There’s a lot of Android news every week, and we don’t always get to cover everything, so here’s a quick rundown on what you might have missed over the past few days.
- SwiftKey beta adds personalization options from Google+ and Evernote
- A great keyboard gets better
- Emoji is now presented more organically within the app
- SwiftKey now learns from your Evernote and public Google+ posts (opt-in)
- Skype for Android is now much better on battery
- The company has made incredible strides in battery efficiency
- Users can now safely keep the app connected at all times without worrying about drain
- Group chat notifications are off by default, but can be turned back on
- A fix has been issued for a background camera process eating up battery life on Android 4.4
- More improvements to come for the VoIP king
- Google Play Services 4.3 rolling out to Android devices now
- Adds the Play Games enhancements previously announced
- Improves the Drive API for third-party devs
- Adds Google Analytics and Tag Manager into the Android framework
- As suspected, Qualcomm will be powering the first generation of Android Wear devices, including the G Watch and Moto 360
- Google is likely going to integrate Voice into Hangouts in the next few months
- Paranoid Android’s newest feature, Peek, mimics Moto X’s Active Notifications
- Threes is still amazing, and has rocketed to the top of the Paid Apps chart
