Android Central: 2015

Android Central 2015 Readers' Choice Awards

This is the best of 2015, as determined by you, our readers.

Thousands of you weighed in over a couple of week on what's changed how you work and play. These are what replaced the devices on your wrists, in your pocket, on your laps or desks, and in your living rooms. They're what dictates the look of your home screens and our docks.

They're the devices and features, gear and accessories, and apps and games that filled us all with surprise and delight, got us to forget what came before, and made it impossible for us to imagine how we ever lived without them.

They're your 2015 Android Central Readers' Choice Award winners!

Devices

Android Smartphone of the Year: Nexus 6P

No real surprise here, and it won by a large margin. You can argue whether the Nexus 6P truly is the best phone around — the Note 5 certainly should be a close second, and LG's definitely in the conversation. But for most folks who frequent this site and chime in on the year-end awards, the Nexus 6P certainly is the phone of choice. And for once we've got a Nexus phone that absolutely can hold its own in that argument.

Runner-up: Galaxy Note 5

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Android users are lusting most after the Nexus 6P, Note 5, and Priv

When it comes to buying a new phone, we have a tendency to stick close to home.

In our first look at the purchase interest and intent of the Mobile Nations' communities, we tapped into the level of demand for tablets, watches, and TV boxes being offered by the biggest smartphone providers. But the smartphone itself remains the primary digital device for many, and plenty of companies have debuted offerings in the past few months that vied to become holiday purchases — or at least a last-minute buy before the calendar flips over.

So late last month, we asked over 5,700 readers of Android Central, CrackBerry, iMore and Windows Central to share their thoughts on what could be taking their calls. Even the smartphones that garnered the most interest didn't muster the same amount of attention as some of the hot (and newer) non-smartphone products like as Android Wear, Apple TV and the Surface Book.

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Acer announces new Chromebox for meetings CXV2

Acer has announced a new entry into its Chromebox lineup with the Chromebox for meetings CXV2.

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It's not just you: WhatsApp hit by New Year downtime

Instant messaging platform could be struggling with increased New Year's traffic.

As different regions around the world begin to celebrate the arrival of 2016, there are signs that popular messaging platform WhatsApp may be struggling to keep up with demand. Countless Twitter users are reporting that WhatsApp is failing to deliver messages, and we're seeing issues on our end as well.

So sit tight: It's not just you. And if previous messaging outages are any indicator, server wizards will be working to ensure things are up and running as soon as possible.

How's WhatsApp holding up for you this New Years Eve? Shout out in the comments!

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2015BestNine: A fun way to share your most-liked Instagram pics — and run into scareware

Developer says it's fighting back against rogue ads plaguing popular year-end feature.

There's no such thing as a free lunch, and as we're seeing with the online fad-of-the-day "2015BestNine" website, there's no such thing as a truly free tool for grabbing your most-liked Instagram photos of the year. The site has gained popularity this week as a quick way to scan your Instagram profile and pull out the top nine liked posts of the year — just visit the site, enter your Instagram account name and it'll generate a nine-panel image to share.

Ain't open APIs great?

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Huawei Watch speaker gets enabled in a test build... for at least one owner

One lucky Huawei Watch owner has taken to Reddit to say that the speaker on his watch is now active thanks to a test build he received. According to his post, this test build is Android 6.0.1, and Android Wear version 1.4. He noted that his watch is part of a beta group, so odds are that you aren't going to see this on your watch just yet.