Google Working on a Third Device codenamed “taimen", Larger Than Pixel XL

 By Vaibhav Jain on March 16, 2017       

2017 Google Pixel rumors have been surfacing over the last couple of months and many of those rumors have been consistent across multiple reports. However, a new report from the Droid-Life claims that Google is working on a third Smartphone, which will be larger than the current Google's Pixel XL.

Yesterday, a report confirmed that the 2017 Google Pixel will be codenamed "Walleye" and the 2017 Pixel XL will be codenamed "Muskie", but it seems that Google is also working on a third larger Smartphone under codename "taimen." The report also claims that the phone will have a bigger screen than "muskie" and "walleye."

Rick Osterloh (Google's head of hardware) has already confirmed that the second-generation Google Pixel(s) will be released this year. If the rumors are true, we might see two Pixel Phones and a Larger (maybe Nexus) Phone this year.

Source: Droid-Life | Image: Crunk C

[Update] Some Nexus 6 users receiving Android 7.0 OTA on top of 7.1.1 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 By Vaibhav Jain on March 16, 2017       

Few months ago, Google announced Android 7.1.2 update for selected Nexus and Pixel devices and you may have noticed that the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 were both not listed because Google won't be pushing further system updates to these devices.



Google guarantees Android system update for two years, so Android 7.1.1 is marked the end for the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9. Now, Some Nexus 6 users on reddit are now receiving Android 7.0 OTA on top of Android 7.1.1 Nougat, Sounds weird? Here's the proof-

After Android 7.0 Update downgrade, the Nexus 6 users are facing various issues including Force Stop and App crashes. 

Phone app and acore keep force closing to the point to where the phone is unusable, I managed to make it to Update in settings and it shows a 56.1 Mb update for March security patches but the spam force closing won't let it. Gonna have to side load from the images on Google's site. - reddit user B_Stache

That said, if you have downgraded/updated your Nexus 6 to 7.0 via OTA, you should sideload Android 7.1.1 Image right away. Google has yet to announce anything official on the matter

Source: Reddit

Update: A Google employee has responded to the reddit thread, here's what he said:-

There was a recent OTA update for Android 7.0 that is causing confusion for some Nexus 6 users. For those of you that want to guarantee future OTA updates, you will need to get back on the 7.0 supported track. If you are experiencing issues after accepting the 7.0 update, please factory reset your device to help resolve any problems.
For any Nexus 6 users that want to continue flashing/sideloading future builds, you can stay on 7.1.1 and continue to do so.

Moto G4 Play gets new update with February 2017 Security patch

 By Vaibhav Jain on March 16, 2017       

Moto G4 Play is among the list of devices which will be getting Android 7.0 Nougat update Officially. Motorola has already started rolling out Nougat to several devices, but it haven't reached the Moto G4 Play yet.

Now, Motorola is rolling out a new Software update with the February Security Patch, bug fixes and Stability improvement for the Moto G4 Play in Brazil.

If you haven't got the notification of this new software update yet, Just go to Settings > About Phone > Software updates, Just accept and It will automatically start downloading the latest updates. The update will take around 10-15 minutes to get Installed on your device.

Source: Motorola | Via: Google+

OnePlus announces limited "Colette Edition" version of OnePlus 3T

 By Vaibhav Jain on March 15, 2017       

The company started teasing a new device color back from last week, and now the Company has officially unwrapped the limited edition "Colette Edition" version of OnePlus 3T.

OnePlus 3T colette edition is the latest edition to the OnePlus family. With Matte Black color, the device comes only in 128GB Storage option. It costs 479 Euros and will go exclusively on sale at colette in Paris. Few first buyers will also receive a free pair of OnePlus Bullets to go along with their device.

OnePlus has only 250 colette edition in store, you can grab one at at colette in Paris on 21st of March at 11AM.

Source: OnePlus

2017 Google Pixel Phones to be codenamed “Muskie” and “Walleye”

 By Vaibhav Jain on March 15, 2017       

The Nexus line (and now Pixel) has a long history of fish or aquatic life inspired device codenames, and the same have an equally long history of getting leaked via rumors and AOSP commit comments.

According to Android Police, the codenames for the 2017 Pixel devices are “Muskie” and “Walleye”. Walleye being the Smaller Pixel device while Muskie will be the larger one. Confirming the codename, Walleye has already made its way to the AOSP gerrit.

We already have several rumors going on for the Next-Gen Google's Pixel, catch them here.

Source: Android Police | AOSP | Image: Deepal Pallav