Google Releases Android Distribution Numbers for January 2016

It’s that time of the month again and we have some new information about the percentage of people using various versions of Android. Google says that Marshmallow is up to 0.7% while Lollipop has grown to 32.6% of the overall user base. KitKat is now at 36.1% and Jelly Bean is sitting at 24.7%. Lastly we have Froyo, Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich pulling in those last few percentages.

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NVIDIA Confirms Android 6.0 Marshmallow for the Original Shield Tablet

NVIDIA has just started rolling out Android 6.0 for the Shield TV, but some other customers were wondering if the original Shield Tablet would receive the update. Thankfully an NVIDIA representative responded to this question on Twitter and said that they were definitely working on it. They said we should expect to see news about this update “early” this year.

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Moto X Play is Now Receiving Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update in India & Brazil

Motorola started a soak test for Android 6.0 on the Moto X Play back in December in certain regions around the world. It seems the soak test went through without a hitch as users are starting to report official OTA updates (with the same build number) are being pushed to their devices now. Right now, we’re seeing reports about this in both India as well as Brazil.

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Qualcomm Announces aptX HD Technology for Hi-Resolution Wireless Audio

Qualcomm has just announced a new technology they have been developing that enables hi-resolution audio to be played over a wireless connection. They are calling this aptX HD and this audio will be played over a Bluetooth connection. This enhanced codec enables 24-bit music quality compared to what people are used to (16-bit) and this solution is said to produces less distortion as well.

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New Balance Partners with Intel to Launch an Android Wear Smartwatch in 2016

New Balance has just announced a partnership with Intel in an effort to bring an Android Wear sports smartwatch to market this year. The companies have been quiet about most of the details but did mention that it would include GPS and could play music without being tethered to the smartphone.

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