Neptune Duo – A Smartwatch Having Lollipop OS and Many Features

For users, the prices of wearable devices are higher than the features they provide. The problem is that the screens of such devices are so small that they can only be used for notifications checking which can also be done simply by taking mobile-phone out of pocket. Other than that wearable gadgets require connection with smartphones.

A mixture of smartphone and smartwatch was introduced by two different companies Samsung and Neptune. The Korean Giant introduced Gear S while the less popular Neptune brought in its Pine.

Both gadgets consist of smartphone-oriented OS; the Gear S uses Tizen while Pine runs on Android 4.1. The devices of both companies have bigger screens and have excessive hardware, which match with the level of smartphones.

It has been said that smartwatches can support SIM card and are able to connect to internet alone, also the devices can make calls, whereas Pine supports a front and back camera.  The display of Gear S is 2-inch with 300 mAh battery while the Pine has a battery of 810 mAh with a 2.4-inch display, which make both of the gadgets bigger than usual devices but still both have small batteries.

The Neptune Duo is a combination of smartwatch and remote, it’s a single unit, which requires to be attached with wearable in order to work. It provides easy navigation during interface, cameras and handset functionality.  Neptune Hub has a display of 2.4 inches and its shape is just like a band which keeps the device from looking really big.

It uses a quad-core processor with Android 5.0 Lollipop as an operating system, which is adjusted to be used on the screen of Hub. The device supports Bluetooth, GPS, LTE, NFC and Wi-Fi; it also supports handwriting on display to type messages.

Neptune Duo – A Smartwatch Having Lollipop OS and Many Features

Google’s Android Wear Lollipop Update is here with new watch faces, easier navigation, brightness boost and more

As we had reported yesterday, that Android Wear Lollipop could hit on December 10, it did. Google has announced the Lollipop update for Android Wear as rumored and it brings with it a number of features including the official Android Wear Watch Face API, better access to settings, screen brightness and much more.

Most of the rumored features have found a place in the updates such as retrieving dismissed cards, showing of recently used actions just by tapping the watch face, quick modes for screen brightness and sound and easy viewing of battery and storage information. The Sunlight mode will increase the brightness to a maximum while the theater mode will keep the screen off and mute the vibrations.

There are some new changes too, that were not included in the rumors. One is the change in the action carried out with the swipe-down gesture. Earlier, a short swipe would show the date and battery info while a full swipe would mute the watch. In the new update, swiping down will show the quick settings menu that will allow you to change notifications and brightness settings. All the notifications can now be muted directly from the watch instead of the smartphone as before.

The most important in the update is the inclusion of official Android Wear Watch Face API. You can choose from a wide selection of watch faces available on Google Play and many other enhancements. Watch faces in Google Play will be available under a new section and include Pac-man, Despicable, Plants v Zoombies, Google Santa, Porche as well as those from designers like Hugh Turvey, Rebecca Minkoff, Craid Ward and many more. Android Wear app in the smartphone will also be updated to make it easy for browsing, downloading or swapping watch faces.

The new Watch Face API will be available to developers who can create more watch faces. Google recommends developers to update their apps on Google Play only after the roll out of Android Wear 5.0 API 21 OTA is over because otherwise a watch face that needs API 21 will not be visible in a watch that is running API 20. Google also warns that support will be removed for watch faces not using the official API by 31 January 2015.

According to Google, both the updates will roll out over the next week. The Lollipop update will roll out for all the six Android Wear devices.

Here are a few watch faces:

 

Source Android Official Blog, Android Developers Blog

Via PhoneArena

Google’s Android Wear Lollipop Update is here with new watch faces, easier navigation, brightness boost and more

Samsung Galaxy S5 has Android 5.0!

Now here is what is new for Samsung – Samsung Galaxy S5 has Android 5.0! Android Lollipop version is the most updated and this should mean a lot of advantages for Samsung.
What are we to expect from it?

Well, Samsung basically improved a lot in the system. Korean company engineers have made efforts in incorporating the TouchWiz UI in it. And the Google’s Lollipop’s green elements that we got used to seeing were now changed into Samsung’s blue.

          

A roundup of Android L on Samsung Galaxy S5:

• It has the fingerprint lock screen similar to Galaxy Note 4’s.

• It displays new animations.

• It features a new system font as well.

• Contacts showcase an updated search box.

• The brightness slider in the notification area also gets an alteration.

• The gallery gets new filters to step up your photo viewing experience.

• A Google search bar is also available now in the Recents menu.

• “Interruptions’ is no longer in the Sound settings.

• Music, Clock and Calculator apps also got their facelift.

I’m pretty sure Samsung Galaxy S5 users can’t wait to get this update on their handsets. The good news is, it wouldn’t be long. Estimate release would be some time by the end of the year. We would be posting for updates on this news once we get it. I know you are all dying to know when is the big day for you Samsung Galaxy S5 to get its Lolipop.

Samsung Galaxy S5 has Android 5.0!

Lollipop in Samsung Galaxy S5 by December

Just few days ago, LG G3 has reported that the Smartphone will get the latest android 5.0 Lollipop update at the end of the year. Now, Samsung has also join the group of providing update of Lollipop in Samsung Galaxy S5 by December.

According to the rumor, Samsung is interested to launch the new update before LG’s latest Smartphone G3. That shows LG’s new rival will be South Korean country for the new approach in the field of upgraded operating system in December.

The development of the new operating system has not final touchup and report from Google yet. Moreover, the Lollipop variant will going to be launched soon and LG G3 and Samsung Galaxy S5 will be available for the update to the worldwide smart phones. This new update of the new software is the fastest outcome than any other past flagships of Android version.

The newly research on the lollipop in Samsung Galaxy S5 for test has started and Samsung agreed to work on this new version of operating system. However, there is no timeline from the mobile brand yet to announce. Therefore, the timeline by December can be rumored but we can only wait for the official announcement right now.

Lollipop in Samsung Galaxy S5 by December