If you own a Samsung Galaxy S III on US Cellular, you’re in luck. Right after the last of the four major carriers updated their S III to Jelly Bean, regional carrier US Cellular joins the ranks. Starting Friday, the Galaxy S III will be receiving an update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. With Jelly Bean, you get wonderful additions such as Google Now,… Read more
Verizon may be the last of the big four carriers to announce their Galaxy S III Jelly Bean update, but it’s finally here. Their Galaxy S III will be getting the update tomorrow, and will roll out over the next week or so. With Jelly Bean, you get Project Butter (which makes a good difference in UI smoothness), Google Now, expandable notifications,… Read more
Google appears to be working on bringing Android’s Google Now app to our desktops. The information was leaked through a recent code revision, revision 171868, on the Chronium project. The revision stated that there is a ‘skeleton’ framework for showing Google Now cards via the Google Chrome browser. The project is still in its early stages, but when the… Read more
Google Search has been updated on the Play Store today, and it brings some cool new stuff to Google Now. There are a few new cards, such as: Events nearby Suggestions to help with research Boarding passes from Gmail (at the moment it’s limited to United, but will be expanded) Search by camera when at museums or shops Weather at a travel… Read more
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 is now receiving its Jelly Bean update. While it is only 4.1.1, it’s still a significant upgrade over ICS. With Jelly Bean, you get Google Now (an app I find myself using more and more as time goes on), Project Butter, and many other new features and changes. It’s definitely a good update, no matter how you look at it…. Read more
Verizon announced that the Jelly Bean update for the DROID RAZR HD and the DROID RAZR MAXX HD would be rolling out “next week,” but they didn’t mention when. Surprisingly, next week did not mean delayed as long as possible. The update is rolling out today to all DROID RAZR HD and MAXX HD users! The update will be a 276MB download, and will add… Read more
Apple received great praise when it unveiled Siri alongside the iPhone 4S, but that’s old news by now. What is new is Google Now, one of the biggest highlights of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. When Google decided to make a better voice input method, they didn’t just try to copy what Apple did; the innovated. Instead of creating another “personal assistant,”… Read more
The following post has enough unconfirmed information to call for a well emphasized “rumor” warning to everyone before reading, but we’re confident enough in our friends at Androidandme to say that there is probably some truth to what they’ve uncovered in Android 4.2, Google’s next-generation of Android. First things first, comes word about a new… Read more
For those who currently have Jelly Bean on their device, a nice update to Google Now has just been released in the Play Store. This latest update brings in a whole host of new features such as movie features so you can look up showtimes and buy tickets and it will also give you notifications about movies when it thinks you need them. Another addition is… Read more
Since the release of Android 4.1, the folks from Mountain View have continued to iterate on their entirely-new informative Google Now “platform”. The card-like interface that is seen within the new Google Search and Google Now apps on Jelly Bean is now transitioning into the company’s other mobile offerings. Today, popular “interactive answer” cards… Read more
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