Gadgetory

what's happening brian Tong here and a welcome to Google ishes is all the Google that we can put together each week so let's get to the show and there's always new Android gadget news and rumors and the latest buzz is around the ACC's one alleged successor known by its code name right now as m8 it's also known as the shorter way to say mate on urban dictionary in case you didn't know now the leaked pictures don't show much other than a cutout at the top of the rear panel which is expected to be for a fingerprint sensor eville Ock's is now reporting that the HTC m8 will be launched by AT&T t-mobile Verizon and Sprint and released around februari in 2014 on a similar timetable to the ACC ones released last year now Apple's released its crop of iPads for the holiday season but we're still waiting to hear when Google will drop the latest updates to the nexus tablet line now according to the latest rumors from highlight press the new Nexus 10 is being held back for a simultaneous release with the rumour nexus 8 that was published in this picture accidentally by Google and notice for its thinner bezel now might seem strange with the new Nexus 7 already out that they would also introduce the nexus 8 but it's still very possible and we're still waiting to get the new Nexus 10 so we'll see if the googs gives us something before the holiday shopping season now there are also tons of stories about the mystery google barge project we showed you footage of the actual project itself and we wanted to give you guys an update now according to the SF gate the final project is envisioned to be an unprecedented artistic structure with a dozen or so gigantic sales that almost look like fish fins in this artist's rendering of the project now Google issued a statement calling it an interactive space where people can learn about new technology and the company by and large LLC who submitted the barge documents describes it as a studio and temporary technology exhibit space it will be a 50-foot tall 250 foot long structure made of recycled shipping containers flanked by these sales and the idea is for the bars to stay docked at different sites around the San Francisco Bay for a month at a time so we'll be keeping an eye out to see if there is anything else the situation all right we know the Nexus 5 is out and brings a lot of the cool new bells and whistles for KitKat but not every phone can get the update or anytime soon so here's a cool how to to get the kitkat launcher on your phone right now first thing you'll notice about Kit Kat is the clean look of the new home screen launcher compared to the look of Android 4.1 on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 it's a huge change and one that I am ready for thankfully the xda-developers forum has the APK files you'll need to install this new launcher you can find the link to the forum on the original cnet post for this video or on our interactive player the launcher comes as a zip archive containing three APK files my advice is to download these to your computer for now now while those download make sure that your phone is ready to use these files first you'll need to be running Android 4.1 or later you can check that by going under settings and then clicking the about device option next still need to make sure that your phone is able to install software from unknown sources back out into the settings menu select security and check the box for unknown sources now let me take a minute right now to say that you should always back up your phone whenever you're going to get to tinkering like this worst case scenario if this thing gets bricked I don't want you emailing me with sob stories of losing your precious pictures of your newborn baby back it up my conscience is clear all right now going back to your computer open the zip file you've downloaded and you should see three separate APK files my advice is to send each one of these in a separate email to yourself using an account that you can check on your phone once you've done that refresh your email on your phone and you should see the three APK files as individual attachments the first one to install is pre-built GMS core tap it install it and hit done next install the velvet apk then hit done finally install the Google home apk and then hit open with any luck you should see the introduction to the new google launcher now a couple things to note here first to change the wallpaper configure your home screens or add widgets now you're going to tap and hold on the home screen you all see a settings option here that is specific to Google now if it's not already activated this is a good time to do it once it's on swiping all the way to the right will reveal your google now cards and that's all there is to it thanks Donald some very cool stuff there and remember guys back up your phone first all right now there's a few new google glass stories to update you on the latest Google glass XC 11 update adds commands to search through your google calendar and the ability to get directions to home or work with the direct voice command so you can bet a lot of people will be saying all right now when Google glass originally launched everyone was trying to get their hands on them even through ebay but Google was the activating units that were not being used by the registered Explorer program user they have now said they no longer have plans to disable devices anymore and they recently started giving explores three invites for other people interested in glass before their consumer lunch and to usher in a more you know mainstream appeal new york-based Rochester optical plans to provide custom prescription fashion and sports lenses for glass that will be available to purchase in early 2014 alright guys now we asked you to send us some of your thoughts about Motorola's project are up from last week's show booth Minh box from twitter says i would call it the lego phone except boothman it's not made of legos now Miguel Saldana rights in with I think this is going to change the mobile world much more than flexible displays hey Miguel I think ara definitely has the potential if the platform can take off the right way with developer support over time so that's what really makes this interesting all right guys that's gonna do for this week's show email us at Google licious at cnet com or tweet me at brian Tong thanks so much for watching all the Google goodies this week i'm brian Tong and we'll see you next time for another taste of google ish's give licious