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Alarm is one of the most critical things that your phone does. It is essential to wake up on time so that your day goes as planned. Setting a wrong alarm might be disastrous at times. The Google Clock app is what most people on Android devices make use of to set alarms.
However, it is being reported that following the Android 8.0 Oreo OS update, a number of users are reporting that their Google Clock app’s alarm functionality isn’t working as intended.
Alarms set on the Google Clock app aren’t going off on time, as per some users. This has upset the users because it gets difficult to manage a proper daily routine without alarms in some cases. Be it waking up early in the morning, or setting up an alert to catch a flight in the evening – alarms are essential.
What is interesting here is the inconsistency of the alarms set by the Google Clock app. Sometimes the alarms tend to go off as early as hours in advance and sometimes they go off after the time you set them. Google is likely to release a fix for this bug soon.
Users are leaving negative reviews on the Google Play Store.
A number of frustrated users have taken to the Google Play Store and have been leaving reviews pointing out this problem. Ever since the update to the Android Oreo OS there have been a number of bugs which have been found and it looks like the Google Clock app is the latest to suffer from Android Oreo bugs.
Earlier this month there were two major bugs spotted: One that consumes data connections even when Wi-Fi is connected and another which causes exchange mails to not sync with the Gmail app. However, while a number of users are facing this bug, we are yet to encounter a mistimed alarm on our Pixel smartphone.
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The Android OS is among the most popular mobile based Operating Systems. 23rd of September, 2017 marks 9 years since the popular Operating System first showed up. It was September 23, 2008 when HTC Dream (also known as T-Mobile G1) first came out.
This was the first Android OS powered smartphone – also the reason why HTC and Google share such as special bond even today. Here’s a look at the first ever Android smartphone – the HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1).
HTC Dream was the first smartphone to be powered by the Android OS
Development on the Android OS began as early as 2003 when Andy Rubin and other co-founders started off Android Inc. However the development picked pace once Google acquired Android Inc in 2005. The OS was showed off in 2007 and it finally hit the markets next year after one year of testing.
The HTC Dream came out into the markets with a 3.2 inched display, which could be slid out to reveal a physical keyboard below. Back then the design was revolutionary and even fully-touch enabled phones were rare. The Android OS powered HTC Dream sparked off a revolution which, almost a decade later, has become a global phenomenon.
The old Android Logo (Top) vs the new Android Logo (Bottom)
Back in 2008 when the first smartphones came out, the market trends were very different compared to what they today are. There was no concept of phablets, which are the fastest growing segment today. Devices that came out at 4.2 to 4.5 inches were considered standard and a 5 inch display was rare. Today, it’s rare to find a phone with a display smaller than 5 inches.
The first Android phone came out with 192 MB of RAM. Today, the flagship devices feature 8GB of RAM. Storage space too, has multiplied from being just a few MBs to now coming out at as much as 512GB of space. A front camera was only for the rich, some of the latest phones are now coming out with dual front cameras.
The form factor has witnessed a major change as well. Android smartphones back then were bulky, used to slide out, or flip. Today, however, the physical keyboard has been ditched – and so has the home button which came after that. Android smartphones now are slimmer than ever before, kicking out even the age-old classic 3.5mm headphone jack.
Which Android smartphones have you used over the years? Which phone are you using today? How has the journey been? Comment below and let us know!
Happy Birthday, Android.
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