Liam Spradlin
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Designing the Identity of Design Notes – Google Design –
I'll unpack the visual look of my Google podcast about design - including its core components, assets, and adaptable imagery system. → Read More
Saying goodbye to Android Police and hello to Google
Sometimes telling my own story is a challenge. So, after more than 5 years at AP, figuring out what to include in this post and how to write it hasn't been... by Liam Spradlin in Design, Editorials, Off-Topic → Read More
Google's Project Fi Sending Out Awesome Lego Kits To Some Subscribers
I'm already a fan (and subscriber) of Project Fi, Google's experiment in being a wireless carrier, but photos popping up across Google+ suggest that the se... by Liam Spradlin in Accessories, Google, News, Project Fi → Read More
Nick Butcher's Plaid App Is A Gorgeous (Open Source) Material Showcase
Nick Butcher (Developer Advocate at Google) recently published the source code for Plaid, an app meant to showcase material design on Android with pla... by Liam Spradlin in Applications, Design, Development, News → Read More
Nexus 6P Review: Google And Huawei Have Made Magic
A week ago, we took an early look at the Nexus 6P, the larger and more "premium" of Google's phones for 2015. Now that I've lived with the 6P for a bit lon... by Liam Spradlin in Nexus 6P, Phone Reviews, Reviews, Videos → Read More
New App: Pixolor Is The Live Eyedropper Tool I've Always Wanted For Android
One tool that I personally have always wanted on Android but have never actually seen is a live color picker. A floating tool that could grab pixel-specifi... by Liam Spradlin in Applications, News → Read More
Google Design Gives An Inside Look At Carl Kleiner's Paperscapes (Plus Two New Wallpapers)
If you didn't already know, photographer Carl Kleiner is the mind behind the enchanting "material" wallpapers that came with Android Lollipop, and wit... by Liam Spradlin in Design, Google, News → Read More
Nexus 6P Review Preview: So Far, It's Everything I'd Hoped
I've been getting to know the Nexus 6P for a few days now, and while I don't feel a few days is enough time to write a complete review, I thought it w... by Liam Spradlin in Nexus 6P, Phone Reviews → Read More
Device Art Generator Updated With Nexus 5X And 6P Shells
The Android Asset Studio is an indispensable tool that offers quick icon and nine-patch generation, along with a device art generator that graduated t... by Liam Spradlin in Design, Google, News → Read More
The Life Of Fi
After signing up for Google's Project Fi I had only to wait a couple of days before a SIM card and "Welcome Kit" showed up at my door. I noted that th... by Liam Spradlin in Editorials, Google, Other Reviews → Read More
Hands-On With The (Turned Off) LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition
Though LG said it wasn't the "star" of today's event, the Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE (a mouthful) did make a cameo at the presentation. We got a few minu... by Liam Spradlin in Android Wear, LG, News, Watch Urbane → Read More
Hands-On With The LG V10
This morning at the Walter Reade theater in NYC, LG (re)announced the dual-display, triple-camera V10 phone, a device we heard all about last night. After... by Liam Spradlin in LG, News, V10 → Read More
LG Announces The V10 With Dual Front-Facing Cameras, Manual Video Capture, And Secondary Display
Mere hours ago we saw LG's new V10 phone leaked courtesy of @evleaks, and now LG has made it official. The V10, which will be shown off at an event in NYC... by Liam Spradlin in News, V10 → Read More
GIFs Will Work Again In Hangouts 5.0
We've been hearing rumblings of an impending update for Hangouts, bringing it to version 5.0 and coming "soon." The update will allegedly resolve lots... by Liam Spradlin in News → Read More
Latest Chrome Dev For Android Has Partial Support For 'Theme-Color' Attribute Without Merging Tabs And Apps
In version 39, Chrome for Android learned an awesome trick: using a simple HTML tag, any webpage could tell Chrome to theme its UI (and your device's statu... by Liam Spradlin in Applications, Design, Google, News → Read More
Latest Google App Offering Up New Notifications For Some Users
In case you aren't getting enough Google Now inside the normal interface, it looks like the Google app is bumping out into some users' notification trays w... by Liam Spradlin in Applications, Google, News → Read More
Hands On With Android Wear On iOS
Full disclosure: I own an iPhone 6. It's not my daily driver (I use it for testing and design research), but when Android Wear for iOS was announced, I tho... by Liam Spradlin in Android Wear, Editorials, News → Read More
Google Releases Its 'On' App For OnHub
Earlier this month, Google surprised us with OnHub, a $200 WiFi router made in partnership with TP-Link that looks great and packs in some smart technology... by Liam Spradlin in Applications, Google, News, OnHub → Read More
Google Rolling Out A Gorgeous New 'Apps' Results Layout For Mobile
In an apparent effort to boost app discoverability and engagement, it looks like Google is rolling out a beautiful new layout for "apps" search results on... by Liam Spradlin in Design, Google → Read More
Google Sending Out Applications For Small Batch Of Project Soli Alpha Dev Kits
It's been a while since we last heard anything about Project Soli - Google's radical post-touch experiment unveiled at I/O - but it looks like the project... by Liam Spradlin in Google, News, Videos → Read More