The exhibition Mobile Choice Consumer Awards 2017 in which the best smartphones of the past year were selected, the smartphone Samsung Galaxy S8 received the championship in the class of flagships. Among the middle classes of smart phones, the championship was won by Huawei Honor 9, smartphone Motorola Moto E4 won in the class of budget smartphones.Apple Watch 2 became the winner of wearable devices.

Samsung has today launched a global update of last year”s Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge to the latest version of Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow operating system. At the same time, Galaxy S6 Edge Plus also has begun to receive a new firmware, but so far only in South Korea. It is worth noting that we are talking only about the unlocked version without committing to mobile operators. Most of the changes have touched not the appearance of the system, and optimization and software. Updates brought Doze mode, saving battery power when your device is idle and Now On Tap function.In the case of the Galaxy S6 Edge and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus lateral width of the screen when called up from the pixels 260 to 540. This means that there can now display more content and useful information. Samsung has also increased the speed of its opening, smooth and precise response. Also, now more and more applications support side screen.

The other day, there was an exact date for the release of the new version of Android, namely August 21. According to the developers, the new system will acquire many additional innovations, such as limiting background applications, revised and improved new notifications, as well as a new technology will be added that can recognize screen gestures.

A fresh preview version of Android P removed the possibility of installing on its smartphone its themes. It would seem, a trifle, but this circumstance so did not like the users that they literally showered Google with requests to return everything as it was. The search giant was forced to comment on this decision implemented in the system.”OMS is seen as a tool for device manufacturers and is not intended to add themes. However, we do not exclude that adding your own topics is an important option for some clients, so we will continue to listen to your opinions with interest, “the press center of Google said.Recall, in Android 8.0 Oreo could without root

According to Google representatives, the new version of the system should be released before the third quarter of this year. However, the company itself has issued an exact release date. At the event “Hey Google” on one of the slides viewers were accidentally shown the date of September 8. Soon the video of this presentation was hidden, but by that time numerous screenshots of the video had already been taken.The main innovations of the 11th version of the OS will be management of the smart home with a special section in the smartphone shutdown menu, simplified work with messengers and their notifications, the ability to videotape the screen and some others. The focus is on improving the functionality and performance of the system.So far the company has not commented in any way on the release date.

Apparently, soon the information on updating the mobile system will be located in a separate menu of the company store Google Play. At least, programmers found information about this update in the program code of the newest version of the store.The importance of operational updates is difficult to overestimate, because in it the developer “patches” all found gaps in the security of the device, and at the same time improves its speed and expands its functionality. The only problem is that at the moment many users cannot regularly update the mobile system because they simply do not notice the corresponding message and do not know where to look for it.It is also possible that Google will simply associate its services with the update of Android.