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Friday, August 26, 2016
Huawei Signs a Partnership Deal with Truecaller
Huawei and Truecaller have come to an agreement where they will pre-install its app on future Huawei phones sold across the U.S., Middle East, North Africa, South East Asia and India. This, of course, will begin with the company’s upcoming flagship, the Honor 8, but it can be uninstalled so it will not be hogging up your system resources.
Android 7.0 Build Runs on the Raspberry Pi 3
Some nexus devices haven’t even received their Android 7.0 OTA update and yet there’s already a build available for the Raspberry Pi 3. The build looks stable, and the only issue we’re shown in the video is the Settings page crashing when you try to go into the About Tablet section. They’ve even got the source code available right here on GitHub.
Google is Shutting Down its Device Assist App
Google launched their Device Assist application back in 2014 as a way for Android One, Nexus and Google Play Edition devices to troubleshoot issues and receive various Android tips. It’s unclear why the company is making this change (although it’s likely because so few people use it), but the app is no longer available in the Play Store and it’s not displaying any tips anymore.
Taskbar Brings Partial Freeform Multiwindow to Android 7.0 Devices
With Android 7.0 Nougat, OEMs can decide if they want to enable freeform multiwindow mode on their devices with larger screens. This can also be done with ADB or modifying the /system partition, but now a free app can help enable it too. It’s just an incredibly easy solution for those who don’t want to deal with ADB or root modifications.
Samsung Discloses the Exynos M1 Architecture
Months before the release of the Galaxy S7, rumors seemingly confirmed Samsung was working on custom CPU cores for their latest Exynos SoC. After all this time, the company has revealed the architecture under the Samsung M1 CPU. From branch prediction to a 96 entry reorder buffer, and how it handles L1/L2 cache. We finally learn how the M1 differs from other mobile chips on the market.