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Come watch the 500th AC Podcast live — and send in your questions
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500 podcasts. That's the milestone the Android Central Podcast is about to hit on November 13, and we're celebrating in a big way.
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Sit back and catch up on this week's AC videos!
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We're coming up on the busiest time of year for smartphone launches, which makes now the perfect time to revisit older phones and talk about the rumors and leaks surrounding upcoming devices. Take a look through some of Android Central's most recent uploads!
Our favorite things
The most important features in a phone — ranked by the AC staff
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Everyone has different priorities when shopping for a new phone. We polled the AC staff to see what's most important to each writer.
Hello darkness, my old friend 🌑
Say hello to Dark Mode on Android Central!
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You asked us to turn out the lights, so we made a light switch. Now the only thing that'll be blinding you is our beautiful prose and not the blog itself! We're thrilled to introduce dark mode to the site, and even more excited that it will match the settings on your phone and computer.
The community speaks out
Lenovo Smart Display community review: Go big screen or go home
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Don't take our word for it: These AC community members review the Lenovo Smart Display themselves.
Only one this time
We've got your new Android N Wallpaper
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Google's Android N Developer Preview only includes one new wallpaper for us to enjoy, but it sure is pretty.
Guessing, not observing
Your Gmail account isn't leaking your data
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A great question showed up in our forums recently about the safety of using your name in your Gmail account, and using your real Gmail account when logging in to things. Here's our answer and explanation.
Who won?
Announcing the 'AC Photo Contest: Transportation' winners
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We love to see how everyone gets from place to place, and we love even more to see it illustrated with wonderful photos. Our latest photo contest was looking for your best "transportation" photos, and you all delivered wonderfully.
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We've cleaned up our header a tad!
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A quick heads up from our Making Things Easier Department: We've tweaked our header a tad to make things faster, better, and faster. (And also better.)
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Android Central App Changelog!
This is the home for the changelog for all versions of the official Android Central app (and the other Mobile Nations apps) as published in Google Play. v2.8.5 v2.8.3 - 2.8.5 Release notes now show on update, and are available anytime in the settings menu. (v2.8.5 fixes the fix that fixed the crash for that) Added some items to the NavHeader to make navigation easier One secret...
About our new look, and what's to come
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We're sprucing up the joint, and we're starting at the top with a new header Hi. How's it going? We're Android Central. And we're still Android Central. We just look a little, well, different today. Not grossly so — just a new 'do up top is all. If you're reading this article in a web browser on your desktop, tablet or phone, look up — OK, it's kind of hard to miss — and you'll notice...
This week's sidebar poll: What version of Android are you using?
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It's that time again. Right around the beginning of this year I decided we were going to start a little bit of quarterly fun and poll you, the readers of Android Central, about what version of Android you were using. It's by no means scientific, and there's not much we can't find out other ways — like checking the website stats — but it is a great way to get a discussion going. And that...
Results of the Android Central Semi-Annual Survey
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We’ve wrapped up our Android Central semi-annual survey, which managed to field about four thousand responses across a wide range of questions. With the information we’ve collected, we got a good feel for who you guys are and what you want. That data will shape the kind of content you’ll be seeing here on Android Central. Of course, we’re happy to take feedback year-round, so always...
Here's what's hot in the HTC One (M8) forums
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You've read what we have to say about the HTC One (M8). You probably even read some of the other posts about the M8, like how it compares to the M7 or a look at the color selection. When a new phone gets announced and released on the same day— kudos to HTC for pulling that off, by the way — there's a lot to talk about. And the best place to talk about it all is in the HTC One (M8)...
Hale Dreamer dock with SmartSilence for Android review
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Sleep in peace knowing that the Hale Dreamer with SmartSilence will intelligently screen your calls to make your snooze as uninterrupted as possible. If you've kept an eye on the blog the last few weeks, then we're sure you saw our entry on the Hale Dreamer dock for Android with the SmartSilence application and how the developers were looking for backers on kickstarter. Well, for those...
Follow the Android Central Forums Moderators on Google+
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We hope everyone reading this spends at least a little bit of time on the forums. Spend enough time there and you're sure to see the Moderators hanging around threads, helping members and just generally nerding about the latest and greatest devices like everyone else. We do other things, too, that don't get as much focus here on Android Central. We're really just regular people just...
Sprucing up the Android Central mobile site
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We've put a whole lot of work into the official Android Central App — download it now if you haven't already! — and kind of let our mobile-friendly site fall by the wayside. No more. We're happy to announce that we've cleaned up the joint just a little bit, with fresh curtains and a new coat of paint. Now you can get your favorite Android stories from your favorite Android site in a...
Android Central downloads
We've got a bunch of great ways to keep up with the latest from Android Central on your smartphone, tablet or computer — above and beyond visiting a web page in a browser. Here's a look at our available downloads: Android apps We've got a trio of apps available, each serving a different purpose. The Android Central App The official app for the No. 1 Android...