsung's latest flagship phone. The Galaxy S5 is available now in 125 countries. The Galaxy S5 is a moderate upgrade over last year's Galaxy S4, with a

How to Customize Your Android System Fonts

GreenBot Staff

Dubbed Roboto, Android's default system font is what you'd expect. A custom, easy-to-read, sans-serif typeface. It works well for internal menus and app labels alike. It serves its purpose of

New Chrome for Android beta adds Chromecast support for web video, closed tab recovery

GreenBot Staff

The latest update to Chrome for Android (v35) adds a bunch of goodies to the mobile browser, including native Chromecast support. The new feature lets users send videos directly from a browser tab to 's

Five Tools for Finding, Taming, Eliminating Rogue Apps and Files

GreenBot Staff

One of the advantages of Android’s open ecosystem. Its central app repository, and the Play Store is that any developer can jump right in. Brilliant apps can be conceived and easily marketed to millions

AT&T, Sprint, Verizon disable the Galaxy S5’s download booster

GreenBot Staff

Among the many, many features of the new Galaxy S5 is something called "Download Booster." en it's enabled, the phone downloads large files (over 30MB) using both your -Fi connection cellular network at the

beefs up app verification with constant monitoring

GreenBot Staff

Android has a built-in security service, called Verify Apps, that scans apps for malware as you install them. It operates on apps you didn't download from the ay store (which have already been

How to fake the Moto X’s active notifications on your Android phone

GreenBot Staff

The Motorola Moto X's always-on, active notifications are reason enough to consider the phone as your day-to-day device, but just because you're eyeing another phone doesn't mean you have

Nikon launches Android powered Coolpix S810c smart camera

Valerie Richardson

Android smart cameras are available in abundance today, but most of them either compromise on quality or ease of use. However, renowned camera manufacturer Nikon plans to fix that with its new Android powered Coolpix

bakes Chromecast-style Sonos support into ay Music

GreenBot Staff

On Thursday morning, Sonos announced a duet made in streaming music heaven: Deep, intertwined ay Music Sonos home audio equipment integration. ay Music for Android is being updated to allow listeners to easily push music

Tired of tweaking your home screen? Aviate wants to do the thinking for you

GreenBot Staff

There seems to be no end to the number of home screen launchers for Android devices. Most of them focus on adding an extensive amount of customization, letting you tweak the home screen its icons

oject Ara steps closer to reality as doles out Module Development Kits

GreenBot Staff

at if you could swap out parts customize your phone the way you wanted to? That's what is working on: a smartphone hardware platform called oject Ara based on modular, upgradeable, hot-swappable components—