• iPhone and Android are about to take another huge step toward replacing your wallet

  The iPhone and or Android handsets might become even more important personal devices in the future, The Wall Street Journal reports, as users may soon store their driver's licenses in a special app on their phones. Iowa is already looking into building the nation's first smartphone driver's…

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• Google publishes Nexus 9 LTE Android 5.0.1 factory image

  Hot on the heels of the launch of the Nexus 9 LTE to the Play Store , Google has also released the Android 5.0.1 Lollipop factory image for the 4G-connected slate. The Android 5.0.1 LRX22C image has been posted to Google's developer page. Since the slate is just now available to buy from the…

• AT&T will give Nexus 9 with LTE owners $100 bill credit for signing a contract

  Wireless carrier AT&T is running a promotion that will give customers a $100 bill credit for activating a Nexus 9 with LTE and signing a two-year contract. The offer is similar to AT&T's current holiday tablet promotion that takes $100 off the price of the tablet with contract through…

• Neonex icon pack makes it easy to infuse some 80s nostalgia into your home screen

  Samer Zaymer's Neonex icon pack is looking totally rad on our Sony Xperia Z3 Compact. Make sure to hit to hit up the post for links to the other apps we used to get this "complete" look.

• Nexus 9 released to AT&T with LTE

  This morning both T-Mobile USA and Google Play released the LTE version of the Nexus 9. This is HTC's first Nexus tablet, one that works with an NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor and Android 5.0 Lollipop right out of the box. You'll also find that AT&T has released their iteration of the tablet…

• The Best Sprint Phones

  If you're shopping for Sprint phones, we've got a great reference to help you out. Here you'll find the best phones on Sprint across all platforms, including a quick take on what makes them great, and where their drawbacks lay. If you're new to the Sprint network or you're an existing…

• Google to retire Earth API in December 2015

  Google announced that it will be retiring the API for Google Earth on December 12, 2015, or a year from today. The decision to retire the Google Earth API comes after both Chrome and Firefox had dropped support for the NPAPI plugin framework, and Google also cites decreasing cross-platform support.

• Iowa to create digital driver's license app for your phone

  Iowa is leading the charge to become the first state in the nation to issue a digital ID . The state wants to create a smartphone-based driver's license via an app that could be installed Android smartphones or the iPhone. The digital driver's license would co-exist with a traditional…

• Mixing brands with Android Wear, too much Lollipop monochrome, and more [From the Forums]

  Do you blame poor Android Wear performance on your choice of smartphone? Are Lollipop's design changes not your cup of tea? Then you have come to the right place. Here is everything good from Android Forums this week!

• PSA: something broke voice calling on some HTC One M8 and M7 models

  Software bugs on our Android devices, while a good majority of the time are nothing more than minor annoyances, can occasionally be much greater than that. Take a handful of HTC One M8 and M7 users who are reportedly no longer able to perform one of their phone's most basic of functions: make a…

• Here's what our readers are saying about the Moto 360

  When Android Wear was announced back in March, we asked our readers in a poll which of the first two launch devices they wanted: the Moto 360 or the LG G Watch. The Moto 360 won hands down, by a three-to-one ratio. That anticipation only increased as...

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