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this episode of Android Authority is brought to you by carbonite goto carbonite.com and use the promo code authority for a free trial the Nexus 5 rumor train keeps on rolling Google TV goes by way of Google Talk and our screen start to bend to our wills hey it's Josh regard from Android thority what's going on everybody and it's time for another dose of the week's top android news it's Android Weekly in what was a pretty quick confirmation of all the rumors we had last week Samsung just went ahead and announced the galaxy round a 5.7 inch screen device that has a flexible display this is a brand new line for Samsung that looks to really take advantage of that curve sporting a 5.7 inch o LED display this phone is also packin a 2.3 gigahertz XE knows quad core processor and three gigabytes of RAM one of the features that we have seen regarding the phone's curves is a quick glance screen that appears when you tilt the phone to your face an issuer reports state that the phone's curve does make the phone very comfortable in the hand which will be one of its main selling points however not to be outdone LG announced that their plastic based flexible displays have gone into production their version of a display with the curve goes from top to bottom instead of sites aside like Samsung screen and it comes in at 6 inches point 44 millimeters thick and weighs 7.2 grams while we don't know any more details about the smart phone that this screen will go on nor the timetable of its release reuters reported that the LG's iteration will launch in November okay now we have a lot of rumors regarding Android and the new Nexus 5 however we're gonna start with the software and then move on into the hardware our first story is in regards to Google Hangouts sources state that the chat app will also become a messaging app fully integrating SMS and MMS a few images spill the beans regarding a slight revamp accommodating these new features it is unknown when this update will roll out but we can expect the hangouts app to override the messaging app in our Nexus smartphones much like what happened to Google Talk speaking of revamp so we got a lot of news regarding Android 4.4 Kit Kats main changes and one of them will be in the downloads application it will get a better holo look and allow for easier sorting and jumping among the list another picture reveals what this will look like ahead of the Android 4.4 launch another makeover is in the location settings area instead of some jumbled jargon of the orig second screen we get better toggles explaining which parts of the phone will be used to figure out just where in the hell you are all of this information has yet to be confirmed but we will say that these screenshots do pretty much look legit stay tuned to Android authority when Android 4.4 kitkat launches and we'll have all the details ready for you we started off the news week with what might be the biggest leak yet for the upcoming Nexus 5 an entire manual for the phone made it online and essentially told us everything we needed to know about what's running underneath the hood the long 281 page document shows a lot of technical information but the main bits were all excited to know about made it in the new Nexus smartphone will support a 5 inch full HD IPS display the Snapdragon 800 clocked in at 2.3 gigahertz weight 139 grams and featured an 8 megapixel camera that features optical image stabilization from what I know so far the manual has been taking down from the post that we had on Android authority but if you look hard enough online I'm sure you still will be able to find it now the pretty substantial leak shows us more pictures of the smartphone along with more Android 4.4 pictures a tipster reported that the phone is a little bigger than the previous Nexus 4 but isn't quite all heavier dual stereo speakers will make for a very good audio listening performance too as far as the user interface goes some aesthetic changes include the newly translucent notification bar and a camera icon that can be swiped in the lock screen to easily enter the camera app the app launcher icon has been changed as well while the app drawer itself has been given an even cleaner look with a 5 by 4 icon grid Google now has been updated to allow for more ways to access the search for one thing you can just say ok Google while in the home screens and it'll pop right up finally we see a couple new additions in the settings menu in the form of a tap and pay for utilizing NFC to make payments from your phone and then the cloud printing feature that was previously reported there are a ton of changes coming in Android 4.4 KitKat and we know that all of this information are all still rumors however we might actually be getting some confirmations very soon the Nexus 5 or perhaps it may be called the Nexus 4 2013 edition looks to have an announcement date of October 15 apparently the news was slipped during a recent event Google hosted for startups where developers reportedly teased key lime pie even though we all know it as KitKat now technically we won't know any real information perhaps October 15th rolls around but if it does happen to be the day that we find out about the Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 we'll have all the information ready for you at Android authority comm we finally move on from these rumors with some real announcements of a couple of new Chromebooks HP squarely putting itself into the Google game unveiled at a Chromebook 11 this is a wallet-friendly laptop coming in at just 279 dollars while still sporting some good specifications Acer had their own Chromebook in the wings and they made sure to put their price point below that of HP Acer's C 720 Chromebook also has 11.6 inch display but comes with a hassle a powerful Intel processor lending it to a possible battery life of over eight hours pre-orders for both of these Chromebooks are already available now we move to Sony with the announcement of their own mini s offering the Xperia z1 F at the lowercase F became official in Japan this week and is quite literally the smaller version of the powerful Xperia z1 as it is still an aluminum and glass clad smartphone with a 4.3 inch 720p display we have a much more accessible phone for the general user but no lack of power the c1f will sport the Snapdragon 800 processor and two gigabytes of RAM along with the same great 20.7 megapixel camera of the original it looks like Google wants to drop the Google TV name and somewhat change it up according to GigaOM confirmation of the name change sees Google TV become Android TV this isn't the only place we've seen such a change however as some current Smart TV offerings don't explicitly say Google TV but instead say access the latest Google services for TV while we are still waiting for the actual announcements regarding the changes these services will get this is certainly one main start and finally we end on rumors regarding the Samsung Galaxy s5 we are moving more and more into the general season for the s5 and it looks like along the way we're going to be seeing how the galaxy s5 is a more complete offering than ever despite rumors that the Galaxy Note 3 will be made into a ruggedized or active version a report from a Korean website states that the Galaxy s5 will have water and dust resistance right out of the box eliminating the need for an active version without more substantial details this rumor is somewhat supported by the fact that the Galaxy s4 active was actually a pretty popular phone perhaps popular enough to make Samsung changed their tune a little bit and the galaxy s5 might be getting a bumped up release schedule than was originally expected it has been reported that Samsung might be announcing the phone in January with a release date of just one month later rumors like this always come up but with Samsung unhappy with their s4 sales numbers getting the next version ready sooner than later might make some sense what we are interested in hearing is that Samsung's moved to 64-bit processing is very likely in the s5 future annex II knows 5 octa 5430 processor capable of 64-bit was also reported along with a 16 megapixel camera with OAS even if we are quite a ways off from the Samsung Galaxy s5 we shouldn't be surprised to see that rumors are starting up even this early in the game and so there you have it for this edition of Android Weekly as always the written post can be found in links in the description below for all of the stories that were covered in this video drop us a like if you liked this week's news and don't forget to subscribe to our channel if you haven't already we have a lot of other great weekly shows like Google Play Weekly and Q&A both hosted by Joe Hindi on top of all of that Android authority has all of the best coverage for you because we are your source for all things Android