Want Google out of your life? It's pretty easy to find alternative search, email, and photo storage providers, but it's much harder to come up with a mobile operating system that's free of Google. The ...

Despite the hype around Android 17 Beta 1’s arrival, Google has backtracked on the beta release, citing some last-minute changes. However, that doesn’t mean that the Android 17 update isn’t coming ...

Google has confirmed that Android’s Quick Share-AirDrop interoperability is expanding beyond the Pixel 10 series to more Android devices this year. The company says it’s working with partners to ...

Switching up the release schedule could bring new features to third-party Android phones much faster. Switching up the release schedule could bring new features to third-party Android phones much ...

Android 16 QPR2 marks the end of Google’s annual update cycle, kicking off a strategy for faster, frequent OS releases. The update introduces lock screen widgets, a notification organizer, and an ...

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...

Cybercriminals are abusing Meta’s advertising platforms with fake offers of a free TradingView Premium app that spreads the Brokewell malware for Android. The campaign targets cryptocurrency assets ...

Google is testing several new features on the Android 16 Canary build’s new photo picker tool. It allows users to pick multiple photos at once using simple tap and drag. The pinch-to-zoom-in and ...

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Both operating systems introduce new designs, but the real story is what’s happening beneath with A.I. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead consumer technology writer and the author of ...

Android 16’s stable version is out and is already rolling out to Google Pixels. Other Android brands are also gearing up for the OS release with their custom skins on the top. If you are waiting for ...

Forget all the generative-AI silliness for a second: Gemini has some genuinely practical purposes on Android — if you know what to ask. Right now, Gemini’s getting a bit of a bad rap — at least, among ...