Page 42 - Play Services News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

minute read Share this article: A never-before-seen malware-dropper, Clast82, fetches the AlienBot and MRAT malware in a savvy Google Play campaign aimed at Android users. A malware dropper that paves the way for attackers to remotely steal data from Android phones has been spreading via nine malicious apps on the official Google Play store, according to researchers. The malware is part of a campaign aimed at lifting victims’ financial information, but which also allows eventual takeover of mobile phones, according to Check Point Research. The dropper, dubbed Clast82, was disgu...

Google ARCore Can Now Support Dual Camera Setup With Latest Update Google ARCore will now use two cameras instead of one for Playground By Satvik Khare | Updated: 2 March 2021 15:50 IST Pixel 4 and 4XL will support Google ARCore’s new feature Highlights New features for developers to monitor performance Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL first to get Google's new feature Google's ARCore software developer kit (SDK) will allow phones to use physical objects in a virtual reality setup to create a mixed reality situation using the phone's processors, motion sensors, light sen...

Google improves its ARCore with new dual-cam support! The update expects to provide a better sense of depth in augmented reality. Is it now on par with Apple's LiDAR tech on iPhone 12?

Sleep tracking apps on Android will soon use less power Android apps that have to run in the background like sleep-trackers have had a rough time. Among other things, they suffer inconsistent and unreliable background app limitations across different Android versions, which can interfere with how the apps work at a very fundamental level. This doesn't fix  that issue, but today Google is rolling out a specific API just for those apps, letting them pull sleep duration data right from the system itself. The API is built into the existing Activity Recognition suite, which (if you allow it) can ...

Battery life has been an Android bugbear for years. While Google has made some significant changes to its mobile OS to improve things (with success, I'd argue), many popular smartphone makers still feel the need to take further steps to enhance longevity — and it's coming at a cost. Many go above and beyond the battery life enhancements featured in so-called "stock" Android, and frequently these alterations cause problems, resulting in issues ranging from delayed notifications, to prematurely killed apps, and even outright breaking behaviors that developers rely on. In fact, the lack of pre...