MLB.com at Bat app for Android receives Material Design makeover

Just in time for Spring Training, the popular MLB.com at Bat application for Android devices is getting a Lollipop-like makeover that follows the design principles of Material Design. The subscription-based service allows access to live video and audio feeds of MLB games and the latest update sports a more native look that fits in with the look and feel of Android 5.0 Lollipop.

Source: Phandroid

Change to come for Google Play Store for Android tablets

Google will be revamping its Play Store for tablet users starting November 21. Tablet owners will first see “Designed for tablets” apps when they browse the top lists on their devices and those apps and games that do not meet this criteria will be labeled as “Designed for phones.”

Google is announcing this change a few weeks in advance to give developers a chance to optimize their apps for tablets. If you’re an Android developer, you can check the Tablet App Quality Checklist to see if you meet the criteria.

Google Android 4.2 keyboard now up for download

In a move that can be seen as bypassing its partners, Google has released its stock Android 4.2 keyboard on Google Play for devices running Android 4.0 and up. At the moment it is only available in English but other languages are said to be added soon. 

The free Google keyboard will bring you gesture-based typing and typing suggestions as well as the stock typing experience you might have wanted.

Google announces Android 2.2 Froyo with Flash, 5x speed increase

The latest version of Google Android OS, version 2.2 codenamed Froyo was announced at the Google IO developers conference. Froyo (for frozen yogurt) is the seventh update to the Android platform brings added functionality to users (things like making your handset a portable hotspot and support for Adobe Flash within the browser), along with new tools for developers and a significant 5x speed and performance increase on existing hardware.

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