September 14th, 2010 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
[This post is by Mike LeBeau, the Tech Lead and architect behind Voice Actions. — Tim Bray]We recently launched Voice Actions in the new Google Voice Search for Android — an awesome new way to search, control, and communicate on your …
September 14th, 2010 | by Heaven | published in Google Mobile
Many of you have searched the web by speaking since the launch of voice search in 2008. In fact, one in every four searches from an Android phone in the US is by voice. In certain situations, voice search just works much better than typing. It’s a lo…
September 13th, 2010 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
The recent announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Tab should be a wake-up call for Android developers. What’s scary is that we’ve never seen a screen like this on an Android device before. What’s reassuring is that most apps Just Work (in fact, a lot…
September 9th, 2010 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
[This post is by Dan Morrill, Open Source & Compatibility Program Manager. — Tim Bray]Android has an API for accessing a variety of sensor types, such as an accelerometer or light sensor. Two of the most commonly-used sensors are accelerometers a…
September 9th, 2010 | by Chris Nguyen | published in Google Mobile
Whether you’re going for an urban hike or wandering from your hotel to find that restaurant you passed earlier, you won’t have to flag down a local if you’ve got Google Maps for mobile 4.5 on Android. Maps already had Navigation and walking direc…
September 2nd, 2010 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
[This post is by Dan Morrill, Open Source & Compatibility Program Manager. — Tim Bray]Way back in November 2007 when Google announced Android, Andy Rubin said “We hope thousands of different phones will be powered by Android.” But now, Andro…
September 1st, 2010 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
[This post is by Trevor Johns, who's a Developer Programs Engineer working on Android. — Tim Bray]The Android Market licensing service is a powerful tool for protecting your applications against unauthorized use. The License Verification Library (LV…
August 30th, 2010 | by Heaven | published in Google Mobile, Youtube
By now, some of you may have noticed our new Google Mobile YouTube channel, with a fresh look that includes a video box that rotates along multiple axes (we love the Rubik’s Cube here at Google). As you click on and discover more videos, we hope you
August 24th, 2010 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
It’s been reported that someone has figured out, and published, a way to hack some Android apps to bypass our new Android Market licensing server. We’ll be saying more on this, but there are a few points that deserve to be made right now:The licens…
August 23rd, 2010 | by Ryan Pollock | published in Google Mobile
Ever missed an appointment or important email because you were away from your desk? Now Google Mobile App can help with push notifications from your Google account to your iPhone — an icon badge shows you’ve got new mail in Gmail, and Google Calend…
August 20th, 2010 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
A couple of weeks ago, we arranged that registered developers could buy an unlocked Nexus One via their publisher page in Android Market. We think it’s a good development platform and a nice phone. Apparently, you agree. Somewhat too many of you, in …
August 19th, 2010 | by Chris Nguyen | published in Google Maps, Google Mobile
Almost five years ago, we launched Google Maps for mobile to help you get where you needed to go from your phone instead of a paper map. Today, more than 100 million people a month are now using Google Maps for mobile to get from point A to point B, f…
August 18th, 2010 | by Heaven | published in Google Mobile
In April 2009, we announced a new version of Gmail for mobile for iOS and Android. Among the improvements was a complete redesign of the web application’s underlying code, which allows us to more rapidly develop and release new features that users have…
August 16th, 2010 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
And the answers to them, posted here and there by senior Android engineers.How much memory is my app using?Over at Stack Overflow, our own Dianne Hackborn takes this up in detail. There’s no simple answer, but Dianne does offer lots of useful informat…
August 12th, 2010 | by Ryan Pollock | published in Google Mobile
(cross-posted with the Official Google Blog)Our mobile phones have become modern-day Swiss Army knives. An Android phone is a handheld computer, a music player, a notepad, a GPS navigation unit and more, all rolled into one sleek device that fits in y…