Sony Xperia X, Xperia XA, Xperia X Performance First Look

Sony took the stage at MWC 2016 to announce the re-branding of its Xperia brand, aiming it at an ecosystem of connected devices, alongside the launch of three X smartphone series - the Sony Xperia X, Xperia XA, and Sony Xperia XA.

The three phones will be available in White, Graphite Black, Lime Gold and Rose Gold colours. They will go on sale from summer 2016 and the company is expected to reveal prices at the time of local launch. The phones will come with a range of matching style covers. We got to spend some time with three new Xperia smartphones the MWC 2016 trade show in Barcelona, and you can check out our initial impressions in the video.

Google’s Chrome OS will soon be able to run all Android apps

The Play Store is coming to Chrome OS, Google announced at its I/O developer conference today — and with that, you will soon be able to install and run virtually any Android app on your Chromebooks and Chromeboxes.

It’s no secret that Google has been working on this project for quite a while now. You were already able to run a few Android apps on Chrome OS before, too. This new project, however, uses a completely different technology. As Chrome OS director of product manager Kan Liu told me, the earliest version used ARC (the Android Runtime for Chrome) and Native Client.

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to launch on September 25, sources claim

A report from South Korea has surfaced claiming that the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 will enter mass production in June-July to be ready for a wide global release soon after its announcement at the upcoming IFA (which starts the first week of September).

Just like the Note 3 last year, the Galaxy Note 4 will be launched on September 25 globally. This info reportedly comes from multiple shareholders, who have knowledge on the matter.

The new Note is expected to have a 5.7" Super AMOLED screen with QHD resolution and will come intwo versions – a Snapdragon 805 one and an Exynos 5433 one. Both will have 3GB of RAM, 32GB storage and run Android 4.4.3 with the latest TouchWiz.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is expected to have a 16MP main camera and a 3.68MP front-facing camera (QHD = 3.68MP). Whether or not it will come in a curved-screen version and one with a three-sided screen remains to be seen.

Source (in Korean) | Via

Jelly Bean Accounts for 54% of Android Installations, KitKat Rises Slightly to 1.4%

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Meanwhile, 78 percent of Apple's mobile users are on iOS 7

Things are definitely looking up for Android. The mobile operating system can be found on a vast number of smartphones and tablets, easily eclipsing competing platforms from Apple and Microsoft. In fact, Gartner predicts that over 1.1 billion Android-based smartphones and tablets will ship this year. In addition, Google and a number of auto manufacturers are banding together to put Android inside the dash of your next vehicle.

But with so many different Android devices shipping at varying price points and in varying configurations, there’s bound to be plenty of that dreaded word that analysts like to talk about: fragmentation. In its first distribution numbers assessment released for 2014, Google shows that 54.5 percent of devices are running some version of Jelly Bean — this covers 4.1.x (which was released in mid-2012) up to the more recent 4.3 (which was released in July 2013).