Tom Dawson, Author at AndroidHeadlines.com |

For years now I've had a heavy interest in technology, growing up with 8-bit computers and gaming consoles has fed into an addiction to everything that beeps. Android saved me from the boredom of iOS years ago and I love watching the platform grow. As an avid reader and writer nothing pleases me more than to write about the exciting world of Android, Google and mobile technology as a whole.

AH Awards: Best Smartwatch 2016

Top 10 Assassin’s Creed Android Apps & Games – December 2016

Google’s Self-Driving Car Unit Becomes Alphabet’s “Waymo”

Deal: iRobot Roomba 614 Robot Vacuum $250 – 12/13/16

Android VP Says Chrome and Android to Stay Separate

The New Nokia 150 isn’t the Nokia You’re Looking For

AH Awards: Best Smartwatch 2016

It’s not been a great year for smartwatches, or perhaps more accurately it’s not been a good year for Android Wear smartwatches. Google have delayed Android Wear 2.0 until early 2017, which means new watches are unlikely to launch until Mobile World Congress comes around in February of next year. As such, the releases of […]

Top 10 Assassin’s Creed Android Apps & Games – December 2016...

For many Assassin’s Creed fans, this December is going to be a big deal for them, not just because they might get some new games or merch for Christmas, but because the beloved franchise finally hits the big screen December 14th. Rumored for years, and teased drip by drip throughout much of 2016, fans will […]

Google’s Self-Driving Car Unit Becomes Alphabet’s “Waymo”...

For some time now, Google has been working on self-driving car technology, and while there has been little in the way of big announcements for some time now, things look to be changing on that front just as we start to say goodbye to the year that has been 2016. Google has been hard at […]

Deal: iRobot Roomba 614 Robot Vacuum $250 – 12/13/16

Many of you will have already gotten their hands on the majority of the gadgets and gifts you need for this Christmas during the Black Friday sales, but there’s always time to think about yourself in all of this. What better way to treat yourself this Holiday Season than to get a robot vacuum to […]

Android VP Says Chrome and Android to Stay Separate

For as long as Chromebooks have been popular, a large portion of the Android community has been asking for Android and Chrome OS to merge into one platform. Earlier this year, we saw Chrome OS gain access to the Play Store, essentially making Chrome OS and select Chromebooks an Android device in all but name, […]

The New Nokia 150 isn’t the Nokia You’re Looking For

The Nokia saga has been one that’s been running for a few years now, and it has fascinated those of a certain age that grew up with Nokia phones, after all, they were once the iPhones of their day. We all know what happened to Nokia, of course, the firm decided to go in with […]

Apps Like WhatsApp to Come Under Tighter Rules in Europe

Apps and services such as WhatsApp, Skype, Google Hangouts – and now Allo and Duo, of course – have been offering “over-the-top” services for customers for years now, and while the carriers and networks all over the world haven’t ever looked upon this happily, the European Union is about to close the gap between the […]

AH Awards: Best Android Tablet 2016

The Lenovo Yoga Book is easily the most exciting Android tablet from the past few years. Android Tablets, and perhaps tablets in general have seemingly been put on pause, as there’s little going on in the tablet space. Microsoft and their Surface Pro line of devices appear to be going strong, but in the world […]

Californian Man Spends $1 Million on Game of War Purchases

When it comes to mobile games, a standard method in which they all make money has been devised, and that is of course, the in-app purchase. Used by apps and games on both Android and iOS, developers and publishers alike find themselves making much more money with these in-game purchases than they do from outright […]

Samsung’s Smart Contact Lens Patent Gains Energy Recovery

Samsung is a company that’s known to us as one of the biggest smartphone manufacturers in the world, but to everyone else, they’re known as a manufacturer of all kinds of consumer electronics. Over the past few years, the firm has branched out into other product categories such as wearables, but the firm is also […]

NVIDIA is Testing a Self-Driving Car on California Roads

In the world of technology right now, there are few things that have users and the wider industry excited as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and self-driving cars. The two obviously blur into each other a little bit, and while AI is already here in the form products such as Amazon’s Alexa and the Google Home speaker, […]

Honor Becomes Official Partner of Assassin’s Creed Movie

In the world of smartphones, there’s a brand partnership for everyone out there, just waiting to be finalized. We’ve seen these deals happen countless times before, with a smartphone or a smartphone brand being used to promote movies or movie franchises over the past five years or so. Perhaps most famously has been the promotion […]

Xiaomi Intro Electric Scooter With Dual Brake System

Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi might not be a household name in the West, but with an upcoming announcement during CES in January next year and releases like the Mi MIX, the firm is steadily on their way to becoming one. In China of course, the name Xiaomi is a big deal throughout not just the […]

Top 10 Android Wear Apps and Faces – December 2016

It’s the last time we’re going to take a look at the latest Android Wear apps and watch faces in 2016, and while it’s clear that the majority of app developers are waiting for Android Wear 2.0 there are still some excellent apps and watch faces releasing before 2016 is over and done with. Of […]

With Pebble, Fitbit Could Launch An Excellent Fitness Watch

Earlier this week, it was confirmed that, after much speculation, Fitbit would be purchasing smartwatch pioneers Pebble for $40 Million. That’s a small price to pay for the firm that arguably got the modern smartwatch market off the ground, but considering that Fitbit is essentially buying up the employees, technology and patents that Pebble has […]

Xiaomi Launches Smart Ceiling Lamp, Prepares for EV Launch

Xiaomi might not be a household name outside of China, but in the right circles it’s brand name that is carrying more and more weight all of the time. After all, there are few other smartphone manufacturers out there that could put something like the Mi MIX together. In China, the firm is so much […]

Google Starts Testing Its Own TV & Movie Ratings in Searches

These days, Google is a company that’s much more than just their online Search, and they offer all kinds of different products and services. Android is of course a prime example of this, and even today, their Search product is easily one of their most-used products all over the globe, with many of us using […]

Sponsored App Review: Live Football

Live Football is an Android app that promises to be the quickest and most comprehensive football and soccer scores app available. It runs beautifully, covers over a thousand different football leagues from all over the world, and even provides fans with tips on who’s going to win. These tips are put together by pooling all […]

Samsung to Launch Two Folding Smartphones, First in 2017

With CES 2017 just around the corner, it’s no surprise that the rumor mill surrounding new releases is starting to heat up and word of new devices are starting to swirl around. A few years ago during the Consumer Electronics Show in 2013, Samsung laid out their idea for displays of the future; flexible and […]

Niantic and Starbucks Announce Pokemon GO Partnership

While the peak highs of the Summer may be long gone for Pokemon GO and its players, it appears as though they’re ending the year on a high. Earlier this week, they announced a partnership with Sprint, turning all of their stores into PokeStops, and some of them into Gyms for Pokemon GO Players to […]

Top 10 Best Weather Android Apps – December 2016

It’s perhaps one of the most common things we do with our smartphones these days; check the weather. We might not always have a dedicated app to do this for us, we’re always notified of such changes one way or another, with services like Google Now and such doing it for us. For those that […]

Telegram Updated With Pinned Chats, IFTTT Integration

For a lot of people, the use of SMS messaging has gone the way of the dodo, and there are millions upon millions of people all over the world that rely on instant messaging services like iMessage, Hangouts, Telegram and WhatsApp. When focusing in on Telegram, the service was launched a long time ago, but […]

Harman Announces Partnership with HUD Maker Navdy

It wasn’t too long ago since Samsung announced their intent to purchase Harman International Industries, and while the firm has all kinds of audio brands under its belt, it appears that Samsung was more interested in their automotive expertise. Harman have been a big player in the automotive world for some time now, and as […]

AH Awards: Best Fitness Tracker 2016

The Fitbit Charge 2 represents the best balance between an enthusiast’s fitness tracker and something that the average user can wear from day-to-day. The fitness tracker has come a long, long way since it was first introduced, and there are more options out there than ever available now. Some of which offer a lot of […]

Google to Intro Separate Apps & Games Sections to Play Store

There was once a time when the Play Store was known as the Android Market, and it was good for little more than just apps and some games. Since then, of course, the Play Store has ballooned into a one-stop shop for all Android users looking for apps, games, books, movies – now in 4K […]

TouchWiz to be Renamed to “Samsung Experience”

Skinning Android, that is, changing the appearance and behavior of Google’s default Android look and feel, has been something that manufacturers have done since they first launched the mobile platform. It’s often been used as a way to differentiate products from one another, and while it certainly does do just that, these changes are not […]

Opinion: With No Moto 360 Planned Android Wear Is In Trouble

When Android Wear was first announced back in 2014, during SXSW no less, for many it was a “oh, finally” moment while for others it was a head-scratching moment. Back in 2014, the smartwatch was still something that few people believed in, and it was something that was considered very, very niche. Since then, however, […]

Leak: Niantic to Partner with Starbucks through Pokemon GO

Over the Summer, which now feels like a long time ago, Pokemon GO was everywhere, and it reached such heights in terms of popularity that places such as Central Park were effectively shut down with the amount of people that rushed there to capture a few more Pokemon. When it finally launched in Japan – […]

Job Listings at Snap Suggest 3D Direction for Snapchat

Snapchat has come a long way from the app that was simply used to send quick images to one another over the web, and has become a massive force to be reckoned with in the world of social media, as well as computer vision, too. Snapchat filters have become not just entertaining, but incredibly accurate. […]

Meizu Enter Wearable Market With $30 Fitness Tracker

Meizu have, for some time now, been a major force in the smartphone market in China, and while they’ve yet to catch up to Xiaomi on the international stage, they’ve recently announced the Meizu PRO 6. One area that Xiaomi has been experimenting in for some time now has been the wearable market. Both generations […]

Rumor: Galaxy S8 to Launch in 5.7-inch and 6.2-inch Models

As 2016 comes to a close, there are a lot of things that many of us would like to forget as we enter the new year, and Samsung will be right there with us, looking to forget the disaster that was the Galaxy Note 7 which launched earlier this year. After a couple of recalls, […]

Review: Mobvoi Ticwatch 2

Highlight – With an excellent display, speedy performance and a fun, innovative UI the Ticwatch 2 ticks many of the right boxes Earlier this year, Mobvoi caught the attention of the world’s tech media for launching a Kickstarter campaign for their Ticwatch 2, a smartwatch that did things differently, all the while feeling familiar. Different since […]

Codemasters Bring F1 2016 to Android

Now that the F1 2016 season is over and done with, and not without some controversy, many a racing fan will be wondering just how they can entertain themselves over the long winter break before things fire up again in March of next year. Well, as these fans wait for the new car designs and […]

Google Intro Shop.Tap.Reward. for Android Pay in the UK

When Android Pay was first launched, there were some that thought it was more of a “me too” payment method to compete with Apple Pay, but since then, it’s become one of the more popular payment methods, perhaps due to the vast amount of different handsets on the market that run Android. This alone makes […]

NYPD Seize $7 Million in Fake Apple and Samsung Smartphones

Powerful branding can make people do a lot of things, and when it comes to smartphones, Apple and Samsung are the top two brands in the world. Neither company makes especially affordable smartphones, although Samsung do release a range of more budget-friendly devices, while Apple makes little to no effort here at all. We’re lucky […]

EU Asks US Tech Giants to React Quicker to Hate Speech

These days, it’s harder than ever to go about your business online without being controversial, and while sometimes it’s simply a disagreement with someone of a different opinion, there are far more cases of hate speech that are outright abuse to fellow users. While the big firms in the US, such as Facebook and Twitter, […]

Top 10 Best Harry Potter Android Apps – December 2016

With Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them now in theaters, as well as the Cursed Child having been available for some time now, it’s not a bad year to be a Harry Potter fan. It might not have been good for much else, but Harry Potter fans have been treated fairly well this year, […]

Top 10 Best Android Smartwatches Buyer’s Guide – December 20...

Not that we expected such a thing to happen, but there’s been little movement in the smartwatch world since the last time we did this list, and in fact there’s little happening in the wearable space at all right now. Most will be waiting for 2017 to announce their new plans, and with Android Wear […]

Android Wear: Will a 2017 Moto 360 Refresh the Platform?

Earlier this week, it was made clear that Motorola had no current plans for a swift release of a third-generation Moto 360. Considering that Huawei and LG have also decided not to release new models in 2016, this decision was probably not much of a surprise. It does, however, make us wonder just how big […]

Facebook to Use AI to Combat Offensive Live Videos

If there’s one trend that has emerged in the technology world throughout 2016 it’d be the rise of Artificial Intelligence. Whether it’s things like Alexa or the Google Assistant, Chatbots or something else, it’s clear the world has woken up to Artificial Intelligence. Machine Learning and neural networks have all come together to create algorithms […]

Report: AirDroid has Several Serious Vulnerabilities

AirDroid is an Android app that – according to the Play Store listing – millions of users have used in order to control their Android device from their computer, so long as they’re on the same local network. AirDroid allows users to send files to and from their phones, handy for those times when you […]

Sports Illustrated Use Moto Z and Hasselblad for New Cover

Smartphones have come a long way in many respects since the early days of Android and the original Motorola Droid, but there’s one area that all smartphones have got better in, and that’s of course cameras. Smartphone photography has come a hell of a long way, and there’s little arguing to be had with that. […]

Google and Udacity Intro New Android Dev Fast Track Course

When it comes to platforms to develop for, there’s no other that has the amount of users that Android does, and there are few other platforms that can reach as many parts of the globe as Android, either. As such, it should come as no surprise that the majority of developers either already develop for […]

Sponsored App Review: Facemoji Keyboard + GIFs

Facemoji Keyboard is an Android app that gives users access to thousands of different keyboard themes, emoji themes and GIFs. With many, many choices for keyboard themes available in the Play Store, there’s a massive emphasis on customization with Facemoji Keyboard, and everything looks good and runs well. The app offers a number of different […]

Sponsored App Review: Photo Wonder – Photo Editor

Photo Wonder is an Android app that offers users a number of ways to beautify their portraits, to adjust their photos to send to friends and family, and so much more. With key photo editing options, such as cropping, framing and a whole slew of different filters, Photo Wonder has a lot on offer. Other […]

Sponsored App Review: DU Caller: CallerID & Recorder

DU Caller is an Android app from the folks behind the popular DU Battery Saver and DU Speed Booster apps, and is an app that can help people take back control of phone calls that come and go from their Android phone. DU Caller allows users to scan their call logs to gain more info […]

Official: Netflix Adding Offline Playback to Android App

Netflix has been around for a good long time now, and has been the driving force behind the idea of “cord cutting” since its streaming service gained legs. In the past couple of years, the service has made as impossible as they can do to make it impossible to get rid of the service thanks […]

Google is Training AI to Spot Diabetic Blindness Quicker

Google, as a search engine as well as a company, has come a tremendously long way since the days of a simple web page and a list of links. Nowadays, there’s little that we don’t think Google is possible of, and with their recent approach to Artificial Intelligence, the company’s historic motto of “don’t be […]

Report: Samsung Electronics to Go Ahead With Business Split

This year has not been the best year for Samsung Electronics, the arm of Samsung responsible for their mobile lineup, and even though things got off to a great start with the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge, the Galaxy Note 7 was nothing short of a disaster, and will no doubt have its impact […]

Report: Next-Gen Echo to Feature Large Touchscreen

Some time ago now, Amazon introduced us all to the Echo, and perhaps more importantly Alexa, the virtual assistant that powers the whole show. As for the hardware that gave Alexa her first home, the Amazon Echo was a Bluetooth speaker that would also connect to your home network and provide you with answer to all […]

Sony Bring Xperia Ear App to the Play Store

Earlier this year, way back during Mobile World Congress back in February, Sony announced something that was a little different to their usual array of smartphones. The Xperia Ear, a wireless Bluetooth headset that fits in just the one ear and designed to be much more than just a Bluetooth headset for taking calls. Instead, […]

LG Trademarks Four New Watch Brand Names

In the world of smartwatches, there are few players that have made as big an entry as LG, offering the first watch to be powered by Android Wear; the G Watch. Since then, they made stylish watches such as the Watch Urbane as well as the first smartwatch to run Android Wear as well as […]

Report: Samsung Pay Not Coming to the UK Until 2017

This year has been a year of many things, and in the technology sector, it might be known as the year of mobile payments. Apple Pay has been around for some time now, and Android Pay has launched in more countries and added countless more card issuers and banks to the ever-growing list of those […]

Rumor: Galaxy S8 to Feature Autofocus Front-Facing Camera

There’s no denying that 2016 has been an interesting year, and not just in the world of mobile technology, but across the spectrum. As such, Samsung will be as keen as most to forget the second-half of 2016 and will be hoping for a much better year in 2017. To make that happen, the firm […]

Deal: Audio-Technica ATH-R70X Headphones $199 – 11/28/16

Cyber Monday is still going on, and there are sure to be deals all week long, with many items offering great discounts on high-priced electricals and gadgets. We’ve seen games consoles go for incredible prices, we’ve seen smartphones go for great prices and we’ve seen a number of healthy reductions on luxury items as well […]

Deal: Sony MDRXB650BT Bluetooth Headphones $68 – 11/28/16

It’s been a good weekend for deals, and while there has been some deep discounts on big ticket items such as smartphones as well as games consoles bundles, there are some inexpensive deals to be had this weekend as well. Headphones are always a hot item at this time of year, not only because they […]

Deal: Chromecast and Chromecast Audio $25 – 11/28/16

We’ve never had it so good when it comes to the consumption of digital media, there are countless providers of TVs, Movies and Music that don’t charge too much but give us access to all the media we want, and thanks to things like the Chromecast, it’s super-easy to get it playing where we want […]

Deal: Harman Kardon Soho Headphones for $36 – 11/28/16

For many, it will have been a weekend of shopping, a weekend of looking out for the best deal available, and a lot of people will have either spent up their budget or gotten everything that they were looking to get. Even so, Cyber Monday has arrived, and there are even more deals to be […]

Deal: Moto G4 from $130 – 11/28/2016

With the long weekend of deals seemingly coming to an end, it might seem hard to get your hands on a few more bargains, but there are a lot on offer still, including some big ticket reductions, too. This deal is a fairly middle of the road deal on the MotoG4, which is an excellent […]

Deal: PS4 Pro w/ Final Fantasy XV, NBA 2K16 $400 – 11/28/16...

Cyber Monday has long been a big day of deals for those looking to get their hands on electronics and gadgets at a reduced price, and thankfully this year has been no different. For the most part, today’s deals have been pretty good, and this deal on a PlayStation 4 Pro is likely to raise […]