Android Q Archives - Android Kenya https://androidkenya.com/tag/android-q/ Pure Android Passion Sun, 08 Sep 2019 12:44:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://androidkenya.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-ak_ico-32x32.png Android Q Archives - Android Kenya https://androidkenya.com/tag/android-q/ 32 32 123899007 The Counterpoint Research that ranks Tecno Mobile last in software updates couldn’t be more perfect https://androidkenya.com/2019/09/tecno-mobile-last-in-software-updates-ranking/ Sun, 08 Sep 2019 12:39:09 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=11120 A Counterpoint Research recently ranked your favorite smartphone vendor as the worst among the top 10 device makers in the world when it comes to rolling out software updates. “High-priced devices are often updated first, but having the latest software is as important to mid and low-priced products as it is to flagship devices,” says […]

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]]> 11120 Android 10 includes safeguards for when the USB port overheats or becomes contaminated https://androidkenya.com/2019/09/android-10-feature-usb-port-safeguard/ https://androidkenya.com/2019/09/android-10-feature-usb-port-safeguard/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2019 04:00:22 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=11043 Android 10 just started hitting the very first batch of devices – Google’s own Pixel smartphone and outliers like Essential’s PH-1 smartphone. While we all agree (albeit half-heartedly) that it will be a while before the upgrade becomes available for most people with current devices, we can’t wait to take the various features it ships […]

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]]> https://androidkenya.com/2019/09/android-10-feature-usb-port-safeguard/feed/ 0 11043 Android 10 brings with it 236 new emoji https://androidkenya.com/2019/09/android-10-emoji/ https://androidkenya.com/2019/09/android-10-emoji/#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2019 03:30:20 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=11047 Android users making the jump to Android 10 can expect to find lots of features. Some enhancements of old features they have used and are already familiar with. Some new features. Among the old features that have been enhanced with Android’s latest update are emoji, the most effective tools of communication for the modern-day texter. […]

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]]> https://androidkenya.com/2019/09/android-10-emoji/feed/ 1 11047 You can’t have it right away: Android 10 arrives for the privileged few https://androidkenya.com/2019/09/android-10-rolling-out/ https://androidkenya.com/2019/09/android-10-rolling-out/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2019 11:15:03 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=11021 After several months of testing, Google’s latest version of Android, Android 10, is finally rolling out. As has been the case over the years, the new software is available at first to a small subset of users that are privileged to be using Google’s own hardware, its Pixel smartphones. Android 10 is available for download […]

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]]> https://androidkenya.com/2019/09/android-10-rolling-out/feed/ 0 11021 Nokia 8.1 users can now access the Android 10 preview as an OTA update https://androidkenya.com/2019/08/nokia-8-1-android-10-beta-ota/ https://androidkenya.com/2019/08/nokia-8-1-android-10-beta-ota/#respond Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:45:01 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=10876 The Nokia 8.1, one of the best Nokia smartphones that one can buy in the country, has been part of the Android Q (now we know it’ll be known as Android 10 going forward) beta programme since the early days. Well, since Google I/O 2019 back in May. I happened to have a loaned unit […]

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]]> https://androidkenya.com/2019/08/nokia-8-1-android-10-beta-ota/feed/ 0 10876 HMD Global announces Android 10 update roadmap for its Nokia smartphones https://androidkenya.com/2019/08/hmd-global-nokia-android-10-roadmap/ https://androidkenya.com/2019/08/hmd-global-nokia-android-10-roadmap/#comments Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:40:01 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=10885 Fresh from successfully upgrading almost its entire smartphone lineup to Android Pie (only the Nokia 2 ruins this), HMD Global is on to the next one: Android 10. According to an update roadmap shared by the company’s Chief Product Officer, Juho Sarvikas, on Twitter, the very first Nokia smartphones to receive Android 10 will be […]

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]]> https://androidkenya.com/2019/08/hmd-global-nokia-android-10-roadmap/feed/ 3 10885 End of an era as Google drops Android’s dessert-inspired naming scheme https://androidkenya.com/2019/08/android-new-naming-scheme/ https://androidkenya.com/2019/08/android-new-naming-scheme/#comments Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:15:50 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=10864 Since the early days, after the alpha and beta releases, Android versions have always been named after tasty treats. Can you remember all of them? Ok, here, we’ll jog your memory: Android 1.5 – Cupcake Android 1.6 – Donut Android 2.0 – Eclair Android 2.2 – Froyo Android 2.3 – Gingerbread Android 3.0 – Honeycomb […]

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]]> https://androidkenya.com/2019/08/android-new-naming-scheme/feed/ 3 10864 These are the Huawei smartphones scheduled to get EMUI 10 (Android Q) https://androidkenya.com/2019/08/huawei-android-q-update-roadmap/ https://androidkenya.com/2019/08/huawei-android-q-update-roadmap/#respond Fri, 09 Aug 2019 14:20:33 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=10745 Android Q is upon us. Soon, the latest version of Android will be made public. As such, device makers are in a rush to make public their plans for updating the many devices they’ve released over the last year or two that will be making the jump to the latest software. One of those is […]

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]]> https://androidkenya.com/2019/08/huawei-android-q-update-roadmap/feed/ 0 10745 Report: Samsung is testing Android Q update for Galaxy S10 phones https://androidkenya.com/2019/07/report-samsung-is-testing-android-q-update-for-galaxy-s10-phones/ https://androidkenya.com/2019/07/report-samsung-is-testing-android-q-update-for-galaxy-s10-phones/#comments Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:42:50 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=10499 Samsung is never in a hurry to release major Android OS updates. Last year, the One UI beta program based on Android 9 Pie begun in November for users of Galaxy S9 and S9+. We thought that the same would be true for the One UI 2.0 beta based on Android Q for Galaxy S10e, […]

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]]> https://androidkenya.com/2019/07/report-samsung-is-testing-android-q-update-for-galaxy-s10-phones/feed/ 1 10499 Over 2 months later, still no fixes to the buggy Android Q beta for Tecno Spark 3 Pro https://androidkenya.com/2019/07/android-q-beta-for-tecno-spark-3-pro/ https://androidkenya.com/2019/07/android-q-beta-for-tecno-spark-3-pro/#comments Tue, 23 Jul 2019 09:56:25 +0000 https://androidkenya.com/?p=10271 Android Q beta update for the Tecno Spark 3 Pro arrived in May 2019, the first of its kind on a Tecno Mobile handset. It was also the first time that more than 15 non-Google devices joined the Pixels in testing the upcoming Android OS. Over two months later, though, the Chinese tech company has […]

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