Google Play Edition

Samsung Galaxy S5 GPe surfaces again

Rumoured Samsung Galaxy S5 GPe

Rumours that Google and Samsung were readying a Google Play edition (GPe) of the Galaxy S5 surfaced in July but little more has been heard about such a device until now. With yesterday’s announcement of the Google Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 along with Android 5.0 Lollipop, Google has updated the Android.com homepage. One particular image, very similar to the one […]

Plenty of Samsung Galaxy S5 GPe images ahead of expected launch

Rumoured Samsung Galaxy S5 GPe

The Samsung Galaxy S4 was the device that Google used to kick off its Google Play edition (GPe) program in which manufacturers can offer stock android versions of flagship smartphones. When the Samsung Galaxy S5 was announced back in May at Mobile World Congress, many expected a GPe edition to soon follow. We’re still waiting but it appears now that […]

Google to retire Nexus line in 2015 in favour of Google Play edition?

Google Nexus

2014 could well be the last year that Google launches Nexus devices. Having launched in 2010 with the Nexus One, the line has since been Google’s way to showcase its Android operating system without the bells and whistles that manufacturers add. If claims made today by Mobile-review’s Eldar Murtazin are true, Google will retire the Nexus brand in favour of […]