Android™: Everything you need to know
Android is the world’s most popular smartphone platform. It makes Android-powered phones and tablets easy to use and personalize.
Here's what Android can do:
Play
Entertainment apps
With T-Mobile, free streaming radio, magazines, and even high-quality TV are preloaded right on your device—so the fun starts when you turn it on.
Group video chat
Chat right from your phone. Multiple parties can join in, whether they’re using a PC, tablet, or phone.
Explore
Navigation
Get there with voice-guided, turn-by-turn driving directions, at no extra charge.
Social media
Keep up to date with your friends’ status updates and post your own, on all your favorite sites.
Stay connected from just about anywhere, with access to both personal and work email.
Browse
Surf the web
You’ll feel like you’re on your home computer, with superfast uploads and downloads,
Adobe® Flash® support for video, and top Google™ apps like Google Search preloaded and ready to use.
Multi-task
With Android, you can run multiple Web windows and apps at the same time, and jump seamlessly between them.
Apps and more
Apps from Android Market™
Choose from over 300,000 apps, nearly 75% of them FREE. Want recommendations? Check out our Top Picks for tested and trusted apps—just tap “T-Mobile” in the header when you launch the Market.
T-Mobile Mall
Preloaded on all our Android-powered devices, T-Mobile Mall recommends top apps, games, ringtones, and more, based on items you’ve already downloaded.
Google Music™—NEW!
Discover new artists, get personalized recommendations, shop for music, store up to 20,000 songs free, and listen anytime—online or off. And for any song purchased from Android Market, you can share a free listen with your friends on Google+.
Personalize it
Android is easy to use and customize. Make your phone special, with apps, widgets, and home screens you can set up any way you like.
Android at a glance
T-Mobile launches the first 4G Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet
April 2011
T-Mobile launches two 4G 42 Mbps Android-powered smartphones, the HTC® Amaze™ 4G and the Samsung Galaxy S™ II
August 2011
Latest Android Version
4.0
(Ice Cream Sandwich)
Number of Android devices activated every day
550,000
FREE apps in Android Market™
74%
Current app count
Over 300,000
Android-powered devices in the market
Over 200 Million
Get more info about Android, plus great tips and tricks
Visit the Android support section
Check out our top FREE Android app picks
Visit the Apps & Tools section
Compare T-Mobile’s amazing range of Android-powered phones
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