Recently introduced by Google aggregator fitness activity Google Fit is not in place and continues to evolve. And the result of this development is already available for users – update the application on Google Play.

It is reported that Google is thoroughly worked on algorithms to more accurately determine the number of steps passed by the user. We hope that this is true, previously pedometer Google Fit not extremely accurate.

In addition to walking, running and bike settings is now available in 100 new types of activities. And believe me, you should be with them at least read: among them there are such masterpieces as riding in a wheelchair, kickboxing, Frisbee or even gardening. In short, everyone can now find the activity of the soul.

However, the most important change is probably the support of new possibilities for devices running on Android Wear, although these features and are still “experimental.”

Now “smart” watches can count steps, even when they are not connected to the smartphone. The device will remember your own activity and synchronize the data with the Fit next time you connect to the phone. This would be particularly important for owners of large smartphones, which is inconvenient to take with you on a run, for example, that is, for almost all.

In Google Fit adds support for manual input of more than 100 new actions

Google introduced a fitness platform Google Fit in the summer of this year at the annual presentation of the Google I / O 2014. With the release of the new version of the operating system Android 5.0 Lollipop held and releases some new services – including Google Fit. Today, the search giant has released an update that introduces a number of new services and useful functions.

As always, of course, the new version of Android-app Google Fit receives a portion of bug fixes, but also update includes some interesting things. For example, users now have the ability to Google Fit manually enter more than 100 new actions, as well as a new experimental method of counting steps when working smart hours of battery life. You may ask how Google Fit works with smart clock. Yes, the update appears the long-awaited support for mobile platform Android Wear.

Official and a full list of changes are available below.

• Compatible with Android Wear
• The experimental method of counting steps when working hours of battery life
• Correction of errors and improve application performance

Thus, a new experimental feature counting your steps wearable device such as smart watches, when coupled smartphone will be discharged or is out of range will no doubt is a welcome change. You can check the update using our convenient Google Play button below. Also, the latest current version of the popular fitness apps for Google’s Android is already available for download on our Treshbokse.

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Update – it’s always nice, is not it? And for Android they have not yet come to an end! If you believe the rumors, the Android Lollipop can begin to come to Android Wear Lollipop – devices today. Of course, the update for portable gadgets cannot be compared with the transition from KitKat on Lollipop on smartphones and tablets, but still expect a few new features.

This is with reference to their trusted sources reported Phandroid. If their information is correct, then the update will include the following:

• Information about the battery and internal storage annex companion
• New dials with the ability to switch between them in the application of the companion and the new API, which will allow to display the weather icon on any dial
• The ability to restore the cards that the user brushed
• New fast switches for setting the brightness of the screen (normal, theater and sunny modes)
• The new settings for the visually impaired, including the size of the text, and the option to increase the color blind
• «Ok, Google» will take into account the previous Activity

In addition, it is expected a significant improvement in battery life for some gadgets that is probably the main news.

In short, we are waiting. In the meantime, tell me, do you have time to become the owner of the device running on Android Wear Lollipop?

Details about the update to Android Wear Lollipop

Google has said in his blog about the major update of Android Wear Lollipop. Starting next week the owners of smart hours on this platform will receive an update that will add their gadgets many new features. Including the replacement of the background image on the dial directly through the Play Store.

Update Android Wear is the number 5.0, and it is based on Android Lollipop. Install it can be via Wi-Fi in a few days. After the update the clock dials can be installed by third-party developers. Some will be paid, but most free. Section with them already appeared in the Play Store , here are some examples of registration:

These wallpapers are developed partners Google, but today dials for Android Wear can create anyone. The company’s website is available a special API. In Play store already has a few dials, to establish an informal, but in February they will either be translated into the official API, or removed from the store.

And this, we dare to assume only the beginning of a new milestone Android Wear on Android 5.0 Lollipop. The next year, the platform will get even more innovation.

Google released Android Wear Lollipop 5.0

Google has released a new version of the operating system for the human body wearable electronic devices. With the release of Android Wear Lollipop owners ‘smart’ hours given the opportunity to personalize the main screen of the device by means of thematic dials Watch Face.

One of the key innovations Android Wear Lollipop was the appearance of the official API to change the look of the dial. In Android Wear Lollipop weather icons have been redesigned, the menu settings and organized support display information about the weather, eliminates the tedious navigation to weather the card Google Now.

Appendix companion Android Wear Lollipop, running on a dual smartphone, learn how to display information related to the battery worn on the wrist gadget. Demonstrates forecast as to how long the smart watch worked in standalone mode, and specify which applications are running the most power consume. Companion app also displays information on the performance of flash space applications on a smart watch.

The developers have added in Android Wear Lollipop specific settings, including color inversion, larger fonts. There are new brightness setting. Enough to make a swipe down to open the menu from which to select Cinema (backlight turns off completely until you press the power button), the maximum brightness mode, silent mode and settings.

If a user accidentally brushed some of the cards with the notification that appears in the Smart hours, unable to carefully examine the contents of the notification in Android Wear Lollipop it can be brought back. The removal is performed gesture swipe up.

At the same time in the online store Google Play is a new section with thematic dials – he added a section with applications for hours on Android Wear. You will see the dozens of design options – from the characters, minions of the animated film “Despicable Me” to the brand dials from Porsche and Red Bull, from X-ray images of the famous designer Hugh Turvey before registration in the subject of the popular game Pac-Man.

Users can set the concomitant application Android Wear Lollipop, by which it will be easier to search, download and install the various dials.

Specialized platform for wearable devices Android Wear Lollipop was announced in March and released in June of this year. To date, users are six models of smart hours on Android Wear – Asus ZenWatch, LG G Watch, LG G Watch R, Moto 360, Samsung Gear Live and Sony SmartWatch 3. Updates Android Wear Lollipop, providing shift dials and a number of other new features that take into force within the next week.

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Most likely, you’re like the majority of users of the mobile operating system from Google, is still waiting for the appearance of the upgrade to Android 5.0 Lollipop for your device. The thing is that the “candy” not in a hurry to spread around the world. Lollipop did not even hit the monthly report on the prevalence of versions of “green robot” for December, which is obviously talking about insignificant percentage of devices operating under its control. Meanwhile, Google has released version Android 5.0.1.

According to Androidcentral, Google released a version of the AOSP – Android 5.0.1 release 1 build number LRX22C. Obviously, this is a minor update, which introduces only a few corrections. Nevertheless, what exactly has been changed, it is still unclear.

Members meet Nexus Android 5.0.1

To look into the help system images, published for several Nexus-devices official website Google developer. To be precise, we are talking about the Nexus 9 (Wi-Fi), Nexus July 2013 (Wi-Fi) and Nexus 10.

It is noteworthy that users Nexus 6, as well as owners of older Nexus-smartphones, “candy” not given. Perhaps the update is due solely to the tablet.

Androidauthority also suggests that this release may be the reason for the slow spread of the fifth version of Android. By analogy with how many phones missed version 4.4.3 and immediately got an upgrade to 4.4.4.

In any case, in the near future Android 5.0.1 should see more information.

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Not long ago, we reminisced about Google Glass, is not it? Meanwhile, according to the latest information, in the next year “wearable electronics of the future” will receive a regular update of iron.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Google has signed an agreement with Intel, so that next year we will be able to see on Google Glass logo «Intel Inside».

Perhaps these points will benefit because many believe that the outdated processor Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 used in the latest version of Glass, is a source of poor performance and autonomy of the device.

Google is still fighting for his life Google Glass

Of course, Intel is also may seem a strange choice. However, the company recently aggressively courted for manufacturers of mobile devices. For example, Fonepad and Transformer Book V by Asus, as well as Nokia N1 equipped with a low-power processor c Intel Atom. And besides, in September, the company introduced a processor for wearable electronics Edison.

However, despite all the improvements, the device is still in the stage of “research”, and the company continues to refer to the “smart” glasses were skeptical. Earlier, Reuters reported that 9 out of 16 developers working on applications for Google Glass, stopped work on their projects.

According to Marcus Wolsey from Wired, Google – not the manufacturer of iron. What the company understands – this software. Android takes more than 80% of the mobile market is not because Google makes a sharp smartphone that everyone wants to use it, but because the company allows you to use its operating system to other manufacturers.

Perhaps in this way should go with Google Glass. The more that is rumored to be working on similar projects underway and in the Samsung, and in Lenovo, and Huawei, and who knows where else.

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Samsung, as we know, is the largest producer of smartphones in the world. Accordingly, the majority of users waiting to upgrade your smartphone to Android operating system Lollipop, have exactly the gadget from this manufacturer. Of course, expect an update on the whole wide range of Samsung-devices would be a bit naive, but the owners of the flagships certainly entitled to rely on an update to the most shortest time.

When Samsung will update their smartphones to Android operating system 5.0 Lollipop

Earlier in our field of vision has got Samsung Galaxy S5 with installed on it Android operating system L, an example of which we are acquainted with future changes in TouchWiz. Then the sources noted that this version of the firmware is in the early stages and is not suitable for daily use.

But according to the latest information received SamMobile, Galaxy S5 will start receiving the update to Android operating system 5.0 Lollipop in December, that is, just a month after the release of the system, which, recall, is scheduled for November 3.

Needless to say, should take into account the additional delay caused by the spread fan-pack. And yet, if everything happens just the way it is for Samsung would be an excellent result.

Another company’s flagship product is the Galaxy Note 4, the start of sales of which begins on October 24. It turns an awkward situation when a consumer purchases a product for 835$, and in a week he works not on the current version of the Android operating system. Naturally, people are concerned about this issue, and Samsung, obviously, it is well understood, trying to calm them through one of the Twitter accounts of the company.

It would be logical to assume that the Galaxy S5 and Note 4 will be updated synchronously Android operating system, although it is, of course, only speculation on a given topic.

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Watch on Android Wear devices yet hardly a perfect device for them there is a lot of questions. However, Google promised to constantly improve the platform, and his words are not the company refuses.

The official blog Android update message appeared worn OS from Google, which promises us the appearance of some fitness functions.

Android Wear devices becomes useful

In particular, now on Android Wear devices gadgets will support integrated GPS-sensors that allow you to track your distance and speed of the user without the participation of the smartphone and the Bluetooth-connection of headphones and play music offline. Thus, going to the gym, the smartphone can finally leave the house, all you need is a “smart” watch.

Before that, these capabilities could boast only Samsung Gear S, running on Tizen. Now we can expect a new wave of Android Wear devices with a GPS-sensors. The first of them, by the way, promises to become Sony SmartWatch 3, which should soon appear on Google Play at a price of $ 250.

The other gadgets on the Android Wear devices should also get updated in the near future, of course, except for the support of GPS, which they simply do not have. As for not less than the expected API to create the dial side, it is still a little wait. According to the developers, the function should appear before the end of this year.

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At the conference Google I / O in the form of voice control Ok Google was given a lot of time. Service helps to drive a car without being distracted from the road, and interact with your smartphone through the clock without actually using the hands. On the eve of Google has released an update for the mobile version of Google Now.

With the upgrade to version 3.5.14 have been several important changes. First, there was a feature “History of audio”, which records your voice queries and commands. If such news from your hair stand on end from the realization of a comprehensive surveillance, read why they need it, maybe it will calm you.

Save your searches, Google Now learns to recognize your voice better, remembers your manner of pronunciation, improves the quality of speech recognition in other Google products with voice control. Your whole story is only available to you, besides, you can remove it either partially or completely. However, if you are not convinced – you can disable the feature in your Google search, the menu item “Voice Search.”

How the application works “Ok Google”

The second, and perhaps much more welcome innovation was widespread recognition of the team “Ok Google”. She now works from any application, not just from the desktop or from the Google Now, as it was previously. In addition, the team is supported and on the lock screen (not to be confused with a locked device).

To activate this function, you need to go to your Google Search – Voice Search – Recognition “Ok Google” checkmark and where you want to accept commands smartphone.

Note also the fact that even if you have already updated to version Google Search 3.5.14 – functions while they can be available to you. Google activates them remotely, and promises to provide access for all throughout the week. The only condition is Android KitKat on your device.

Does the function you? Tell us in the comments.

• Appendix: Google Search
• Developer: Google Inc
• Category: Tools
• Version: 3.5.14
• Price: Free
• Download: Google Play
• Download APK: Yandex Disk

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As we have mentioned earlier, Google never ceases to evolve Google Glass: many new frames, some of which are quite personal, and more and more applications available – what a vivid example. And now, just a day before Google I / O, they got up the next improvement.

The official account published in the Google Glass Google+ message, which says about the benefits of the research program and regular improvements smart points.

What has been updated in Google Glass

Thanks to user feedback over the past year to become available Glass lenses for vision, battery device was increased by 20%, and voice search is faster by 10%. And now get regular update points.

First of all, we note that the device will now be equipped with 2 GB of RAM instead of 1 GB previously provided, from which developers and all was available only 682 MB.

In addition, at the request of users, type a command «OK, Glass. Show finder “, which will display the border Glass photo or video frame. Users previously had not always clear what is in the frame, and what lies beyond its borders. Now this will be rectified.

Interface also adds support for two new cards Google Now: parking space and tracking parcels. In the future their number, by itself, will only continue to grow.

However, as is usually the case, it was not without a spoon of tar. If a software update is clear, the increment of memory caused a lot of questions in the comments. Be there already bought Glass upgrade? Where it can be done? Will it be free?

As you might guess, these questions remain unanswered. Remains unclear is whether this update says that Google is ready to withdraw from the stage of Glass ‘research’. However, it is worth noting that Google has previously exchanged Google Glass on an updated version for free.

In any case, as the search giant will go this time, we are likely to learn in the near future. And while you can while away the waiting watching videos with the reaction of the older generation on the Google Glass.

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Long time we did not talk about updating software, of course. Operating system does not count. But it’s nice to see that Apple is not only concerned with iOS-device and Mac, where you can earn a mountain of gold, but also, for example, the software package of iLife and iWork. Today, just for them are emphasized, as their and updated. And, it must be noted, updated quite well. Although, of course, this is not the most popular applications , but …

In general, all updated iLife suite of applications can be described with just one sentence. Since essentially only one updated design. But the new design is now not only in the application of the iLife suite for the Mac, but for iOS-devices, which is twice as nice.

Looks really cool. Particularly pleased that, for example, iPhoto attention now paid to editing photos and further “Sharing.” And in iMovie at all a new feature – iMovie Theater: creating video on one device, and it is immediately available to everyone. A sort of cloud sync. It’s great. And GarageBand now has a Drummer – drummer for creating drum tracks. In general, it is necessary to thoroughly delve into all of these applications to evaluate all the changes on the merit, because a lot of them, for which many thanks to Apple. Especially nice is that on the new Mac and iOS-devices are all available free of charge.

Applications of package iWork, ie Pages, Numbers and Keynote also received significant changes. The most dramatic change has suffered, of course, UI-design of these applications, which is not surprising: iOS 7 is sweeping the iOS-devices with incredible speed.

IWork package talked about for a long time. Again, you need to dig around and explore in detail. Generally speaking, the focus was on the design (as we have just said, and) for the convenience of editing documents, and of course, their future “card sharing”. Of course, all tied around iCloud – and Apple, and we love this cloud.

As for the price, it is all the same way as with the iLife: free on the new Mac and iOS-devices. Tale.

In general, it is necessary to observe each application individually. They have changed and very cool. Apple has taken into account all the wishes of users and did everything perfectly.

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Apple has a great but forgotten and abandoned the unit. Magic Mouse – October 2009. Magic Trackpad – July 2010. The original wired keyboard , the one that with a digital unit – August 2007. And now the end of the 2013th – the situation is “any gate”, right? Many, many people use this junk and, apparently, everyone is satisfied with the situation. Or so it seems from the outside?

Very interesting to find out and understand the reasons why the engineers in Cupertino mostly ignored the current situation with peripheral devices. And indeed there was a critical situation – here 5 or 7 years without any modifications, improvements, modifications of the software. When released the latest update for the Magic Mouse – someone will like this right in stride remember? We have to clarify: «Wirelless Mouse Software Update 1.0 (Leopard)» appeared Oct. 27, 2009. That’s all.

It is clear that the ability to work and manage the functions of such devices may be at the system level, releasing some improvements along with OS X updates and seamlessly incorporate them into the new build system, the benefit of this trend has not abandoned … But progress does not stand still, new data transfer protocols such as Bluetooth 4.0 with ultra-low power consumption. The specifications standard specifies that devices can communicate at distances up to 100 meters, to work on a small-sized batteries up to two years. So why not use such advantages in the new devices? This, for example, would get rid of archaic and, in general, heavy and awkward in terms of using batteries “AA” size. I think – well, those improvements to the demands of yourself to your Apple devices, “Just turned on – simply Using A”.

Keyboard, the one that comes bundled with the iMac, just a nightmare – I can say this with full responsibility as a person spends most of the day at the computer. Progress buttons just awful. Key sound begins to pall. The keyboard is light, moving across the surface at the most inopportune moment, rubberized feet do not save. White buttons with a rough surface soiled. The angle is such that pain in the hands and fingers and you will inevitably catch up. And the same archaic Bluetooth, inside two large batteries “AA” size (as well as in the Magic Mouse), and a wired version – outdated USB 1.1 or 2.0. By the way, on the Macbook Air and Macbook Pro keyboard as much better and more convenient for me it is almost a standard.

Of course, there are a set of alternative third-party peripheral gizmos may already standing on your desk: computer mice, keyboards, even a touch panels are easy to replace those that invites us to Apple, and perhaps they are even better for some parameters. But the time-honored dogma – “With Apple devices work well only device manufacturing Apple» still has not been canceled. Moreover, it is unclear for what reasons a company with a maniacal attention to detail misses this important layer in the line of their devices? Customer and user are ignored. So what is it – really inattention, or is it there is life in the old dog yet, and we are waiting for something new, making you say, “Wow ..” on the exhale?

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