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Android 6.0: The 5 best new features in Marshmallow

  Google’s big fall event is behind us, and we have some great new hardware to show for it. The new Nexus 5X is the hotly anticipated follow-up to 2013’s Nexus 5, and it’s everything Android fans were hoping for. Then the larger Nexus 6P offers an all-aluminum body, a 2K display and solid performance for a surprisingly affordable price. Bold phones are set to begin shipping next month, and fans of the “pure Android” experience can’t wait. Of course, Google also spent some time on software during Tuesday’s press conference, and Android 6.0 Marshmallow is set to begin rolling out next week . DON’T MISS: New memory chips use light to store and transmit data 100 times faster than SSD Android fans with recent Nexus devices like the Nexus 6 smartphone and Nexus 9 tablet will be able to update their devices to Android 6.0 beginning early next week. Google hasn’t set an official date that the Marshmallow rollout will begin, but a number of reports have pinpointed October 5th as t...

Nexus 6P vs Nexus 6: 10 things to know

   For the first time, Google unveiled not one but two Nexus smartphones as part of its new smartphone line-up. Perhaps paying heed to feedback from Nexus fans who wanted a smaller device, the search giant launched the Nexus 5X in addition to the big-screen device -- Nexus 6P. Successor to the Nexus 6, which was not as popular as its predecessors because of a higher price, giant 6-inch display and some manufacturing defects, the Nexus 6P looks like a better phone, at least on paper. We take a look at what differentiates the Nexus 6P from the Nexus 6. 1. Smaller screen The Nexus 6P has a 5.7-inch display, which is smaller than the 6-inch display of the Nexus 6. Both the display panels have QHD 1440x2560p resolution but the Nexus 6P packs in more pixels due to the smaller screen real estate. The display on the Nexus 6P is an AMOLED panel while the Nexus 6 had an IPS LCD. While AMOLED panels offer deeper blacks and wide viewing angles, colours appear ...

Selena Gomez on Her New Album and Media Scrutiny: ‘I Just Don’t Care About the Noise Anymore’

The singer tells TIME about getting personal on her new album, finding her voice and FaceTiming with super-producer Max Martin Selena Gomez is making some big changes. When her new album Revival , led by the thumping A$AP Rocky collaboration “Good For You,” arrives on Oct. 9, it will be her first full-length release outside of the Disney-owned Hollywood Records, where she first recorded as a teenager. Her mother is no longer her manager as of last year. Gomez has also stepped in the role of executive producer for the album, taking on unprecedented levels of creative control and wracking up more songwriting credits than ever. There aren’t that many 23-year-olds singing about getting a second act the way Gomez does on Revival , but not many 23-year-olds have watched their personal lives and relationships becoming tabloid fodder the way Gomez has. “It’s not necessarily me being like, ‘Hey, I figured life out and I’m amazing!’” Gomez says of the record’s title. “ It’s more like, ...