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Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 Android 5.1 Update Guide, Problems, Fixes and OTA

The Android 5.1 update promises a range of enhancements but Nexus users may have a different opinion. According to recent reports, despite the interesting features of the Android 5.1 firmware, many Nexus users have been experiencing problems with it. One of the most persistent and frequently cited problems is the memory leak issue causing apps to crash and memory to drain. Google did confirm a fix is on its way but may require users to have more patience.
Android Auto to arrive in Brazil in 2015

Android Auto product manager Daniel Holle told Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo that the launch is planned for later in the year, however a specific date is yet to be defined as car manufacturers still need time to integrate the software to their vehicles.
Google’s Cloud Console for Android lets you manage your App Engine projects on the go
Google's App Runtime for Chrome to bring native Android apps to Chromebooks
WhatsApp for Android now allows all users to make voice calls, iOS coming soon
WhatsApp Android App Now Has Free Voice Calling For Everyone
WhatsApp for Android now offers voice calling to all users
Facebook's WhatsApp for Android Serves Up Voice Calls

Back when Facebook announced its acquisition of WhatsApp for $16 billion last year, some people were scratching their heads at why WhatsApp would command that price. According to Sequoia Capital: "By using the Internet as its communications backbone, WhatsApp has completely transformed personal communications, which was previously dominated by the world’s largest wireless carriers." The company added that WhatsApp has more than 450 million active users--nothing to shake a stick at.
Google Strategies for Automated Android UI Testing

Convinced that “whatever can be unit tested should be unit tested”, Mona El Mahdy, a Software Engineer in Test at Google, has written a blog post proposing several approaches to perform unit tests on the user interface of Android applications. Mahdy recommends Robolectric and the Android Studio Gradle plug-in for general unit testing, and Espresso or UI Automator for creating and running UI tests.
Gmail’s Android App Just Got Way Better
Google is finally starting to squash its two separate operating systems together

It's always been a little puzzling why Google had two operating systems, Android and Chrome OS. Over time, Google seems to have realized that itself, and is bringing the two closer and closer together.
T-Mobile LG G3 Android 5.0 available through update tool
Android 5.0 comes to AT&T's HTC One M8, original One
PS4 Remote Play Android Update: 60 FPS Games On Galaxy S5, LG G3, Shield Portable And More
Samsung Galaxy S6 review

The Galaxy S6 is what happens when Samsung doesn’t try to copy Apple’s phones, but instead finally tries to copy Apple’s product philosophy.
Reviewers say Samsung's Galaxy S6 tops Android heap, but S6 Edge is solution in search of problem (by pro-Apple site)
10 Things to Know About the Nexus Android 5.1 Release

Google’s Nexus Android 5.1 Lollipop update is now several weeks old. In the weeks since the start of the roll out, we’ve learned a number of new details about the company’s Nexus Android 5.1 Lollipop release. As we head into a new month, we want to take a look at everything we know, and don’t know, about Google’s Nexus Android 5.1 Lollipop update and release.
ARC Welder lets you run Android apps straight from the Chrome web browser

Android apps are the best. The only thing cooler than having them run on your phone is if you could somehow bring them to your desktop. Well, you can. Using Chrome and Google’s App Runtime for Chrome (ARC for short), developers were given the ability to port their Android apps by having them run as a Chrome app. Initially there were only 4 apps available (Duolingo, Evernote, Sight Words, and Vine), and only for Chrome OS users, although a “hack” was later discovered.

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