Acer’s Chromebook 15 is the biggest Chromebook out there for now. Photo: Acer.

Even though the opening keynote of CES 2015 is yet to be delivered, some manufacturers have gone ahead and started making their products official. This includes Acer that has just announced a 15-inch Chromebook — making it the largest ever Chromebook in terms of screen size out there. 

Pebble is now as smart as other smartwatches out there. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Pebble today announced the v2.3 update of its Android app with many new features, including support for actionable Android Wear notifications. This will allow Pebble users to reply to or dismiss a message right from the watch itself. 

OnePlus continues to improve the One. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

OnePlus has started rolling out a new software update for the OnePlus One that brings with it a number of security and bug-fixes.

Android 5.0 Lollipop. Photo: Google

Last week, Google released the updated developer preview images of Android 5.0 Lollipop for the Nexus 5 and 7. Even though these images are clearly targeted towards developers, it did not deter many advanced users from installing it on their Nexus 5 or 7. 

Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Every platform has its own share of power users who know their way around the OS and how to extract the very maximum, in terms of performance and efficiency, from the device running it. The secret behind a power user’s efficiency are his tools (read: apps) and experience.

While I cannot help you with the latter, I can definitely list down some apps that are a favorite of Android power users community, which should help you in extracting the very best performance from your device.