This week’s top stories: Android 7.0 Nougat, LG V20 leaks, new Android apps & more

In this week’s top stories: Android 7.0 Nougat, the latest LG V20 leaks, new Android apps & much more.

We kick things off with all the latest Android 7.0 Nougat news as the update rolls out to Nexus devices and Pixel C this week. New details surface regarding what devices will receive the update, and we show you a highly-customizable navbar discovered hiding in the release.

We move onto app news with updates this week for Android Pay, Pokemon Go, Google Allo, and Hangouts, and we give you our top 5 Android apps you should download this month in our top video.

We finish off with the latest LG V20 leaks and other Android news ahead of an announcement now confirmed for September 6.

Android 7.0 Nougat |

• How to: Install Android 7.0 Nougat on Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 9, & Pixel C
• Android 7.0 Nougat rolling out today to Nexus devices and Pixel C
• Android 7.0 Nougat factory images for Nexus devices now available, download them here
• Sony says Android Nougat is coming to many Xperia Z, Xperia X devices, here’s the full list
• Rumor: Devices powered by Snapdragon 800/801 won’t get Nougat
• Early build of Android 7.0 Nougat pops up for the Nexus 7 (2013)
• You can already run early unofficial builds of Android 7.0 Nougat on your Nexus 5
• Google is hiding a highly-customizable navbar in Android Nougat [Gallery]
• Android Nougat offers iOS users the option to copy data to a new Android device, sort of
• How to: Bring back Night Mode in Android Nougat with this simple app
• HTC offers more detail on Nougat rollout, unlocked HTC 10 will be first to receive update

Apps |

• Google Allo basically bares all in recent leaks, here’s everything we know [Gallery]
• Hangouts Chrome extension updated with tablet-like UI, enabled by default on Oct 16
• Android Pay adds Walgreens for first retail store loyalty card integration
• Latest Pokémon Go update adds ‘Appraisal,’ promise of ‘new and exciting’ features
• Google disabling third-party OAuth app logins from web-views over the next year
• Google Assistant in Allo understands and can respond to your voice messages

Android |

• Samsung Gear S2 and Gear Fit 2 gain iOS compatibility in limited beta program
• LG V20 has ‘best video and audio experience,’ announcement set for September 6
• First in-the-flesh image of LG’s V20 smartphone surfaces via Evleaks
• OnePlus releases first build of Android Marshmallow for OnePlus X
• Review: Sony Xperia X Performance is a more expensive version of a too-expensive phone
• Oxygen OS 3.5 Community Build released for OnePlus 3 w/ camera & UI improvements, new apps

Alphabet | GOOG |

• It turns out Alphabet wanted the Chrysler Pacifica partly for its electronic doors
• Google is offering $20 Play Store credits to Canadian Chromecast/Chromecast Audio owners
• Google shutting down its Device Assist app for Nexus users
• Goodbye productivity! You can now play ‘Solitaire’ and ‘Tic-tac-toe’ right in Google Search

This week’s top videos |

• Hands-on with 5 Android apps you should download in August 2016 [Video]
• OnePlus officially unveils its ‘best buds for life’, the Bullets V2 earphones [Video]
• XDA developer working on porting Android to the Windows Phone-powered Lumia 520 & 525 [Video]

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