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By HIGHLIGHTS These drivers will be backwards compatible with older Snapdragon chipsets. NNAPI updates should boost the performance of on-device machine learning applications. Qualcomm will push regular Neural Network API updates via Google Play Services Qualcomm has partnered with Google to provide regular Neural Network API (NNAPI) updates to Android phones. These updates will be pushed via Google Play Services and install in the background, similar to GPU driver updates that Qualcomm first announced in late 2019. The good thing is that these NNAPI drivers will also be compatible with...

May 7th, 2021 When the sanction hammer was dropped on Huawei, forcing it to change course in terms of using Android, the company opted to create a fork of Android called HarmonyOS. This uses the company’s own services for things like an App Store and integrating other features without using Google’s version of Android. The company has released its first phone with HarmonyOS, but if a new rumor is to be believes, more companies could turn to Huawei for software. Google’s version of Android dominates the market, bringing in a whopping 87% market share. However, outside of Google’s Pixe...

Will Google's first smartphone chip be any good? We asked the experts News that Google's long-awaited custom-made chipset "Whitechapel" may show up in the Pixel 6 still has us excited. It's been so long since we've had something other than a Snapdragon, MediaTek, or Exynos in a smartphone, but there are are many questions over what we can and should expect from Google's first custom smartphone system-on-a-chip. Diving into last year's leaked specs and speaking to some analysts, we do have a few expectations before the Pixel 6 lands in our hands. Before we go any further, I should point out: e...

Google Accidentally Outed Upcoming Devices Via ARCore Support Docs Advertisement Advertisement Google ARCore certification documentation outed at least a few as-yet-unannounced devices over the weekend. That's according to recent reports, noting which devices were added to support prior to being removed again from the support list. The removal, conversely, likely comes down to the phones not being announced yet. So the devices will still likely support ARCore when they are announced. What devices did Google divulge via ARCore docs and which of those were outed? In total, Google added no few...

The LG Stylo 7, Samsung Galaxy A52, Galaxy A72, and others were revealed when Google updated its list of supported ARCore smartphones.