You can download Android 8.1 Oreo custom ROM for Nexus 6P (ABC Rom), 5X (LineageOS) and Nexus 5 (First Ever), with immediate effect. Here are the details.

Google has released Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow for Nexus 6P, 5X, 6, 5, 7, 9 and Player. Download links plus what’s new in this update is detailed below.

September is shaping up to be an extremely busy, and highly interesting month for the smartphone industry. We’ve got Apple holding an event this coming Wednesday to introduce the highly anticipated next-generation iPhone. We also have elevated expectations surrounding LG this month, with the hope being that the Korean company will officially unveil the next iteration of its Nexus 5 at some point during September. To increase excitement around the possibility of that introduction, we’re also now seeing some leaked images that purportedly show the “Nexus 5X” in its final form.

At Google I/O this past week, the search giant made it abundantly clear that it’s serious about pushing ahead with fingerprint sensor technology, so much so that Android M – the next iteration of Google’s open-source smartphone and tablet operating system – will carry a native fingerprint API that manufacturers can make use of for better integration. To drive the point home, the company showcased a video that exhibits how fingerprint-enabled devices will work on Android M, once the feature is fully implemented. What we found interesting however, was the fact that amid the video, the lady pulls out what appears to be a Nexus 5 carrying a fingerprint sensor.

You can now download official Android 5.0.1 Lollipop factory image for LG made Google Nexus 5. Instructions along with direct download link can be found at the foot of the post.

The annual Pwn2Own competition, held at the PacSec conference in Tokyo, is now under way. The challenge, for those willing to undertake it, is to bypass security measures and exploit a device’s sandbox, with significant monetary gains to be made for the most complex, highly-rated hacks. We may only be at day one, but thus far, Pwn2Own has been an unqualified success for our hackers, with some of the most popular devices in the mobile industry having already been pwned.

Official Android 5.0 Lollipop final factory images for Nexus 5, 7 and 10 are now available to download. You can find the direct links right here.

Latest Android 5.0 Lollipop preview images download for Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 are now live. You can grab them for your devices right here.

If you’re growing tired of the iPhone 6 rumors, mockups and supposed leaks, then today isn’t going to be your day. Hot in the heels of so much talk about the unannounced iPhone 6 so far, we’ve got another video that shows something of a rarity – the iPhone 6 in a rather fetching gold sheen along with Space Gray model next to current iPhone 5s and Nexus 5.

As promised, Google rolled out the Android L SDK on Thursday, and for those looking to flash the developer preview software onto their Nexus 7 (2013, Wi-Fi) or Nexus 5, the process isn’t actually all that arduous. Below, we’ve outlined all of the steps in one easy-to-follow, concise tutorial, so if you want to take a sneak peek at what Google’s been working on, join us after the fold.

At yesterday’s Google I/O keynote speech, Google unveiled Android L, its new and significantly advanced version of the mobile software. Complete with a more layered approach benefiting from the company’s “Material Design” initiative, it looks more fluid and immersive than it ever has, and while we were impressed by the demos, we also couldn’t wait to try it out for ourselves. The Big G promised that a preview SDK of Android L was imminent, and today, those in ownership of the Nexus 5 smartphone or Nexus 7 (2013) tablet can dive right in.

The OnePlus One is causing something of a stir amongst smartphone aficionados right now. More than just the fact that everyone loves and underdog, the OnePlus One device is genuinely starting to look like it could truly be a the smartphone that the enthusiast market has been looking for. Packing plenty of raw power and a build of CyanogenMod that is more stock Android than not, the One is being inevitably compared with Google’s own Nexus 5. Throw in the fact that the OnePlus One costs peanuts as far as high-end smartphones are concerned, and things start to get interesting to say the least.