Earlier today, Google unveiled Android 4.3 Jelly Bean along with the new Nexus 7. The company also announced that it has started rolling out the Android 4.3 OTA update for the existing Nexus devices, including the Nexus 4, Nexus 10, Galaxy Nexus and the 2012 Nexus 7.

If you own a device that is getting the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update from Google, and cannot wait for the OTA update to land, here is a simple trick to try and manually pull the update from Google’s server.

One of Android’s key advantage is its ability to seamlessly share data from one app to another using the share menu. This basically means you can easily open one word file from Dropbox via Google Drive or QuickOffice or any other office editing suite.

The downside of this implementation is that the share menu can quickly get populated with unwanted apps, making it slow and browsing through it very cumbersome. Here is how you can customize the share menu, and add more advanced features to it.

With the size of Android flagships increasing every few months, it has become near impossible to use them with one hand, unless god has gifted you Hulk sized palms. Most custom ROMs like Paranoid Android and CyanogenMod solve this problem by offering PIE control, which offers on-screen navigation keys whenever you swipe from the edge of the screen. Thus, you can in a single gesture go back to your home screen, or to the Recents app menu etc.

If you are tired of continuously shuffling your phone to reach the navigation buttons, or are just interested in trying out PIE without flashing a new custom ROM, give LMT launcher a shot.

Earlier today, Google released a major update for the Google Maps for Android that comes with a new UI, and a tablet optimized mode. The Navigation feature has also been enhanced with dynamic re-routing and live traffic updates. However, the new Maps is seemingly missing a few features including Latitude and Offline Maps.

While Google has announced that it will be killing off latitude on August 9th, the ability to save maps for offline use is still present but has been hidden.

At first glance, the Google keyboard may look like a simple keyboard with “gesture typing being its most highlighted feature. The keyboard lacks some of the most commonly found features in third-party keyboard apps like importing words to dictionary from social networking websites and text expansion etc.

However, the Google keyboard packs in a lot of hidden usability gems, which once discovered, will make using the keyboard an absolute pleasure. Below, I mention seven tips that will help you master the Google keyboard and use it like a pro.