Google Fiber Phone to launch in US with unlimited calling

Google is planning to roll out the next evolution in landlines, the Fiber Phone, and a related subscription service at $10 per month (around Rs 660). The service will offer unlimited local and national calls as well as international rates at par with Google Voice, which works out to Rs 0.6 per minute to India for example.

In many ways, Fiber Phone brings mobile phone functionality to your landline. You get to keep your existing number, the service will provide you with spam filters, call-blocking, do-not-disturb and more. If that wasn’t enough, Google will apparently transcribe your voicemail for you and text or email the transcriptions to you directly.

Also included is the power of the cloud. Get a call on your landline? Answer it on your mobile, tablet or even laptop. The number stays with you wherever you go.

“Whether it’s calling mom or ordering take-out, we rely on our phones to help reach the people and things that matter. And while mobile phones have pushed us toward the future, home phone service is still important to many families,” Says Google.

Too bad the service isn’t coming to India anytime soon.

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Lollipop is now most used Android Version

Google has released its latest update to the distribution numbers for each version of Android. In the latest round, Lollipop continues to gain ground, while the latest version, Marshmallow, jumped a little over one percentage point. Lollipop now sits at 36.1 percent, up from the to 34.1 percent in February, while Marshmallow has made the jump to 2.3 percent from 1.2 percent.

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Google announces the next version of Android

Google releases Android N Developer Preview

Six new features you need to know:

When it comes to popular tech companies, it is quite difficult to keep a product release a secret, and that’s why Google has managed to surprise us all with the Android N Developer Preview. Yes, most of us woke up to the official announcement from Google about the Android N Developer Preview, something we didn’t expect until Google I/O.

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Facebook Live video streaming for Android

After introducing the Facebook Live feature for iOS, the company now brings for the Android platform. Facebook Live lets you share your experience in real-time, just like the live video app Periscope that Twitter introduced on its messaging service last year.

“We know that people on Android love interacting with live videos —more than 50 percent of people watching live videos are using Android devices,” Facebook writes.

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Facebook Now Lets You Use Multiple Accounts On Messenger For Android

Let’s say you’ve got kids. They like using Facebook Messenger to keep in touch with other kids to talk about Minecraft or bubble gum or whatever kids talk about these days (What? I don’t know. I’m 22, so I’m basically a million years old in cool stuff years.)

You’re happy to let them use Facebook Messenger in the evenings, but you don’t think they’re quite old enough for a phone of their own just yet. What to do?

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