Google Added an Amazing Feature to the Clock App

Google announced a huge feature for the Google Clock app. In a blog post from Rui Song, a Product Manager for the Pixel Essential Apps team, wrote that Spotify integration is coming to the Google Clock app. Instead of selecting the boring preset sounds for an alarm or purchasing an mp3, you can now choose to play music from Spotify. This includes songs or a Spotify curated playlist. The best part about this is that this works with Free and Premium Spotify users. Song, states that the feature will be coming to everyone with devices running Android 5.0 (lollipop) and above in a form of an update to the Google Clock app on the Play Store sometime this week.




In a screenshot, it is explained that when selecting an alarm sound there will be an additional tab for Spotify. This will allow the user to select from hand-picked playlists by Spotify or search for a specific song. When the alarm is on and is switched off you will be given an option to continue to listen to Spotify.

This continues to prove that Google is willing to work with competing service providers to increase the appeal of Android devices to the average user and gets me excited for future updates.

OnePlus Announces Android P for the OnePlus 3/3T

In an unexpected post on the OnePlus forum, OnePlus announced this morning that it will be updating their 2016 flagships to Android P. Since their latest update to OxygenOS 5.0.4, fans have been asking plenty of questions about the next big update. OnePlus stated that after listening to feedback from its users and some deliberation, they decided that they will be skipping Android 8.1 and jump to the latest version. They did not state an immediate time frame and only said that the Android P update will be released in the order of newest to oldest: OnePlus 6, OnePlus 5 and 5T, and finally OnePlus 3 and 3T. OnePlus has had an inconsistent history of performing updates for their devices, OnePlus fans and the Android community should rejoice as we take another step to bridge the gap on the severe fragmentation the Android operating system faces.


OnePlus mentioned that they will release more information in the coming months. As we inch closer and closer to the official launch of Android P, it will be very interesting to see how soon companies participating in the Android P beta program will launch the next version of Android on their devices.