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Google Begins Android Nougat Launch

by Tom Allen

Google has begun to roll out Android 7.0 to its Nexus devices (excluding the Nexus 5 and earlier products). This version of the software adds new personalisation options, improved battery management and multitasking, as …

Tags:Android| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Google Yet to Release Fast Play feature

by Milos Pavlovic

A report by Android Police indicates that Google will roll out a Fast Play feature for its Chromecast device, which will make videos load instantly. Google announced the Chromecast 2 in September 2015 (Second-Gen …

Google Scraps Headset – Or Does It?

by Tom Allen

Sources speaking to Recode have said that Google has cancelled the development of a standalone VR headset. The company declined to comment on the move, but Recode speculates that the decision comes from Google’s …

Tags:Google| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Rumour: Google Developing Own-Brand Watches

by Tom Allen

The watches will apparently look similar to Motorola’s Moto360Android Police says that Google is producing its own smartwatches, potentially under the Nexus brand, with its own digital assistant built in. One larger model (codenamed …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Google Brings Web to VR

by Tom Allen

The latest builds of Google Chrome Beta and Google Chrome Dev on Android show that Google is working to bring virtual reality to the web. Chrome Beta now contains a WebVR setting, which enables …

Scala Extends Google Support

by Tom Allen

Scala has certified AOpen’s Chromebase and Asus’ Chromebit computers, as being suitable to display dynamic digital solutions built on the Scala platform. Both products were tested in areas such as media compatibility; performance under …

Google Moving to Hardware

by Tom Allen

A Google-branded smartphone is in the works, according to the Telegraph. Designing its own hardware, as Microsoft found, would give Google more control over all aspects of the design – not just the Android …

Tags:Google| Manufacturing| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Project Tango Coming This Year – With Lenovo

by Tom Allen

Just after meeting with Lenovo at CES 2016, we were told that the company would be producing the first Project Tango smartphone for Google (Lenovo Deluge Led by OLED Notebook). Project Tango is a …

Google Creates Wall With Almost 6,000 Touch Points

by Tom Allen

Google has developed new digital signage software for unusual video walls, which is available now as an open source project. AnyPixel.js can make pixels out of just about anything, from light boxes to balloons; …

Google Supports Streaming on Fiber

by Tom Allen

Google is to integrate its Cast technology into the Fiber TV STB in the US. Google Fiber customers can use the IPTV service. Google Cast will be rolled out to all subscribers in the …

Tags:Google| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| Vol 23 - Issue 22

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 21

by Tom Allen

The 6000 series of TVs that Philips will launch this year (Ambilux Coming to Philips This Year) will use the Google Cast protocol. 43″, 49″, 55″ and 65″ sizes will be available. Unusually, the …

What Happens Next in UK TV?

by Tom Allen

The second panel of the day was called ‘What happens next in the UK TV market?’ It was moderated by Ed Corn, an associate director at MTM. Speakers were Sascha Prueter (head of Android …