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  1. Android News

    Is this our first look at Google's Android without an App Drawer

    Yesterday, the Google Maps Twitter account tweeted a video showcasing some of the best features. The tweet went relatively unnoticed until people watched the first 2 seconds of the video again. In the first two seconds, the home screen used in the video shows an Android home screen with a few...
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    Android N could be getting a hamburger drawer in the settings menu

    Google seems to have accidentally leaked one of their UI tweaks for the upcoming Android N upgrade. A screenshot of a Bluetooth settings page from a developer post yesterday shows a new hamburger menu that will presumably allow you to jump to other areas of the Settings menu. This is something...
  3. Android News

    Android N may be moving away from the app drawer

    More and more evidence is stacking up that suggests the next version of Android, dubbed Android N for now, will not feature an app drawer. The newly-announced LG G5 does not feature an app drawer and while the Samsung Galaxy S7 does, there is a feature to remove it. Rumors have suggested that...
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    Will Android lose the app drawer in its next iteration?

    In an exclusive report from Android Authority, it's been stated that Google's upcoming software release, Android N, the iconic app drawer will be no more. Even though Google made changes to the app drawer with Android Marshmallow, the app drawer seems to still be a sore spot for Google...
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    Confirmed, rumored and expected features for Android N

    Kris of Android Authority has put together a list of features he believes are confirmed, rumored and expected for the upcoming release of Android N. They make a lot of assumptions in the "confirmed" list, but there have been plenty of features teased that we could see in the next version of...
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    Samsung information hints at better stylus support with Android N

    Earlier today we saw Samsung release some information about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge on its very own website. We saw some stylus features that were marked as "deprecated in N". While still speculation at this time, it could be possible that Google is baking in these stylus features...
  7. Android News

    Google will switch to OpenJDK for Java APIs in Android N

    It has been revealed that Google is ditching Oracle's standard Java APIs for Android development, and will instead look to use OpenJDK, an open source alternative that they have been helping to build. Google says the move is all about embracing the open source nature of Android, but it's likely...
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    Google Might Create an Online Poll to Decide What to Call Android N

    Sundar Pichai was recently interviewed during his trip in India and he brought up an idea about what Google will call the next version of Android. It seems that Sundar has an idea that would let the online community vote in a poll to see what the next dessert name for Android would be.