Apple Music is now available as a fully fledged app and service for owners of Android smartphones. A test version of Apple’s streaming-music service had been up for grabs for Android since last November. But now Apple must feel the product is ready for the masses as the official edition landed in the Google Play …

The iPhone 7 Plus may come in a shade of blue, at least according to a mockup of the device displayed in an online video. The mockup isn’t a real iPhone but rather a body, designed by a developer of wireless headphones named Besound, that’s supposedly based on the specs for the real thing. YouTube account Unbox Therapy received the …

Annoyed because you keep asking Siri questions it can’t answer? Then you may want to check out a website that tells you just what commands you can pose. Launched in early July and updated Tuesday, “Hey Siri” serves up almost 500 different commands with more than 1,200 variations across 35 categories. The categories include calculations, apps, device settings, calls, reminders, …

Windows 10 Mobile’s Anniversary Update is coming, but not until next Tuesday. On August 2, Microsoft’s Lumia India Twitter account confirmed the launch date in response to a query from a curious user. “Thanks for reaching out! For mobile, it will be available on August 9, 2016. If you have any queries, we’ll be here for you!” That tweet has …

Samsung will tap into iris scanning to help you launch financial apps on the Galaxy Note 7. At its Unpacked event on Tuesday, Samsung announced that the new Galaxy Note 7 would be its first mobile device to offer iris recognition as a way to unlock the device. But the company also revealed that it will employ its Samsung Pass …

Fitbit is prepping to launch some new products before the year comes to a close. During a conference call on Tuesday to discuss the company’s second-quarter earnings, CEO James Park said “we have additional new products to come this year,” MarketWatch reported on Wednesday. “Fitbit will have more new products for consumers to choose from for this year’s holiday season …

Samsung has edged out its Android rivals with a clutch of best-selling smartphones. Over the first half of the year, Samsung’s Galaxy S7 Edge was the most popular Android phone, according to a report released late Monday by Strategy Analytics. Samsung shipped an estimated 13.3 million units of the S7 Edge, which snagged a 2.3 percent cut of all Android …

Google’s upcoming Nexus mobile devices may sport some renovations to the home screen. The 2016 models reportedly will feature a redesigned home screen with changes to the app drawer and other key features, blog site Android Police said on Monday, citing “multiple reliable sources.” Specifically, Google will do away with the app launcher button at the bottom of the screen, …

Google may launch Android 7.0 Nougat as soon as Friday. This particular prediction came from known and generally reliable leaker Evan Blass, aka @evleaks, in a tweet on Saturday. “Android 7.0 releases next month, with the 8/5 security patch,” Blass said in the tweet. Assuming Blass is correct, an August launch would be early for a new release of Google’s …

A year after its official release, Windows 10 is on just one in five desktop computers, according to Web traffic stats from researcher NetMarketShare. Windows 10 captured 21.1 percent of the desktop OS market for July, NetMarketShare reported, up from 19.1 percent in June and 17.4 percent in May. The growth remained slow and steady even with a looming July …