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As an effort to build users’ trust on the manufacturers and their Android devices, the certification assures that the Android devices they’re purchasing are checked for compatibility and doesn’t include anything malicious. Google says they make sure that Android phones and tablets from their certified device partners stick to Android’s security and permissions models. By running hundreds of tests, the company tries to eliminate the possibility of the devices carrying malware or some adulterated version of pre-installed Google apps. How to check if you have a certified Android device? To spot a certified Android at a retail store, according to an earlier  blog post by Google, the certified devices would carry a Google Play Protect logo on the packaging. If you already own an Android phone and want to check whether it’s a certified Android device, you can do so within the Google Play app. Go to Google Play > Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the...

In a blog post, Will Norris, a software engineer at Google's Open Source Programs Office, wrote: "Free and  open-source software has been part of our technical and organizational foundation since Google's early beginnings . And now, 18 years after Google was founded, Google has launched  opensource.google.com . This site "ties together all of our initiatives with information on how we use, release, and support open source". Why is Google doing this? To quote the site, "Google believes that open source is good for everyone. By being open and freely available, it enables and encourages collaboration and the development of technology, solving real world problems." This is not a source-code site, such as  GitHub . Instead, it's a master directory to Google's open-source projects. But, it's more. Norris explained that it's a "look under the hood at how we 'do' open source". When Norris says that, he means it. ...

Earlier this month, Google started rolling out Google Assistant on millions of Android smartphones. For those who don’t know, Google assistant was first released in October 2016 with its new Pixel and Pixel XL smartphone. Back then, Google firmly said that Google Assistant will be limited to Pixel phones, but it isn’t the case anymore. Google Assistant could be seen as an advanced and more refined version of Google Now. Now it’s available on any Android device that’s running Android Marshmallow or Android Nougat.So, how to get Android Assistant on your Android smartphone right now? In the steps mentioned below, I’ll be outlining the complete method in simple points. Get Android Assistant On Your Android Phone 1. Make sure that your phone is compatible As said above, your smartphone must be running Android 6.0 Marshmallow or Android 7.0 Nougat. This is the primary requirement for getting and enabling Google Assistant on your smartphone. Just in case you’re running some ol...

Google is bringing a suite of new features to the Android version of its Gboard keyboard, including a Google Translate integration that will translate any text you type into a desired language in real time. This feature expands upon the company’s Now on Tap translation integration from last year that lets users hold down the home button to translate any screen of foreign text. This presents all sorts of opportunities for near-instant cross-lingual communication — or just trolling your friend by seamlessly switching to a language neither of you understand. Either way, it sounds like it could be a hugely beneficial new feature for what is already one of the best custom keyboards on mobile. (It’s unclear whether this feature will work for every one of the more than 100 languages Google Translate supports in one fashion or another.) Now, instead of typing out a message and translating it after the fact with Now on Tap, or inputting text into Google’s dedicated Translate ap...