Nobody puts Google Wallet in the corner for long, not even Big Red. Though the carrier courted controversy late last year by withholding support for the burgeoning NFC-based platform amidst security concerns, it appears to have finally changed tack. Owners of that LTE Galaxy Nexus variant are now reporting the ability to access the app from the Play store, no workarounds necessary. Though we weren’t able to verify the success of that particular method — no results surfaced during a quick store search — we did have success downloading the application to our stock, unrooted device using a direct market link. We’ve since reached out to Verizon for official comment on the matter, but have yet to hear back. In the meantime, if you’ve been itching to give Mountain View’s brand of mobile payment a go, hit up the source link below and let us know how you fare in the comments.
[Thanks, Keith]
PSA: Verizon Galaxy Nexus owners now have direct access to Google Wallet originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich has been out for nearly a year now but it seems that its predecessor, Gingerbread 2.3, is still the operating system dominating the Android scene, at least according to recent stats from the Google Play store. As you can see in the graph and table above, Gingerbread currently represents a whopping 60.6% of Android devices that have accessed the Google Play store, while Ice Cream Sandwich is currently sitting at 15.9%. Jelly Bean, the latest version of Android, has debuted at 0.8% which according to the folks at Cult of Android, was slightly higher than Ice Cream Sandwich back when it was first launched. Hopefully that’s a sign that Jelly Bean adoption rates will be higher, but at the rate we’re going where devices have yet to see Android 4.0, it certainly does look pretty bleak but hopefully things will pick up in due time.
