Android fans confess what they envy most about iOS

Android fans are a proud bunch who don’t like admitting things they envy about other platforms, especially those made by (*spit*) Apple. However, open-minded Android and iOS fans alike can see things in other platforms they like and Reddit’s Android community recently had a confessional session in which they admitted what iOS features they’d most like to see Android adopt in the future.

The most popular response had to do with having more granular app permissions on the Google Play store. While Apple lets users grant individual app permissions to apps while rejecting others, app permissions on Google Play are an all-or-nothing proposition where you either grant all permissions or not use the app.

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Android Circuit: Supercharged Galaxy S6 Active Leaks, Android 5.1 And Bloatware, Google Attacks iOS

Taking a look back at the week’s news across the Android world, this week’s Android Circuit highlights a number of stories including the cost of the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, pre-orders for Samsung’s new phones, the S6 Active leaks, the release of Android 5.1 by Google and 5.0 by Sony, Android Wear’s new features, the Chromebook Pixel’s USB-C update, Google Calendar on iOS, and the upcoming rise of bloatware on Android.

Android Circuit is here to remind you of a few of the many things that have happened around Android over the last seven days (and you can read the weekly Apple news digest here).

How Much For The Galaxy S6?

Samsung’s Galaxy S6 (and to a certain extent the Galaxy S6 Edge) continues to dominate the Android news. Ahead of its public availability in April, Forbes’ Gordon Kelly has been looking at the potential price of the handset. While subsidised costs will probably sees the handset available for $199, the true price is much higher and it feels like a bad piece of strategy:

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Outlook for iOS and Android Review

Even if you're obsessive about checking email on your phone, there's a good chance you do little more than read and quickly respond to messages on the go. Microsoft's new dedicated Outlook app for iOS and Android aims to change that.

Based on the framework of Acompli, an all-inclusive email app recently acquired by Microsoft, the mobile version of Outlook is designed to put your most important messages front and center, with useful quick controls that let you organize your inbox and respond to invites with a few taps.

Sporting a user-friendly interface and deep integration with cloud storage services like Dropbox and iCloud, you just might find it worthwhile to ditch your phone's default mail app for the all-new Outlook.

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OnePlus accelerates its own tweaked Android OS after Cyanogen inks exclusivity deal with rival in India

OnePlus has announced today that it will be advancing the development of its own tweaked build of Android Lollipop following Cyanogen’s decision to give Micromax exclusive rights to use the OS on its handsets in India.

In a blog post, the company said that the first build of its new OS would be available for Indian users of One handsets to try from sometime next month. As the devices are due to arrive from December 2 though, they will actually arrive running the current Cyanogen Mod OS initially.

“It is truly unfortunate that a commitment we both made to our Indian users will now not be upheld. The One will continue to be supported globally and receive frequent OTAs,” it said. “We can’t explain Cyanogen’s decision because we don’t fully understand it ourselves.”

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