TalkAndroid Daily Dose for September 8, 2014

September 8, 2014

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With hectic schedules, it can be hard to keep track of everything in your news feed. That's why we created the TalkAndroid Daily Dose. This is where we recap the day's hottest stories so you can get yourself up to speed in quick fashion. Happy reading!!

Guides

Moto 360 ‘ambient screen’ and ‘auto brightness’ explained

This is what the pre-installed Moto 360 custom watch faces look like

How to use Motorola Connect to customize the pre-installed Motorola watch faces on the Moto 360

Android Wear

Motorola Connect snafu installs Moto 360 apps on non-Motorola devices

Apps

Samsung releases WatchON Plus to the Play Store for Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy S4

Spotify for Brands will introduce video ads for free users

Facebook Messenger update lets you draw and type on your pictures

Twitter’s “Buy” button has begun testing in the United States

Carriers

Moto 360 to be made available by AT&T at a later date

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 on Sprint receiving Android 4.4.4 soon

T-Mobile to offer guaranteed best trade-in values on smartphones and tablets

Metal-banded Moto 360 up for pre-order on Verizon’s web site with a Nov. 11 ship date

Verizon approves Android 4.4.3 update for HTC One (M8), rolling out Wednesday

Chromecast

Google Cast Beta extension update allows for 1080p casting of Chrome tabs

Google

Google gives us a peak at winning entry image recognition system

Google Glass

Google speeds things up with XE21.0 Google Glass release

Phones

Amazon’s Fire Phone heading to the United Kingdom

Amazon’s Fire Phone takes a drastic price cut down to 99 cents on-contract

Verizon approves Android 4.4.3 update for HTC One (M8), rolling out Wednesday

Meizu MX4 Pro alleged specs includes 4GB of RAM

Specs leak from “Nexus 5 2014,” Running Android “Lion”

Galaxy Note 4 wallpapers now available to download

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 on Sprint receiving Android 4.4.4 soon

Full metal body on the way for Samsung SM-A500

Smartwatches

Metal-banded Moto 360 up for pre-order on Verizon’s web site with a Nov. 11 ship date

Moto 360 to be made available by AT&T at a later date

Motorola Connect snafu installs Moto 360 apps on non-Motorola devices

Wallpapers

Galaxy Note 4 wallpapers now available to download

Updates

Specs leak from “Nexus 5 2014,” Running Android “Lion”

Verizon approves Android 4.4.3 update for HTC One (M8), rolling out Wednesday

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 on Sprint receiving Android 4.4.4 soon

Robert Nazarian Author

Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.