If you boot up Google’s digital companion on a compatible device today you should be able to see the changes for yourself. The first thing you might notice is the stark white background which now matches the color of each dialogue box. This replaces the light gray palette from before, although your own voice commands will still show in a mildly darker shade of gray. Other changes are far more subtle, especially when compared to the Search and Feed overhauls.

If you live in the U.S and own an Android device, you are one of the lucky people who are granted full access to the Google Play experience: Games & Apps, as well cloud-based content such as Music, Books, Magazines, Movies and TV Shows. Unfortunately, with the exception of games and apps, this cloud-based content is oficially available only for U.S. users, leaving the rest of the world in the dark.

Acer did not make much noise in the smartphones market, but it did make some waves in the tablets market, especially with the Acer Iconia Tab A500.  If you are thinking of upgrading your Iconia Tab A500 to Ice Cream Sandwich, you might want to hold off first and instead check out the latest version of Honeycomb for the Iconia Tab A500. XDA Developer member germsa has created an Android 3.

Update, November 24: LG explained its decision in a statement to The Telegraph. The company hinted at a problem with one of the components, that it discovered too late. “For competitive and supplier relations reasons we are not in a position to communicate the specifics of the issue that led to this decision. However, what we can share is that the hardware issue was related to a new advanced component that we had incorporated in the device that had never been used in an LG wearable device before.

It was only last month that Asus rolled out an update for the Transformer Prime tablet, and now the company  is readying a new firmware update for the same tablet. As reported by The Verge, the update was confirmed by the company’s Italian Facebook page and is due to arrive tomorrow, March 29 (at least in Italy). What improvements can you expect for the Asus Transformer Prime tomorrow? According to the announcement, the 9.

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The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is now available in the UK, but only at the Samsung Experience Store at Westfield Stratford City in London, for the moment. That’s just for now, since Samsung’s press release says the other retail channels will be used to sell the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean tablet. There’s even better news for those opting to purchase it from the Experience Store starting with April 15 (for a limited time), as they’ll get over £60 worth of pre-loaded content on the tablet, including a £20 voucher for the Samsung Learning Hub, a subscription the The Times, an AVG security solution, 50GB of Dropbox for two years, a couple of games, plus some other goodies.

Correction: the TabPRO 8.4 has 2GB of RAM, not 3GB as the video says. If you’ve been keeping up with our CES 2014 coverage, you know that Samsung unveiled a series of high-end tablets yesterday, in different sizes: the Galaxy TabPRO 8.4, 10.1, and 12.2-inch, along with the Note PRO, which features the S-Pen stylus. With any new release, the first thought before making the choice to pick one up is with regards to how it stacks up against the competition.

If you’re willing to fork over the millions of dollars it takes to air your ad during the Super Bowl, conventional wisdom has it that you should probably invest just as much in making an exciting new ad to capture the hearts and minds of those watching. Google seems to have missed that memo though, and will be airing its original Google Home ad – which is almost a half a year old – during the big game tomorrow.

While the Samsung Galaxy S3 is already available in various international markets, US Android fans interested in purchasing the company’s 2012 flagship smartphone will have to wait at least a few more weeks to get it, if recent rumors are correct. The phone is expected to land in U.S. stores on June 20, at which point you’ll be able to get your Galaxy S3 flavor from one of the four major mobile operators – Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile are already confirmed to carry the Galaxy S3 – or from one of the regional carriers that will surely pick up the phone.